iPod freebie: Puzzle Quest Chapter 1 and 2

Posted in free stuff, games, iOS on June 11th, 2010 by RevStu

More big-name giveaways of relatively high-priced games: normally £2.99, you can now pick up the life-consuming match-3 action puzzler previously seen on DS, PSP and XBLA for nothing, this weekend only.

So hey, maybe think about doing that. If you like.

(Chapter 1 and 2 is basically the whole original game plus some extra bits from an expansion pack, such as new character classes.)

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The World Cup app they don’t want you to have

Posted in bargains, games, iOS on June 11th, 2010 by RevStu

Rather kindly, EA have decided to provide WoSblog with a handy and timely illustration of why you might want a US App Store account.

For the opening weekend of the World Cup only, the multinational software giant is celebrating what it appears to believe is a match between the USA and Great Britain on Saturday, by slashing the price of 2010 FIFA World Cup to a bargain $0.99 (down from the previous $6.99).

Sadly, the pricing of the app is rather less multinational – while the US price equates to just 59p, British FIFA fans are expected to pay FIVE TIMES as much, with the UK App Store maintaining its £2.99 price point for the game.

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