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In January of last year, Liv Games ’ debut title Legendary Wars [ $0.99 / $1.99 (HD) ] really redefined the side-scrolling castle defense genre. It had a huge cast of interesting heroes and enemies, a fantastic art style, tons of humorous dialogue, and a huge single-player campaign to play through. But what really made it stand out was how it used so many different iterations of the strategy defense formula, making it feel like many different games in one and a fresh experience throughout. Exactly a year to the day after the release of Legendary Wars , Liv Games put out its pseudo-sequel Monster Wars [ Free ], which we really liked in our review . It took basically everything from the first game but re-imagined it from the bad guys’ perspective, letting you play with the monsters as the protagonists. Also, it dumped heaps of new content, improved visuals, and lots of new odds and ends that made it an even better overall experience. Today, you can grab Monster Wars for free for a limited time. In addition, Liv Games has sent over some details of what to expect of the next new 1.2 update which will be hitting soon, along with a teaser image of some of the new tier 4 armor: -11 New AWESOME Tier 4 Monster Armors! Each with a more powerful special designed to destroy heroes! -Monster Arena! 12 New Challenges and 2 new bosses! -NEW LEVEL featuring the Unisis boss (Pegasus Unicorn) -New Sky Angel boss in 6-2 and Arena. -New ‘Hero” Difficulty designed for Tier 4 Monsters. -New Fear status that causes heroes to get scared, miss and run away! -11 New Tier 4 Achievements and 1 new Leaderboard. Definitely don’t miss the chance to grab Monster Wars while free, and if you like the game and find yourself curious about what it’s like for the heroes in the game, then definitely check out Legendary Wars at some point too

On this week’s episode of The TouchArcade Show, we actually have to turn the car around in order to say something off-topic. At top, we discuss the arrival of the TouchArcade app [ Free ] and touch on its upcoming Universal-ness. Later, we dive into the latest, the best, and the hottest in iOS. From NOVA 3 to Pocket Planes , we’ve got your steamy games discussion covered. And in our front page section, we spend a good amount of time on Rovio’s latest moves and Team Meat’s latest stream of gripes. If you’d like to give us a listen, go ahead and do so. Just hit up one of the handy links below. Additionally, you can subscribe to us on iTunes and Zune to get our latest episodes the second they hit the ‘net. iTunes Link : The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace : TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed : The TouchArcade Show Direct Link : TouchArcadeShow-051.mp3, 31.0MB A couple of house-cleaning notes before the show notes: we fixed our audio issue from last week, so feel free to keep your iPod at a normal volume all the way through. Also, our official Minecraft server is a real thing. E-mail the podcast if you want in, and I’ll hit you back. GAMES Pocket Planes NOVA 3 [$ 6.99 ] Penny Time [$. 99 ] FRONT PAGE Rovio Confirms That It Has Acquired ‘Casey’s Contraptions’ Team Meat Goes Full Blast On F2P

London-based design studio ustwo created a heck of a game in Whale Trail , but it’s failing as a commercial entity. It’ll never hit the App Store top 10. The face of its bubbly and wide-eyed mascot, Willow, will never grace products like panties or fruit snacks. And at its current pace, it’ll be awhile before it generates a decent profit. The studio has huge expectations that aren’t being met, and just based on trends, it’s clear that Whale Trail will continue not meeting them. It’s a failure in this life. But will it be one in its next ? Again, ustwo is spending money on Whale Trail , giving it a second wind via creative mouth-to-mouth. It’s retooling and redesigning the oddball flying game as a free-to-play title in a high-bandwidth effort to attract the casual audience that the original version failed to reach, but managed to brush. The hope is that this model, alongside some fresh content, will finally put the game over the top and onto hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of phones and tablets across the world. It’s a crazy plan. Crazy, however, is kinda its project lead’s thing. On Conversion, Failure, And Journeys I’ve been speaking with ustwo co-founder Mills about the upcoming transformation. Mills is like a bizarro Clint Eastwood

If you’re looking to spend at least one more dollar in THQ’s so-so wrestling game, WWE WrestleFest [$ 2.99 / HD ] , there’s no better time than now. A new IAP pack that includes a new arena and former and past crowd-pleasers Sexual Chocolate, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Mr. Perfect, and Eddie Guerrero is available for purchase. THQ is branding this as the “Champions Pack,” which strikes us as kind of funny. Is it even possible to name a popular wrestler who hasn’t earned a belt or two over his surely-800 year career? Even Shamrock won championships. Shamrock , man. Anyway, if you’re interested in WrestleFest we highly suggest you read some reviews and community thoughts and check out the demo [ Free / HD Free ] before diving in. It’s definitely a mixed bag, and for those of you keep track at home, it still doesn’t support iCade for whatever reason. App Store Links:      WrestleFest Premium , $2.99      WrestleFest Lite , Free      WrestleFest HD Lite , Free (iPad Only)      WrestleFest HD , $3.99 (iPad Only)