E3: iPhone Games Worth a Gander

E3 has wrapped up, and amidst the Mac, Windows, console and iPhone titles I now want to sacrifice my social life to play, 12 games stood out among the iPhone and iPod touch offerings.

Some come from marquee developers, others from up-and-coming or almost completely unknown parties. Either way, the games caught my eye and so, without further ado and in no particular order, the 12 best iPhone games of E3 2009:

A.D.D.: A "WarioWare"-style casual game for the iPhone, A.D.D will ship with 72 fast-paced minigames (which will be extended to 108 minigames with later updates). Gameplay is rapid, quick, fun and incorporates a demented sense of humor (one mini-game has you shaking salt onto a slug). Simple, good and fun, the title should appear later this summer and retail in the $4 to $5 range.

Lordi for the iPhone: An upcoming title by Finnish developer minestudios, Lordi centers around Finnish death metal band Lordi and places the player in a "Silent Hill"-esque scenario where they wake up in a hospital as a school girl and must flee assorted monsters. This is turned on its head in later levels when players become Lordi and are able to hunt down and tear the monsters apart at will.

Minestudios has stated that the company will release a total of seven episodes within the game, the full package taking up less than 500 megabytes of space on the iPhone, the title should ship within a few months and retail for about $4 on the App Store.

Star Hogs:A turn-based space game complete with 32 levels, free play, great graphics, multiplayer support (up to 4 players), Campaign play and one of the best uses of 3D to date for the iPhone. Developer Iugo is about to submit the title to the App Store for review, but it's guessed that the game will be available later this summer and be available in the $3 to $4 range.

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