Phyken Media has announced the upcoming release of Wizard Ops for the iPhone/iPod Touch. There are four wizards that protect a vast kingdom. Each wizard has the ability to control one of the four elements. The wizards together protect the kingdom until they are strained by years of war. Finally, there was a glorious wedding and a little relief from the war, until the Queen was killed by magic. The King flipped out and banned all magic from the kingdom and imprisoned the four wizards.

The wizard protectors were gone from the kingdom, which allowed a mad scientist to gain control of the kingdom. The mad scientist has kidnapped the princess and now the King has to get her back. The King quickly realizes the only way to save his daughter is to free the four wizards he imprisoned. Players have to free the fire wizard and reunite the Wizard Ops team. Players can choose from 15 different weapons to fight their way through the kingdom to release the fire wizard.

If you are into shooter games on the iPhone, be sure to check out Wizard Ops when it becomes available.

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The Game Bakers has announced the release of SQUIDS for the iPhone/iPod Touch. A black ooze is threatening the beautiful home of the Squid. The ooze is turning crustaceans into monsters that are threatening the area. Out of the monsters rises a rag tag band of Squid heroes. The heroes have to protect their home from the onslaught of monsters.

Players can choose their party of four. There are four different classes to choose from all with varying abilities. Once the perfect team has been assembled, players set off to rid their beautiful homeland of the monsters. The battles are turn based and use the abilities of the party members. The controls are all touch based.

“After years of working on best-selling console games, we formed our own studio so we could bring our expertise of AAA games development to iPhone gaming and make the best of the two worlds meet,” says Emeric Thoa, The Game Bakers’ CCO and co-founder. “SQUIDS has the depth hardcore gamers are looking for, along with the accessibility casual gamers expect on the iPhone or iPod touch. From the funny characters to the adventurous story to all of the tactical possibilities, SQUIDS offers something for all types of players.”

If you like adventure games, head over to the Apple App Store and get yourself a copy of SQUIDS. The game costs 99 cents.

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Legend of the Fish of Fury is a fighting style game starring fish. Players get to pick a fish they would like to use. The fish have different strengths and weaknesses. Some fish are strong and slow and others are fast, but not quite as strong. Players can decide what play style they like to use.

Once the fish is picked, the player can choose where they would like to battle. There are four different battlegrounds to choose from. The battlegrounds do not effect the battle in any way. They just change the background of where the fish are doing battle.

After choosing the fish to use and the battleground to compete in, it is time to fight. There are different ways to fight depending on the mode that was chosen at the beginning of the game. The Arcade mode is the mode where players will fight opponent after opponent until they defeat to the last guy. The opponents get tougher as you progress through arcade mode. Players battle by using the touch mechanics of the iPhone. Tapping the screen will cause the fish to punch their opponent. Sliding a finger across the screen will cause the fish to kick their opponent. Sliding your finger down the screen will cause the fish to block their opponent.

Legend of the Fish of Fury is a fun and entertaining fighting game. Players have to like fighting style games to enjoy the game. The game is a bit different than other fighting games in the use of fish fighting each other. If you like fighting style games for the iPhone/iPod Touch, you can’t go wrong with Legend of the Fish of Fury.

Monster Warrior is an arcade style slashing game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. There are evil monsters around and they are on the hunt for innocent little bunnies. Players must help stop the monsters from getting the bunnies by slashing the monsters. The game has similar game play as Fruit Ninja.

Players have to slash the monsters by using the touch features of the iDevice they are using. Speed is important, but so is accuracy. If the players slash the wrong thing, it could be the end of the cute little bunnies. There are four different play modes to entertain the gamers. Players attempt to get the highest score possible each time through the game.

If you like arcade style games, check out Monster Warrior on the Apple App Store. The iPhone/iPod Touch version is 99 cents and the iPad version is $1.99.

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GemStone Challenge is a columns matching game for the iPhone. The player has to match three or more of the same gem to clear the gems off the board. The trick to matching the gems is the gems fall in a column of three gems. You need to fit the column into the already dropped gems so that the gems make a match and are cleared from the board. The gems continue to fall until the player can make no more matches and the board is full.

The game is played using the touch mechanics of the iPhone. Players use their finger to move the gem columns from side to side to get them to fall in the correct spot. There are 2 game modes, single player or two player. Two player mode allows two players to play against each other using blue tooth or Apple’s Game Center.

If GemStone Challenge sounds like a fun game, you can get it from the Apple App Store.