Valentine's Day specials coming to the App Store

Ah, Valentine's Day, when Spring is just around the corner, love is in the air, and ... iOS games are on sale for 99 cents? Apparently -- since the holiday is largely made up by gift card retailers anyway, a bunch of big iOS developers are putting their games on sale for just a buck over the weekend. If you've been waiting to pick up games by Electronic Arts or Gameloft, this coming weekend will be your chance.

There are actually multiple reasons for this -- not only is it Valentine's Day, but a lot of folks are receiving their new Verizon iPhones this weekend, so there's a lot of incentive to sell some games and break into the top paid and free app charts. We can probably expect to hear about more sales as the week goes on.

Some games are also updating for Valentine's Day -- both Angry Birds and Cut the Rope have updates planned or shipping already, and we'll probably see a few more of those as well. Flower Garden is also going free starting Thursday for the holiday. Just be careful -- if your Valentine catches you playing any of this new content during your date next Monday, the rest of February might be a little more lonely for you.

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Megu

You should really check out Love Booth (it's FREE), a Valentines-themed Music and Dance Video eCard Maker, where Cupid, Teddy Bear and Silly Heart dance to holiday card-inspired scenes and your favorite music.

The way it works is that you add your own face, custom message, and in a click, you can share the scene as a Video eCard (complete with music), with friends and loved ones; and that video can easily be posted to Facebook, YouTube and the like.

FWIW, it's built by the same folks who made Santa Dance, a Top 25 App over the Christmas holidays.

I seriously dare you to not get a big smile on your face when you try it:

Love Booth: http://itunes.apple.com/app/love-booth/id414583001?mt=8

February 11 2011 at 8:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

VanillaSpice

Only Tetris and Spore are published by EA in the Australian iTunes Store. All the other EA titles are published by "Electronic Arts Nederland B.V." who don't have their games on sale.

I am pretty sure (based on how many EA games are on my "new" page of apps) that EANBV did participate in the Christmas sale thing, so I was hopeful this nonsense - of apps only being on sale in the US store - had ended, but it appears I was wrong.

February 08 2011 at 8:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lucy

I love the fact that they have all these cool games for Valentine's day. Last night, I was looking for a good and new apps for my iPod touch and I got this App(http://www.isbx.com/build-a-card/valentines-day/) that allows you to make Valentine's day card.
I think from all the app competition, users are able to do more things with their mobile and tablet.

February 08 2011 at 7:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stanford

That reminds me of this hilariously horrifying app that I played last v-day:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rogue-cupid/id304478844?mt=8

I dunno, whatever, I'm a curmudgeon and don't like Valentine's Day.

February 08 2011 at 6:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply