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Developer Chocolapps has announced a new iOS title, The Beach Boss, which is available for iPad and iPhone. The game puts players in the role of a local vendor who must make his way through a crowded beach of tourists selling food, trinkets and other merchandise.

As the “Beach Boss” moves, players collect coins for each successful transaction, and must avoid pets as well as the police wo want to capture him and him you off the beach. When caught, however, players can buy new gear at the in-app store with earned coins to make their job easier.

Gamers interested in The Beach Boss can download it free from the iTunes store here.

October is a month of monsters and spooky events. Haunted Domains keeps with that theme. Players have to manage a haunted hotel on the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad. Players have to manage the needs of the “creatures of the night”.

Players take on the role of Sheila Sullivan as she checks in guests, serves dinner, cleans rooms, and performs special tasks in an effort to keep her ghoulish guests happy. In the process of keeping the ghouls happy, players can unlock upgrades that help Sheila work faster or get her help from Igor the bellhop.

If you like time management type games, check out Haunted Domains on Oct. 11th. The iPhone/iPod Touch version will cost $1.99 and the iPad will cost $2.99.

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4th & Battery, an experimental label from PopCap Games, has announced the release of Allied Star Police for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. 4th & Battery worked with Owain, a Make-A-Wish recipient, to make his dream  reality. Owain came up with the idea of the game and his dream was to have the game become a game everyone could play.

Allied Star Police is a side scrolling game that is a combination of a real-time strategy game and a tower defense game. The goal is to reach and destroy the Flamion Base. Players have vehicles, such as Hovercraft SuperVehicle and the mysterious G.S.L.C. to try and take out the base.

“Owain was literally like every other designer and developer I’ve worked with,” said Matthew Lee Johnston, Senior Producer at 4th & Battery. “The minute he walked in the door he handed us a fully realized game design, figured out to the last detail. He stuck with that vision, and directed the team through the development process like a pro. When he first sat down to play it, he naturally knew what to do and won his first round easily, which felt to us like we did a good job executing on his plan.”

If you like real-time strategy games, head over to the Apple App Store and check out Allied Star Police. The game is free to download and play.

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FromPix has announced a new physics game for iOS devices including the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, Boulder Bridge.

The object of the game is to protect your city from a volcano spewing out smoking boulders by creating an indestructible bridge. The game offers complete freedom of construction to test various designs and styles to withstand the assault of firey waves of falling rocks, and the results are determined by the game’s physics engine.

The game features:

* An intuitive and catchy gameplay
* An easy to learn Integrated tutorial
* Game Center functionality: online ranking & achievements
* A challenge mode updated on a regular basis
* Multiple levels with increasing difficulty

Boulder Bridge can be downloaded from iTunes here for 99 cents for all iOS devices.