On September 18, 2009, under the More Games Entertainment umbrella, Chillingo Ltd released a great game called "A Quest Of Knights Onrush", a free funny game. More Games Entertainment is a developer, marketer and seller of innovating games for mobile platforms. Although at the beginning, it created excellent games for mobile phones with Windows operating system, it soon redirects its attention to other mobile platform (Symbian, iPhone 3.0 operating system, Play Station Portable operating system, and Nintendo DS). You can find "A Quest Of Knights Onrush", form More Games Entertainment, on App Store.
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The latest version 1.1.1 of this fun game not only is compatible to iPod touch and iPhone with the third operating system for iPhone platform, but also comes free. Just open your iTunes account and download it for free. You will not be disappointed, especially if you have enjoyed Mario adventures (on any other platforms). However, this free version is not entirely identical with the pay application.

The resemblance is in the characters used and graphic details. Even so, the game is fully functional, fun, and most importantly, free. In this version you can only control one character. Your quest is to make your way through all the enemies you will came across using just your sword. In the full version ("Knights On Rush" also on the App Store) you have to fight simultaneously at least five Knights. Your goal is to defend all the 12 castles. The game play is not just to remove your enemies from your sight, but also to break through defense systems ant destroy every enemy you can find. In "A Quest Of Knights Onrush" you have to protect your knight, while in "Knights On Rush" you are free to do whatever you want to them, blow the up, boil them, sacrifice them, freeze them, through them into the air, it is your call.

You will not find actually 11 types of enemies in "A Quest Of Knights Onrush", but will still get to fight other knights, ballista, wizards and of course the everyday swordsmen. You only goal is to survive as much as you can, in the killing enemy process. The "A Quest Of Knights Onrush" developers even stated their intention to improve this free version, making it more like the full game version (only if people will seem to enjoy this new game play).

The game increases its difficulty with every step your knight will take. You get good feedback from the controls. The whole environment has only one purpose, to damage you. Also, be careful because it will not just decrease your life bar but it will also make you vulnerable to enemy attacks. A good feature is the auto heal feature, this was mandatory in order for you to play more. You get every type of enemies you could want from a free version, either they appear flying, or just make their way to the battlefield out of the ground, this game provides sufficient activities to keep you in the game.

Because the 1.1.1 version is compatible with third version of operating system for iPhone platform, every device sporting this OS and Bluetooth can connect to each other for a multiplayer combat. However the drawbacks are consistent with the "free" type of this game. You get no save feature, no multiple levels, less enemies, abilities and objects (like in "Knights On Rush"), no consistent boss battles, or other nice features. Then again this is a free version, with the only purpose to make you buy the actual game. For a promo game with not all the elements from the "mother" game, the "A Quest Of Knights Onrush" is great for a couple of free gaming hours.

On September 15, 2009, Mad Finger Games released "Samurai: Way of the Warrior", one of the most original and entertaining cut and kill games till this day. You can find it on App Store under the category games with a listed price of $2.99. "Samurai: Way of the Warrior" was developed for the iPod touch and iPhone running the third operating system for the iPhone platform. Mad Finger Games is a new private software company founded just this year. It was founded by know games software developers like: Tomas Sauerstrom, Michal Babjar, Pavel Cizek, Marek Rabas and Tomas Slapota. Their goal is to provide excellent quality software for all the major platforms. They focus their attention on game play and player experience. Doing so, all their products will deliver good satisfaction to their customers.

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The game will put you in the shoes of a powerful samurai in the ancient Japan. You are Daisuke Shimada, a samurai with one purpose: to defeat the evil Daimyo Hattoro who maintains the chaotic war with the only intention to spread terror and fear in all Japan. This is probably one of the best games found in the App Store, mostly because of its excellent game play and story line. The graphics are indeed amazing. The story is well introduced to the player by using a great quality illustrated comic book style vignettes, very Max Payne like (I miss that game, but we don't have to wait much more for the third installment coming from Rock Star Games in the winter of 2009).  "Samurai: Way of the Warrior" is visually stunning, with great controls cleverly using the touch screen for combos.

The game doesn't have virtual joysticks or gamepads; you just have to use swipes and taps. But don't worry once you will familiarize yourself with the controls you will understand how great they actually work. You can land a three hit combo that concludes with your enemy splitting into two pieces with blood splashing the screen. If you haven't figure it out by now, the game is violent. The main story could take several hours to complete. However if you are the average game player, with no more than one hour of a game per day, "Samurai: Way of the Warrior" might just last you a full week. Beside the normal mode, you also get a Dojo mode, where you battle extremely difficult wave of enemies in an arena. Even without the Dojo mode this game is captivating; therefore you will probably play the game more than once.

