![]() Smartened-up graphics, tweaked difficulty levels and Game Center achievements have all been added for a 2012 twist. Square Enix continues its strategy of bringing older games in its Final Fantasy series to iOS with this conversion of the 1991 fourth installment of the RPG. And while Rhapsody isn't available in Europe, the company has released a similar iPad app for its Napster subsidiary on this side of the Atlantic.įinal Fantasy IV has been spruced up for iOS Final Fantasy IV (£10.99) Playlists, recommendations and all the other obvious features are present and correct, in a stylish image-heavy interface. US-based subscription music service Rhapsody has a brand new iPad app, providing a tablety way in to its 16m-song catalogue. ![]() It ties into the existing online Digital Theatre service in terms of paying for the content. Here's another clever idea: an app that streams footage of theatrical performances in the UK, including David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing David Morrissey in Macbeth David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker in All My Sons, and a host of other top-tier plays. Yet even this Christmas staple is going digital in 2012: a £2.99 in-app purchase gets you the digital issue of the British TV listings magazine, with trailers and other videos thrown in for good measure. It doesn't matter if I don't watch most of them: it's the tradition that counts. IPad Radio Times Christmas TV Magazine (£2.99)Įvery year, I buy the Christmas issue of the Radio Times, grab a red pen and circle dozens of TV shows I plan to watch over the festive period. This is interesting – well, it is if you're a Gary Numan fan – an app by Artrocker with 200 photos of Numan and his band, as well as a dozen video interviews, memorabilia from his career, and a code to download a new remix album of his Dead Son Rising album. IPhone / iPad Ravensword: Shadowlands (£4.99)Ĭrescent Moon's action RPG is the follow-up to Ravensword: The Fallen King, offering a meaty open-world game where you explore an enormous world fighting monsters, improving your character's skills, and generally marvelling at Elder Scrolls-style games being possible on smartphones and tablets. This is an elegant book-app based on its Cinderella animated film, with added puzzles, music and digital painting for children. IPad Cinderella: Storybook Deluxe (£2.49)Īs you'll see lower down, Disney has been on a bit of tear in the week before Christmas, releasing a succession of apps. You can manage multiple Tumblr blogs posting text, photos, videos, quotes and links, with a simple and efficient interface making it all easy. The link above is for iPhone, but here's the iPad version.īlogging service Tumblr has had an iPhone app for a while now, but it's just been released as a native iPad app too. It's colourful and very cute: the developer looks to have another hit on its hands. This time, it's different monsters – ones who live in the fridge and can stick together to solve puzzles. Pudding Monsters is the new game from ZeptoLab, which had a couple of huge hits with Cut the Rope. It offers fast shooting, editing and uploading features, supporting Google+, Facebook and Twitter as well as YouTube itself. YouTube wants to become the default video-recording camera on iPhones with this app, released separately from the watch-only YouTube app that came out earlier in 2012. ![]() The link above is for the iPhone version, but here's the iPad version. When a cartoon monster appears, they have to sneak up silently and tap the screen to capture its photo. You place the device in a room then get kids to retreat to a safe distance. Sneak (£0.69)Įvery child in an iOS household needs Sneak this Christmas: it's one of the most inventive children's apps yet. ![]() With the App Store approval doors now closed for Christmas, this is the last weekly roundup of 2012. As ever, the prices refer to the initial download of each app: often when you see (Free) it means freemium, so there may be in-app purchases or subscriptions.
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