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Coming Tonight: ‘Lunar Racer’, ‘Streetbike: Full Blast’, ‘Street Wrestler’, and ‘Super Crate Box’

Thanks to the holiday iTunes freeze, it’s been weeks since we’ve seen a proper release onslaught. Naturally, being the first proper Wednesday night following the freeze you’d expect iOS developers to release the proverbial kraken as the previously plugged supply line of games gets freed up, right?

Well, that doesn’t really seem to be the case. The good news is, Super Crate Box is coming out tonight, and we’ve had a great time with a preview copy of the game. So, definitely snag that.

Here’s the full list:

Asteroids 2012, $2.99Forum Thread – This space flyer comes with multiple game modes, control types, and even an augmented reality mode. With Atari’s latest stint of getting games removed from the App Store, it might not be a bad idea of snagging this before they catch wind of the title if it looks interesting to you.


Lunar Racer, 99¢Forum Thread – It’s from the creators of Super Stickman Golf, which is more than enough for me to give Lunar Racer a download. Oh, and floaty backflip-filled racers always seem to be fun.


Streetbike: Full Blast, 99¢Forum Thread – Chillingo adds another entry to the somewhat scarce motorcycle racing section of the App Store. The cityscapes of the game vaguely remind me of Ridge Racer, maybe that’s just me.


Street Wrestler, $2.99Forum Thread – As pointed out by forum member Rlan, this seems to be an iOS port of the XBLA game Lucha Fury. The bad news is, Lucha Fury wasn’t exactly the greatest game, and it’s not entirely clear just yet what if anything was changed in the porting process.


Super Crate Box, 99¢Forum Thread – Everything you need to know about this game was probably covered in our preview. The only other thing you should know: Download it.


Transformoid, 99¢Forum Thread – A Breakout-style brick breaking game with a vaguely steampunky theme. It seems that the main gameplay gimmick revolves around a curved paddle.