App Store Update: September 26

Shadowrun Returns arrives, Limbo gains controller support and tons more freebies and new releases are here in the mega-sized Thursday ASU.

Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention. For more mobile game trailers, reviews and news be sure to Subscribe to IGNMobileGames on YouTube.
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Game Debuts
Shadowrun Returns – ($9.99)
After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign finished with over 450% funding this past April, the revival of the Shadowrun franchise was assured. Shadowrun Returns then went on sale in PC form a few months ago, and we reviewed that version here. Now, the game has come to iOS devices as well! Grab your copy from the App Store (if you didn't already secure a download code by pitching in during the fundraiser).
Crazy Chicken: Pirates – ($0.99)
A foul band of fowl pirates have invaded the Caribbean, and it's up to you to snipe them from a distance:
Fading Fairytales – (Freemium)
Fairytale characters like Robin Hood, Little Red Riding Hood (I wonder if they're related?) and Pinnochio come together in a cross-over RPG.
fadingfairytales
Drop That Candy – ($2.99)
Physics causes your candy treats to tumble, and you tap them out of existence when they hit another confection of the same color:
Meadowland – ($2.99)
Play as a fairy on a trip of casual exploration through a land of magic:
Pocket Trains – (Freemium)
From the makers of Pocket Planes and Tiny Tower, this time your little pixel people are riding the rails:
pockettrains
Amigo Pancho – ($0.99)
A popular web browser game about directing the movements of a balloon-grasping Mexican man, Amigo Pancho has now floated its way into the App Store.
Cat on a Diet – ($0.99)
Fat cat wants cookies! Help him gorge himself on goodies by slashing obstacles out of his way:
T.E.C 3001 – ($0.99)
Run through 3D levels as a robot . . .
Boson X – ($1.99)
. . . or as a man stuck inside a giant particle accelerator.
Trouserheart – ($2.99)
A hack-and-slash adventure starring a man wearing armor on his torso, but nothing but a paired of heart-adorned boxer shorts below that:
Trace 2 – ($2.99)
Finally, our last Game Debut of the day is Trace 2, a sequel to 2008's original Trace – both are platformers that allow you to draw your own platforms to go running and jumping across:
Price Drops
Spy vs. Spy – ($0.99)
It's been over a year since we last featured this one, ack! Spy vs. Spy is a brilliant revival of the classics Black-hunts-White-and-vice-versa game design from decades ago, and it quickly claimed the #1 sales position in the Store when it launched in Summer 2012. Now it's on sale again. Grab it now, if you didn't last year!
Freebies!
Legends of Ooo: Adventure Time – (Free)
Fans of Cartoon Network's most mathematical show get some free gaming with Finn and Jake today.
adventuretime
NinJump Deluxe – (Free)
Help a leaping ninja climb as high as possible:
NinJump Deluxe HD – (Free)
The iPad version of the above, of course.
ninjumpHD
Chicken Raid – (Free)
Angry Birds addicts might find a new flock to have fun with here in FDG Games' Chicken Raid, another bird-filled physics-based iOS puzzler.
Transport General – (Free)
Build roads, railways, airports and more as you seek to become the world's most powerful director of transporation.
transport
Updates
Limbo – ($4.99)
One of the key points of praise in our review of this iOS port of Limbo was that it did touch screen controls so well. Still, there are certainly some out there who'd prefer a button-directed experience. Version 1.1 has now gone live for the game, and it adds support for iOS 7 game controllers.
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