Following last week's record-breaking launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the iPhone and iPod touch are now home to a Call of Duty game of their very own. Now available via iTunes, Call of Duty: World at War: ZOMBIES recreates the zombie-infested "Nacht der Untoten (Night of the Undead)" map from last year's entry, Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War, in portable touch- and tilt-controlled form.

The 16MB download sells for $9.99, packing three controls schemes and support for up to four players via Wi-Fi or two via Bluetooth. Development was handled by Ideaworks Game Studio, with more maps slated to arrive as downloadable content.

Having just barely missed its expected October release, the iPhone and iPod touch entry in EA's Command & Conquer Red Alert series is now available via iTunes.

Priced at $9.99, the touch-controlled strategy game includes a 12-map single-player campaign and a Skirmish mode. Multiplayer will be added later in a free update.

Additional content will be sold in-game as paid downloads. The first expansion, dubbed "Assault Pack," adds six new Skirmish maps for $0.99 and is now available.

An "Empire of the Rising Sun" expansion is also in the works, said to deliver "a third faction with its own story, units and buildings for an additional low price."

The official iPhone and iPod touch port of id Software's Doom is now available.

Priced at $6.99, the 76.8MB download packs a total of 36 levels across four episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, Shores of Hell, Inferno, and Thy Flesh Consumed.

Along with single-player, the touch-controlled game packs four-person competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes. Thanks to manlyman for the heads up.

id Software has updated the iPhone port of its vintage shooter Wolfenstein 3D, packing in the 21-level prequel Spear of Destiny and support for user-created maps.

Also arriving in the free update are map interface improvements and an id trivia section. Now dubbed Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum and weighing in at a 3G-unfriendly 21.5MB, the game costs $1.99 on iTunes. Thanks Schnapple for the tip.

Shacknews readers already enjoy one of the best iPhone and iPod Touch apps thanks to Alex Wayne's Latest Chatty. Today, Shacknews gets its second entry in the iTunes App Store as part of the GameCenter application crafted by parent company GameFly.

Along with screenshots, trailers and news from Shacknews, the free application includes content from other sites in the GameFly Media group, including descriptions, control layouts, cheat codes and reviews on "more than 5,000 video game titles."

Those with GameFly accounts can use the application to add, remove and rearrange titles within their GameQ. Those that don't have GameFly accounts, meanwhile, will be offered a fifteen-day free trial just for downloading the application.

"We really want the app to be bigger than the GameFly audience," said GameFly co-founder Sean Spector, explaining that it's targeted at "all gamers of all ages."

Spector added that while he didn't want to "divulge too much" about future plans, upcoming additions include the ability to rate games and write reviews from within the application along with more trailers and the ability to rate news items.

Grab GameCenter on the iTunes App store. Pictures and video of the app are also available on the GameFly website.

Gameloft's revamped iPhone port of Shiny's classic 16-bit platformer Earthworm Jim is out now on iTunes, on offer "for a Limited Time Only!" at a launch price of $4.99.

The port contains lovingly redrawn graphics and a remastered soundtrack, plus the ability to play tracks from your own music library should the latter somehow offend you. A downloadable release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii has also been announced.

In celebration of World of Goo's first birthday, developer 2D Boy is selling the splendid physics puzzler for whatever you feel like paying and sends news of an iPhone version.

Simply pay as little or as much as you fancy on the currently-overloaded 2D Boy site before October 16 to receive a downloadable PC, Mac or Linux version. If you absolutely must try before coughing up even one single cent, nab the demo from FileShack first.

An iPhone version will also join the PC and WiiWare releases. "It's not done and we don't have a release date yet," said the announcement. "We have it running well on the iPhone 3GS, and with a little luck we hope to get it running smoothly on the 3G as well."

"If you played and liked the game but hadn't yet paid for it, this is your chance at redemption!" encourages 2D Boy, referring to the fact 80% of players connecting to the World of Goo leaderboards in the first weeks following release used pirated copies. Co-founder Ron Caramel has called DRM "a waste of time" for preventing piracy.

Earlier this year, we got word that EA was bringing Command & Conquer Red Alert to the iPhone and iPod touch. Now we have screenshots, a release window, and details.

The portable strategy game is slated to hit the iTunes App Store later this month. We don't know exactly how much it will run, but we do know that it has a total of 12 combat levels:

The Cold War is hot again with COMMAND & CONQUER RED ALERT for iPhone and iPod touch.

Experience real-time COMMAND & CONQUER strategy as the Soviet or Ally factions. Control the battlefield with touch-screen power in... Read more

Update: Scratch tomorrow, it's actually available now. Thanks Vegtro.

The iPhone revamp of Revolution's classic adventure "Beneath a Steel Sky" is due in the iTunes App Store tomorrow--Friday, October 9---the developer has confirmed.

Priced at $4.99 / 3.99 euro / 2.99 pounds, "Beneath a Steel Sky - Remastered" updates the 1994 PC and Amiga original with new animations from original contributor and Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, along with a new interface and hint systems.

Harmonix is bringing Rock Band to the iPhone "very soon," and initial details and screens of the tap-based title have already been released.

The portable rhythm game will allow up to four players to tap-jam on guitar, drums or vocals. Reports IGN: "The only role that feels lacking is the singer. You tap along with the notes just like the guitar."

