Thief Lupin is a puzzle type game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The goal of the game is to get your thief from one side of the level to the other. Of course, it is easier to say that than actually do in the game. Players will have to avoid traps, obstacles and even a vampire that spits venom all over the place.

The game is free in the Apple App Store and has gotten some good reviews. There are some reviews that claim the game is challenging and pretty difficult, but still a good game.

If you are into puzzle games, check out Thief Lupin in the Apple App store. You have nothing to lose, since the game is free.

Fans of the Facebook game Treasure Quest will be saddened to learn that Big Fish will be closing the game portal down on March 15, ending one of the first social networking games by the company. The game had peaked at 323,000 monthly users and 43,000 daily users, but lately, those numbers have dipped to 48,000 monthly and 16,000 daily.

According to Big Fish reps:

“Unfortunately, the resources required to make Treasure Quest what it is are not sustainable. Many options were assessed and seriously considered before this final decision was made. The decision was a very difficult one to make but one that needed to be made as a business.”

Big Fish has assured the public that the company is perfectly healthy, there are no layoffs planned, and its other Facebook social games My Tribe and Faunasphere will remain active. “To clarify, there is no need for concern regarding Big Fish Games as a company,” said a Big Fish representative. “While Treasure Quest is no longer sustainable, Big Fish Games will remain and continues to grow.”

Alfabetweter has announced the release of Antletics, a new interactive story for the iPad. The story was designed for the iPad and to be interactive with the user. The story is told in rhyming verse, contains animation and is an audiobook. Any age can interact with the story and learn about bugs.

The story is designed with learning in mind. There are little lice, yes lice are a bit gross, that will explain words to the reader. The reader simply tap on words in the text and a little lice pops up and explains the vocabulary word. The story takes place from an ants point of view. The ant takes a journey to find out what a white object is.

“I wanted to create a universe that brings fun into the hearts of children and their parents,” says Johan Veldeman, author of Antletics. “The children will enjoy the story while their parents can laugh with the hidden lice, depicting cultural icons from their childhood. The Antletics universe expands to the worldwide web with a website offering free goodies like wallpapers, e-cards and colouring pages.”

If you are looking for an educational game about bugs, check out Antletics in the Apple App Store.

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SpinTop Games has announced their latest hidden object game, Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco, the latest in the long-running Mystery P.I. series. As the title implies, this game takes place in the Golden Gate City.

There are three game types included with the game. In ‘Find the Stolen Gold’, the player has to find clues that will lead them to $250 Million in stolen solid gold, which had been pilfered from an armored car. The search will take the player around San Francisco, visiting sites such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Haight-Ashbury, Fisherman’s Wharf, among other for a total of 25 scenes. The scenes feature over 2100 hidden objects. Collecting all the Keys & Peace Symbols unlock two bonus game modes: Unlimited Seek & Find and a Match-3 Bonus game.

“Since San Francisco is sometimes affectionately dubbed the Golden City, we thought it was the perfect setting for a gold heist. Glittering and gritty locations alike make this seek-and-find mystery a fun adventure for the whole family,” states Duncan Magee, co-director and co-founder of SpinTop. “We focused our efforts on creating the best visual locations ever to keep our millions of Mystery P.I. fans happy. We’ve always kept our artistic standards high, and I think we’ve exceeded them with Stolen in San Francisco!”

The deluxe version is available now at Spin Top Games, and will eventually be available in a few months at other game portals such as Gamehouse, MSN Gaming Zone, Pogo and Yahoo! Games.

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Google continues to acquire social gaming sites. Two weeks ago, Google made a healthy investment on Zynga, best known for Farmville and Mafia Wars. Now, they’ve acquired social networking game publisher Slide – which Facebook users will recognize as the guys behind the SuperPoke app, as well as games like SPP Ranch, SuperPoke Pets, SuperPocus Academy of Magic, and Top Fish – for $182M.

It’s not such a coincidence that the founder of Slide is Max Levchin, who co-founded Paypal. Zynga represents the biggest client of Paypal, and Google will try to funnel monetary exchanges through their own payment proxy service Google Checkout, which allows the convenience of all-in-out account purchasing services through other Google features such as Gmail.

Google is making a huge play to not only usurp Facebook, but Paypal and Microsoft as well, with their Google Chrome web browser and future OS. We’ll keep an eye on this story as it develops.