Included in the 1.13.3 release is a new monster boss, a triple-UFO attack formation obstacle, and the ability to jump on UFOs to take them down, according to Doodle Jump‘s App Store page.

It also looks like a few more easter eggs have been slotted in, as well as a better way to swap between themes. For instance, to swap to the night/halloween theme use the name ‘boo’. Furthermore, iPhone 3G and 2G owners should see a bump-up in performance, and the ability to reset scores and statistics.

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The Bejeweled 2 ‘Blitz’ update essentially allows you to play against friends anywhere, anytime, much like the Facebook offering that was released earlier this year.

“Ultimately, social gaming is about being able to play games with and against your friends, and the new Blitz update for Bejeweled 2 on iPhone lets you play against your friends” explained John Vechey, co-founder and director of PopCap’s social gaming initiative.

Aside from the multiplayer enhancement, the Blitz upgrade also includes bonus multipliers, laser gems, star medals, realtime gem swapping and score posting on your friends’ and shared leaderboards – all additions that the Facebook Blitz version had. You can also see which of your friends are playing Bejeweled 2 if you so desire.

It sounds like a neat addition, and as many already take advantage of Facebook on their iPhone it makes sense to link apps with it in this way. Could this be the trend for other developers?

You can purchase Bejeweled 2 with the ‘Buy It!’ button for £1.79/$2.99, or use the link to get the free update.

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The studio that brought a revamp of Free Fall Associates’ classic ’80s strategy / arcade game Archon [App Store] to the iPhone is about to release a separate single-player spin-off title that should give fans of the game much to enjoy.

Upcoming Archon Conquest features four maps to play, 60 different quests or puzzles to complete, and a storyline that ties it all together.  Fans of the series may note that some of the maps are reminiscent of the layout of Archon II: Adept, but the similarity ends at the visual level.  Still, it’s a nice expansion of an already great game.

We’ve captured some early gameplay from the pre-release, preview build of the game that React was kind enough to send us.  Have a look at the action.

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Archon Conquest will appear in the App Store shortly at a price of .99.

React is also putting the finishing touches on the v1.9 update to classic Archon for the iPhone, which should hit the App Store about the same time as Conquest.  This update will bring a complete re-work of the touch control system as well as various AI enhancements.  And the further-out v2.0 update of Archon will add multiplayer to the mix.  Stay tuned.

Both Archon v1.9 and Archon Conquest now feature Plus+ leaderboards and award systems.

Another piece of news for fans of the game is that React is bringing a four-player adaptation of classic Archon to the PC, featuring multiplayer support as well as a choice of classic 8-bit or redesigned artwork. After 25 years, the game returns to the desktop.  Pre-orders for the PC version start on October 15th at React’s website.

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Minigore is a dual stick survival shooter similar to iDracula loaded with fantastic music, a charming cartoon-like art style, and random voice-over commentary from the game’s protagonist, John Gore. In the game, you mow down armies of furries with your machine gun for as long as you can stay alive.

Minigore 1.1 brings a number of changes to the table, including the integration of OpenFeint for online scoring. You also have a furry “radar” of sorts, as incoming furries are indicated by small icons bordering the screen showing which direction they’re coming from. The game also saves your progress when you quit, and restores your game when you load it again.

Aside from the standard flaming furry, a giant flaming furry was also added along with some new sound effects, voice acting, and animations. John Gore’s health was also increased, and he can take one more hit before dying.

While this update introduces a hefty helping of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes, it also introduced two substantial bugs. Forum members are reporting that if you flip the screen orientation in the options, the game will crash and the only thing you can do to fix it is reinstall the game. Also, if you don’t enable OpenFeint when it first offers, you will need to reinstall the game to get the prompt again.

Mountain Sheep has had ambitious plans for the future of Minigore, and recently added another 99 players to their beta testing pool. It’s hard to have worse luck than they’ve already had with being able to get these updates out the door, so hopefully future updates to the game will have fewer problems making their way through Apple and getting on to the App Store.

App Store Link: Minigore, 0.99

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The developer lists the following features in this update:

• Survival Battle (Single and Multiplayer) — Try to stay alive for as long as you can. You will be rewared a new weapon – Golden Desert Eagle – if you can stay alive for 10 minutes or more.
• Horde Battle (Single and Multiplayer) — Slaughter wave after wave of zombies. You will be rewared a P90, M4 Super 90 and Golden AK-47 if you can clear wave 8, 16 and 24 respectively.
• Powerful New Weapons — Altogether 5 new weapons, 4 can be unlocked in the Survival and Horde Battle; 1 can be bought in weapon shop.
• Bonus Indicator — Bonus indicator has been added for scenes with challenge completed.
• Dual-Stick Transparency Setting — Player can choose from 3 levels of transparency – None, Half and Full.
• New ranking for Survival and Horde Battle
• Profile name length increased to 8 characters
• Reduced the detection area of Briefing Button
• Bug fixes

Meridian provided us with the following trailer showing gameplay in the v1.1 release.

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A planned v1.2 update will add Wi-Fi multiplayer gaming to the mix.  See our review of the initial release, posted in late August.

App Store Link: Alive 4 Ever, .99

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