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Earlier the summer Gameloft had a hole in one with their sublime yet cartoony golf game Let’s Golf 2. Now the publisher is looking to take a more serious approach to one of the world’s oldest games with the upcoming release of Real Golf 2011 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Say what you will about Electronic Arts, but they know how to time a release. Yesterday EA Games launched Madden NFL Superstars for Facebook just in time to ride on the recent success of their Madden NFL 11 for home consoles and feed off the excitement surrounding the start of the NFL season next week. It’s something of a work in progress, but after the success of their FIFA Superstars earlier this year, EA looks poised to rake in even more millions of players with this accessible football experience.

Slingo developer Funkintron has given a new puzzle game the "Supreme" treatment. Trinklit is all about dragging shapes together to create squares and remove them from the board. You earn extra points and bonuses by matching shapes quickly and combining shapes of the same color.

At Apple’s fall showcase of new gadgets and technologies, Steve Jobs confirmed something that Apple gamer’s have anxiously been waiting for since it’s reveal this past April: the release date of Apple Game Center.

Facebook and Target announced a partnership together whereby Target will be the first bricks and mortar retail store to sell Facebook Credits gift cards. The cards will be available for sale September 5 and will be available in $15, $25, and $50 increments.

By itself, this is not huge news (in fact, many of you may be noticing, slow news week). Zynga has been doing this for years. But in the big picture, however, it’s quite large.

Don’t let its charming characters and colorful backdrops fool you: Mega Jump isn’t for the feint of heart. Despite the cute and cuddly veneer, this is a difficult game that will challenge even the most skilled of players. But even though at times Mega Jump will have you cursing up a storm, it’s so finely crafted that you’ll want to keep playing in spite of the frustration. This is a game that will make you smile as much as it’ll make you swear.

Whatever happened to the days when developers who wished to rip off popular games would at least make some attempt to mask or redesign their “inspirations?” No, that’s not Mario, we’d hear; that’s Swordless Ninja. That’s not Scrabble, we’d hear; that’s Words With Friends. In Plants VS Aliens, the influence of both Plants vs. Zombies and Farmville is at times painfully obvious, but, surprisingly, this brazen clone provides an enjoyable combination of memorable aspects of both games.

Imagine a world where time didn't matter. That's the premise of Lost in Time: The Clockwork Tower, an upcoming hidden object adventure from Namco Networks and Spark Plug Games. A teaser trailer on the game's newly-launched official website shows an apple slowly shrivelling up and going rotten with age, then someone picks it up and takes a bite and the apple suddenly becomes fresh and juicy again.

Slice It! is a far better game than the review score would have you believe. However, hot on the heels of my recent editorial on the state of the App Store, I have found a new way for developers to abuse the update system: review begging. This foul tactic undermines and undervalues what should be a fantastic game.

Welcome to the Drawn: Dark Flight walkthrough on Gamezebo. Drawn: Dark Flight is an interactive, point-and-click adventure game played on PC, created by BigFish Games Studios and available at BigFish Games. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide for how to complete Drawn: Dark Flight.