Update Round Up: Hook Champ, Doodle Jump, & Pocket God
posted by Eli Hodapp on December 2nd, 2009 3:19 AM EST in $0.99, $1.99, Games, iPhone games, iPod touch gamesThere have been a whole mess of game updates that have been released in the latest App Store refresh. I recommend checking for updates either in iTunes or on your device to see what's out there for the games you own, these happen to be my favorite three updates I downloaded tonight:
Hook Champ, $1.99 (On sale from $2.99) – We were given a preview of the update earlier this month, and all the new content and features the developer teased us with are finally here. Aside from a new playable character, and another set of levels, Hook Champ also features full OpenFeint integration with achievements and the ability to compete against your friends' times in any level of the game. Hook Champ Lite is also available (although obviously lacking the new content) if you haven't had the chance to give the game a try yet.
Doodle Jump, 99¢ – What may possibly be the best iPhone game ever created has been updated with yet another holiday theme pack. Entering the name "snow" when you submit your score turns the normal platforms and bad guys in to ice-covered platforms and demented (but cute) holiday-themed monsters. Also, instead of your normal projectiles you shoot snow balls, and the whole time you're playing it's also snowing.
Pocket God, 99¢ – Episode 29: The Pyg Chill includes a new DLC holiday themed skin pack as well as performance enhancements and an entirely new ice island. On this new island your pygmies will have access to an igloo as well as battle a new enemy… The giant ice monster. If you're a Pocket God fan, you likely have already updated. If you don't own the game yet, now is a good time to pick it up as the amount of content it comes with now is just downright ridiculous compared to the original versions of the game.
These are all great apps
I'm happy to see that pocket god only charges for cosmetic content and all the content enhancements are free. This is dlc done right!
I would add the Garters & Ghouls update to that list. With the much-improved performance, bug fixes, and three-map survival mode, G & G has gone from a botched released to one of the best dual-stick shooters in the App Store. Kind of like a grown-up version of iDracula.
Forgot kinda bout the Catan Update.
I feel it helps a lot enjoying a game i first abandoned for a number of bugs/ design flaws.
What about the update for Guitar Rock Tour 2 that adds DLC finally? I don't understand why this website has given the game zero coverage…is it under some kind of media black-out?!
"Downright ridiculous"? Is it a good downright ridiculous or a bad downright ridiculous?
I'm hoping the next Hook Champ level pack features lots of bashing into breakable walls like a goat. The "Billy Idol", naturally.
Pocket God just gets better and better, more and more. I mean, this is one of the best apps in App Store. The updates are great!