The game really shines in motion. Everything is 3D with great details and visual depth with the full package: buildings, plants, and objects fleshing out the environments. Beside the realistic animation, you also get seven different levels, each one with a unique design. Don't expect to very different enemies. Their variety consists in the different colored clothes and with different attack tactics. Their fighting skills evolve from loser (in the beginning) to expert (in a short time).

The game has a good artificial intelligence which offers excellent fight mechanics. In order for you to win the game, you have to be creative and combine different fight tactics. But then again, this will not be proven difficult, because the game offers more than 12 combos to use in fighting. However, your timing must be perfect. Once you start a combo, you will be vulnerable until the combo ends. The fight controls work perfectly.

In front of an enemy you are free to attack by any move you might want to choose, just swipe or tap the touch screen of your iPod touch or iPhone. Combos are building from basic gestures (left swipe swings left, the same only for the right and swipe up for an overhead blow). All this combos make the fighting simple and on the iPod touch and iPhone it even feels natural. "Samurai: Way of the Warrior" is a great game, with the excellent art style and unique control scheme, this game will keep you busy for a while hacking through your enemies.

On May 11, 2009, Id Software released "Wolfenstein RPG" (version 1.0.0) for iPod touch and iPhone running with the third operating system for the iPhone platform. "Wolfenstein RPG" is pretty good action shooter. Why only pretty good? This game is not exactly state of the art, with the 2D graphics and just first person game mode. Even so, "Wolfenstein RPG" might just exceed your expectations. The game is designed for casual customers.  "Wolfenstein RPG" has an appealing story, and a great responsive control scheme that works excellent.

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Unlike the "Wolfenstein" game for PC's where you were getting a great action shooter with lots of enemy confrontations, scary robots and all the weapons in the world, the "Wolfenstein RPG" is a rather more slow game. Basically when you shoot your enemy, the enemy shoots you back and you kind of giving one another turns to shoot (very unrealistic). Even with such bad action, the game is still pretty dynamic. The old 2D graphics makes the game more suitable for 2^nd generation iPod touch and iPhone 3G. However if you are looking for a realistic 3D action shooter for your iPhone 3GS or your brand new iPod touch 3^rd generation, then keep looking (this is not what you are looking for).

The game puts you into Sergeant B. J. Blazkowicz's shoes, leader of U.S fighting unit assigned with a special mission. You have to stop the Axis Army from destroying the world. Therefore you travel to Castle Wolfenstein where you will fight zombies, mutations, elite army, robots, insane prisoners and more. You can fight one on one with no weapons, using just your fists and boots, or engage into a full weapons war.

The game has nine levels with three difficulty modes for you to play. There is no easy mode, only normal, hard and nightmare. Like any other game from App Store, "Wolfenstein RPG" also includes mini games that appear randomly in the game play.

The "Wolfenstein RPG" lacks great graphics, but includes excellent controls. You have an arsenal made out of 16 weapons including Spiked Brass Knuckles, a submachine gun, and dynamite on your iPod touch and iPhone. The controls are very intuitive and are responsive. A d-pad is provided for the basic functions like forward and backward movement. Because the most of the time you move through corridors, you actually don't need complex movements.

For a better understanding of the your remaining life, current level, weapons and discovered secrets, "Wolfenstein RPG" provides you with an informational mini display positioned at the bottom of the screen. The inventory is the collection of all items collected through the entire game (weapons, ammo, treasure and health). All of these are important for you to play more smoothly (because the game offers all the information you need there won't be moments when you will run out of ammo). You can easily switch between different weapons by just tapping the screen (the switch doesn't happen very fast, but then again the game is not fast either).

For shooting your enemies, just tap on the target. Because you have the equal opportunity with the AI, you should expect getting shot pretty often. "Wolfenstein RPG" is not so much a role playing game, than is rather more about interaction. You can uncover secrets by just tapping the screen and reveal stolen treasures or weapons and even ammo. Your character will have conversations with a variety of characters, from normal to the most insane characters of the Wolfenstein Castel.

The game play of "Wolfenstein RPG" is well balanced with all the 32 enemies (soldiers, zombies you name it, all of them being injected with weird substances) and side incidents to keep your interest on a high level. For the shooter fans, not even the nightmare mode should be a problem. However, this game is destined for the average consumer; therefore the nightmare difficulty might be quite the challenge. One of the best features of this game, beside the great controls, is the availability to listen to your iTunes music library during the game.

Fight the enemies and save the world on your own playlists (great feature). This shooter is a good game for the normal players. It works well on the 2^nd generation of both iPod touch and iPhone. It will not crash your device like other graphic - rich applications. Therefore, if you are an average game player looking for an entry level action shooter, "Wolfenstein RPG" is just what you need.