Avanquest Software has announced the upcoming release of Witches Curse for the Nintendo DS. The game was originally released on the PC and has been adapted for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo DS owners will have to complete 40 different puzzles and 15 mini-games all set in magical backgrounds.

Princess Isabella has returned from a trip to find out an evil curse has been put on the castle. The curse has turned everyone in the castle into mirrors. The players take on the role of Isabella and fight the evil witch that has cursed the castle. The player does have a fairy that will be helping them battle the witch. Players have to search the castle for broken mirror pieces. The pieces have to be put back together to release the people from the curse.

If you are looking for a hidden object game/puzzle game for the Nintendo DS, check out Witches Curse.

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The Jim and Frank Mysteries – The Blood River Files is an adventure game for the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch. The iPad version is in HD and contains exclusive puzzles. The iPad version will cost you $2 more than the iPhone/iPod touch version. Jim and Frank head out on an adventure given to them by Jim’s grandfather. Every year on Jim’s birthday his grandfather sends him an adventure to undertake. Jim’s friend Frank has always gone on the adventure with Jim and seems to enjoy them a bit more than Jim.

The adventure game wraps players in a story and uses puzzles to progress the story line. The player will listen or read a piece of the story and then have to walk to a location. Each location walked to brings a puzzle to be solved. Some of the puzzles are easy, but some of them are very difficult. There are all types of puzzles. There are math puzzles where you have to figure out people”s ages based on a word problem of sorts. There are logic puzzles such as requiring players to board off pigs in a pen by using three pieces of rope. Players have to figure out the correct pattern to separate all of the pigs.

The puzzles are more on the difficult side and take some thought to complete. There is a hint button, but you only get three hints and the  hints. The hints provide clues on how to finish the puzzle and usually require two hints to get the answer to the puzzle. The player can buy more hints, called Eureka’s. They sell the hints in bundles. Personally, I don’t like this method of making money. Players already pay for the game and they shouldn’t be required to pay for hints. Usually, you can earn hints throughout the levels or earn items that get you hints. Some players may not mind this style of game play, but it is a turn off for me.

The graphics in the game are cartoonish, but nicely done. Each location is drawn clear and crisp. The story line keeps the game moving and keeps the player engaged. There is just enough mystery keep the player going.

Over all, The Jim and Frank Mysteries – The Blood River Files is a challenging game. If you are a player that enjoys challenging puzzles, this is definitely the game for you. The puzzles take some thought. If you are a player that gets frustrated easily, this may not be the game for you. The game does contain a good story, but without getting the puzzles solved the game will come to a halt. If you are looking for a challenging puzzle game, check out The Jim and Frank Mysteries in the Apple App Store.

Astraware announced the release of Astraware Sudoku and OddBlob for WebOS. The games will initially work on the Palm Pre and Pre Plus, with support coming for the Pixi later on. Both releases keep with the long standing tradition of Astraware games on Palm devices.

Astraware Sudoku is a Sudoku game packed with features, including a puzzle of the day. Each day there is a new puzzle to be downloaded and solved. After players solve the puzzle, they can upload their times to the leader board to see how they compete with other players.  OddBlob is a puzzle-arcade game created from modeling clay, and featuring online leader boards for players to post their high scores in both Strategy and Panic modes.

“We’re delighted to be re-establishing our long-term relationship with Palm, and supporting the new platform with a range of great casual games,” said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. “Our experience at supporting well-featured devices in a range of sizes and resolutions has helped us to make our first webOS games a pleasure to play, and we look forward to bringing many more titles to the platform.”

Astraware will be releasing other games for WebOS in the future, as well.

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Glow Puzzle has been released for free for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Glow Puzzle challenges players to chain together a bunch of dots, but the catch is the line can not overlap. As the player is connecting the dots, the line shows up as neon.

The game does not cost any money, but if the player wants additional levels, that will cost 99 cents. Players can purchase 75 levels for 99 cents. There are over 170 levels to challenge players. Twenty of those levels are free and the rest need to be paid for. The puzzles can be challenging, but the player can use the ‘solution’ option and have the solution drawn for them.

Glow Puzzle has gotten great reviews on the android platform and now has moved to Apple devices. If you are into puzzle games, check out Glow Puzzle in the Apple App Store. The game is free so there is nothing to lose.

Wadjet Eye Games has announced that Puzzle Bots has been selected for PAX 10. Puzzle Bots will be showcased during the event in Washington. Players will have a chance to see what the game is all about and how challenging the puzzles are.

Puzzle Bots starts out when Zander trips over a metal box that has been buried. The box was buried outside of Dr. Hugo’s Factory for Making Robots. The box is intriguing, but Zander and his colleagues can’t seem to get the box open. There are five tiny robots that attempt to open the box. Each robot has a different puzzle solving skill. The box leads the robots on a great adventure.

If you are into puzzle games, check out the video below to see the game play of Puzzle Bots.