On August 31, 2009, SkyVu Pictures released "Battle Bears" one of the most funny action adventure games for iPod touch and iPhone running the second or third operating system for the iPhone mobile platform. SkyVu Pictures is an animation developer headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. They also have studios in Vietnam and Singapore.

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Originally, SkyVu Pictures was specialized on computer generated animation (used mostly in advertising and several entertainment projects). Later the company specialized in animation software. "Battle Bears" is their best game for iPod touch and iPhone. If someone would summarize its presentation, he or she would probably say it's one of the funniest games, providing a great sense of humor. Believe it or not this game is one of the best shooter games you can find for your iPod touch or iPhone.

The graphics are excellent. You get the latest 3D graphics with a lot of animation. The story line is quite simple (after all this is a shooting bear game). Your bear, Oliver, is stuck in a crowd of pink bears with their only purpose to hug you until death. In order to keep Oliver alive so that he can star in its next film, you have to arm Oliver and shoot all the enemies in order for your brown bear to survive. "Battle Bears" offers 20 levels of shooting fun, with animated movie clips inserted along the game. Because not only the graphics matter in one game, SkyVu Pictures offers interesting controls.

You can choose to play with one hand or with two hands. By default you can find the second aiming style available when you first play the game. However, you can choose from Options to change the aiming style into one had. The two hands aiming, require for you select on the touch screen with your thumb were you want to shoot, and then tap with your other thumb the touch screen to actually shoot. The controls are easy to use, and in time will prove quite fun. Beside the normal game mode, "Battle Bears" also comes with a Survival mode. This game mode is really fun, and delivers an increasingly intense battle. With each and every level finished you are being given a score. Also by finishing levels you are unlocking new weapons. These weapons will prove to be useful as more and more teddy bears will appear (depending on your current level).

To provide a nice user experience, SkyVu Pictures also included an original soundtrack. You can also listen to your own playlists from your iPod touch or iPod function from your iPhone. You can find "Battle Bears" on App Store in the Games category with the latest version 1.1 for $0.99 price tag (a true bargain). The 1.1 version added to the original version anew checkpoint (therefore if you die in level 4 or 5, you can now reload from level 4 and not from beginning).

Also the 1.1 version brings improved motion and better responsive controls. As new features you get a new tutorial movie and a new score meter for the teddy bears killed. If you already own the latest version then you should know that "Battle Bears" version 1.5 is on its way, and will bring beside new levels, new weapons and new enemies (new teddy bears, or new funny stuffed animals, we don't know yet, we just have to wait and see).

On September 24, 2009, seller Micah Lee released "Skeleton key" a true "aac" game (addicting, amazing and challenging) for iPod touch and iPhone running the second or third operating system for iPhone mobile platform. The game puts you in the shoes of a treasure hunter. Your goal is to get as many keys you can find to open the treasure chests. Basically, "Skeleton key" is a puzzle game. This game is also entertaining and unique in the same time. The game play is rather simple, just matched every key with the correct treasure chest. You must unlock all treasure chests using the skeleton keys provided when you complete levels.
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"Skeleton key" provides 100 levels, each and every one of them being not only unique but also challenging. Every level completed provides one single key for you to try to match with the correspondent chest. You can move the keys simultaneously, so suite your swipe direction. Every direction is possible without moving up (you can move to the left, to the right and down). Your mission is to guide the keys to the treasure chests without getting stuck.

However, you must move fast or you might get stuck. Therefore, when that happens you must restart the level. Before starting playing the game, take in notice that you are allowed only a specific amount of moves to direct all the keys to the treasure chest. Manage your moves in order to complete all the 100 levels. The graphics offered in this game are pretty decent. This is after all a puzzle game. Therefore you should expect great animation or 3D graphics.

To complete the overall good user experience you also get nice sounds and music. The total numbers of songs offered in "Skeleton key" is five. However, most users will probably just listen to their own playlists because the "Skeleton key" enables you this feature. Also keep in mind that the game will get harder with every level completed. You get three different game difficulty to choose from (the common easy, medium and, of course, hard). The only difference between this difficulty levels is the specific amount of moves you are allowed to make in one level. Your final score is determined by a various number of factors, such as number of moves left at the end of each level, number of lives kept at the end of each level, and many others. You can find "Skeleton key" on App Store with current version 1.2 for $1.99 price tag.

This upgraded version brings a few more features, such as skipping levels (with each level skipped you will lose one life), intro message (from the beginning of the game) disappears with just a tap on your iPod touch or iPhone screen. Now you can also use the accelerometer sensor to restart a level by simply shaking your device. "Skeleton key" is a great puzzle game. It is fun, and doesn't involve too much pressure for finishing it. Even so it will keep you entertained enough to play it at each level of difficulty.

Subatomic Studios LLC released the first version of "Field runners" (version 1.0.0) on 5 October 2008, for iPod touch and iPhone running the second operating system for the iPhone mobile platform. "Field runners" was an instant success, and was considered one of the greatest tower defense games released in 2008 for iPod and iPhone with iPhone OS 2.0. The first version was also nominated for a few iPhone software application awards. The instant success consolidated Subatomic Studios LLC on the market, already preparing similar "Field runners" games for the entire important mobile platform, such as Play Station Portable and Nintendo DS.
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Only six months later, on March 13 2009, from the launch of the 1.0.0 version, Subatomic Studios LLC, released on App Store for only $2.99 price tag, the 1.2.3 version of the "Field runners", now compatible with both second and third operating system of the iPhone mobile platform. The latest version of "Field runners" won several awards in 2009, because of the improved game play and lack of software issues. Therefore, "Field runners" received the "Best Mobile Game" award for 2009, and "Excellence in Art" award. You can easily present "Field runners" as the perfect combination between the legacy (regarding the game play) left by Tetris and the wave created by Bejeweled. I can't through myself into statements, but "Field runners" version 1.2.3 is the best Tower Defense game on the App Store, and it seems like it is bound to stay, at least until the release of 1.3.1 version.

If you are not yet familiar with any version of the "Field runners" then you should know that you get three modes of game play, Endless, Classic and Extended. You should probably start with Classic Mode and Extended Mode, to get familiarized with the game play and controls. In these two game play modes, you are constricted to defend only 100 stages.  You get six tower types, Gatling Tower, Goo Tower, Missile Tower, Mortar Tower, Frame Tower, and Tesla Tower. Each of these towers comes with its very own special ability.

In order for you to defend yourself and to attack and destroy your enemies you need to build towers anywhere you choose on the field. Use this customizable feature as you wish and create your very own game play strategy. Classic Mode offers the possibility of building only four out of six tower models, Missile, Gatling, Tesla, and Goo. The Extended mode allows you to choose from all the six tower models. In the Endless mode, your only purpose is to defend indefinitely. It seems that Subatomic Studios LLC enjoys the number three, because it offers three difficulty levels and three maps from where to choose from.

So, you get easy, medium, and hard as difficulty modes, and Dry lands, Grass lands, and Cross roads as maps. Because "Field runners" is a tower defense game, the overall strategy may seem familiar. You have to upgrade your towers with better defense systems, and continuously change your strategy attack, not letting your enemy get used to it. The graphics are exceptional for a tower defense game, you even get enough details included. The controls are intuitive. Therefore this game will seem user friendly.

Overall, "Field runners" offers a great game experience, and it will not let you get bored. You can easily find this game addictive because of all the features it brings.