World Tour and Solo Tour campaign modes will allow for single or multiplayer progression through the game's 20 tracks, and downloadable songs are planned. The game supports local multiplayer over Bluetooth and online cooperative multiplayer by way of Facebook, according to Pocketgamer.

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With LucasArts' recent remake of Monkey Island having "surpassed all of our expectations," studio president Darrell Rodriguez has now confirmed that "we plan to do much more of this, both on Steam and iPhone and other platforms in the future."

The revelation came during a GameTrailers TV interview, which also saw the LucasArts president speak on reissuing the Jedi Knight games and the potential of new entries in classic franchises, such as Grim Fandango and Indiana Jones.

"Jedi Knight series is coming next week as well," Rodriguez said of the old Star Wars-based PC shooter/saber-swinging franchise. Just before... Read more

Just in time for the start of the new season, EA has brought its popular football franchise to the iPhone and iPod Touch with today's App Store release of Madden NFL 10.

The 102MB download packs "32 unique fields" and "nearly 2,000 players from all 32 NFL teams," according to Electronic Arts. A multiplayer mode plus the "ability to get roster updates" and "authentic throwback jerseys" are listed as upcoming features.

While the game will typically sell for $9.99, a "special launch price" of $7.99 will be in effect until the new season officially begins tomorrow, September 10, at 8:30PM EST.

The well-known Grand Theft Auto franchise will be making the leap to iPhone and iPod Touch this fall with a port of Rockstar Leed's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Publisher and studio owner Take-Two Interactive made the announcement this morning. A firm release date and a price point for the downloadable game were not provided.

Released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year and coming to PSP on October 20, the top-down open-world title sees players stealing cars and dealing drugs, among other nefarious acts, all in the name of family.

PopCap's next glee-inducing step in its war on your free time will be the release of Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the developer announced today.

The undead lawn defense game will be released on the iTunes App Store, "Around the end of this year." An Xbox Live Arcade version is also en route, with no arrival date given.

Given that a certain member of the Shackstaff was driven a little doolally by the iPhone release of Peggle, which PvZ easily trumps in terms of joyous inanity, we live in fear.

Vintage properties continue to flood onto the iPhone and iPod Touch, with today's release of EA Mobile and id's turn-based shooter Wolfenstein RPG marking the latest.

Priced at $4.99, the 33MB download boasts eight hours of play with nine levels, sixteen weapons, turn-based combat, cut scenes, hidden treasure to hunt, and chickens to kick.

id continuing plans for the iPhone include a multiplayer-enabled Doom, an RPG version of Doom II, and no less than three flavours of Quake--Quake, Quake 2 and Quake Arena.

Throughout the course of Civilization, one problem has plagued gamers more than any other: how does one balance the desire to hit "next turn" with the intense need to urinate?

2K Games took one giant leap toward the toilet for man by releasing Civilization Revolution on iPhone today.

Both a full $5 app and a free Lite version are now available to download on the Apple App store.

The full version includes 16 civilizations to the Lite's choice of 3, and will be supported with future foreign language localization, achievements, Twitter integration, and other free updates.

With the third multiplayer map pack for Call of Duty: World at War hitting PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in just a few days, developer Treyarch today launched a free application that lets players track in-game stats and news from an iPhone or iPod Touch.

To fully utilize the "Call of Duty: World at War Companion," players must first link their PlayStation Network or Xbox Live identities to their account at codwaw.com. Those playing on PC are unable to take full advantage of the app's stat-tracking functionality.

In addition, publisher Activision provided top-down "schematics" of the four new arenas contained in Map Pack #3, which will sell for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) when it hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this Thursday, August 6. No word as to when the new maps will hit PC, though Packs #1 and #2 both debuted on PC a bit later as free updates.

A demo for PopCap's "vocabularious" puzzle effort Bookworm Adventures 2 (PC) is now available from FileShack, offering a sample of the just-released casual game, with PopCap also briefly dropping the price of Bookworm iPhone to a mere $0.99.

The 55MB demo of Bookworm Adventures 2 provides 60 minutes of the word-building puzzler before demanding that you pony up $19.95 for the whole shebang. If that seems a little steep, just wait--PopCap will be releasing each of the game's three chapters as individual episodes come August 19, though pricing is not yet confirmed.

Meanwhile, the sale on Bookworm iPhone (normally $4.99) will run until August 5.

Revolution Software's classic PC adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky is coming to the iPhone this fall, from a new division focused on digitally-distributed handheld gaming.

"The adventure genre is undergoing a renaissance" said Revolution founder Charles Cecil in a statement. "Digital distribution has changed the game for developers... By tackling development and publishing duties ourselves, we can strengthen our relationship with [our fans] and retain complete commercial and creative freedom."

Beneath A Steel Sky - Remastered is revamped with animated movies by Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons, a context-sensitive help system, and higher quality audio.

More titles from the Revolution library--which includes the Broken Sword series--and original games will follow on more platforms including Android, PSP Go, and DSi Shop.

Staying true to word that Resident Evil 4 iPhone was due around the end of July, Capcom's portable zombie shooter is now available to from the iTunes App Store.

Priced at $7.99, the 37.3 MB download an unlockable Mercenary Mode alongside its story-driven campaign and promises "the best 3D graphics to date on iPhone."