Christmas 2010 iPhone and iPad game sales roundup

The fix is in. With iTunes shutting its doors for the Chrimbo holidays, publishers are doing something sly to ensure they’re hanging out at Number 1 when the shop goes into stasis on December 23rd.

If they’re on the top sales charts come Christmas morning when all the wee kiddywinks have unwrapped their new iPods and iPads, the thinking goes, their games will be the first port of call for our next generation of Apple fans.

So how do you game the system, and rocket your apps to the top of the charts? Easy: start a massive sale, boost your popularity, and switch the cost back just in time for Christmas morning.

And that’s exactly what EA, Telltale, Glu, and many more have done. Just check out this bumper crop of cut price games:

Capcom 59p / 99c Ghosts’N Goblins Gold Knights II

£1.19 / $1.99 Dead Rising Mobile

£3.99 / $6.99

Street Fighter IV

Square Enix iPhone Free Sliding Heroes 59p / 99c Voice Fantasy £1.19 / $1.99 Hills and Rivers Remain
Vanguard Storm £2.39 / $3.99 Crystal Defenders
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II £2.99 / $4.99 Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes - Encore £3.49 / $5.99 Chaos Rings

iPad £1.19 / $1.99 Chocobo Panic £2.39 / $3.99 Crystal Defenders HD

£4.99 / $7.99 Chaos Rings HD
Sega iPhone 59p / 99c Altered Beast
ChuChu Rocket!
Ecco the Dolphin
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Phantasy Star II
Shining Force
Space Harrier II
Streets of Rage
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball 2

£1.79 / $2.99 Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 iPad £1.79 / $2.99

ChuChu Rocket! HD
Super Monkey Ball 2 Sakura Edition
Taito iPhone 59p / 99c Mikado Defenders £1.79 / $2.99

Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Bust-A-Move (known as Puzzle Bobble outside of the US)

£2.39 / $3.99 Cooking Mama Gameloft iPhone

59p / 99c

Spider-Man: Total Mayhem
Iron Man 2
Hero of Sparta II
UNO
The Settlers
NFL 2011
Let’s Golf 2
Shrek Kart
Real Football 2011
Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles
James Cameron’s Avatar
The Oregon Trail
Splinter Cell Conviction
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Driver iPad Splinter Cell: Conviction
Let’s Golf! 2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD
NFL 2011 HD
Blokus HD
James Cameron’s Avatar
Zombie Infection HD Glu Mobile iPhone Free

Deer Hunter Challenge
Magic Life
Toyshop Adventures
Escape from NOM
Jump O'Clock
Stranded: Mysteries Of Time
1000: Find 'em All!
Mini Golf: Wacky Worlds
Brain Genius Deluxe ™
Cops & Robbers
Space Monkey
Bonsai Blast 59p / 99c

Deer Hunter: African Safari
Paperboy: Special Delivery
Deer Hunter 3D
Super KO Boxing 2
World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend
How to Train Your Dragon
Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year
Family Guy Time Warped
The Lord of the Rings: Middle-Earth Defense iPad Free

Hero Project
Magic Life
Toyshop Adventures 59p / 99c

The Lord of the Rings: Middle-Earth Defense
Deer Hunter: African Safari
World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend
Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year
Super KO Boxing 2
Deer Hunter 3D
Family Guy Time Warped Telltale Games 59p / 99c Wallace and Gromit: The Last Resort
Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone
Puzzle Agent
Puzzle Agent HD
Tapulous 59p / 99c

Katy Perry Revenge
Justin Bieber Revenge
Metallica Revenge
Lady Gaga Revenge
Lady Gaga Revenge 2 Electronic Arts iPhone 59p / 99c Anytime Pool
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
FIFA 10
FIFA 11
High Calibre Hunting
Heroes Lore III
Littlest Pet Shop
Madden NFL 11
Mass Effect Galaxy
Mirror’s Edge
MMA
Monopoly
Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition
Mystery Mania
NBA Elite 11
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed Shift
Need for Speed Undercover
Pictureka!
R-TYPE
Risk
Scrabble
SimCity Deluxe
Tetris
The Game of Life Classic Edition
The Simpsons Arcade
The Sims 3
The Sims 3 Ambitions
The Sims World Adventures
Wolfenstein RPG
Zombies and Me iPad Command & Conquer Red Alert
Madden NFL 11
Mirror’s Edge for iPad
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed Shift
Pictureka!
Reckless Racing HD
Scrabble
SimCity Deluxe
Snood
Tetris
YAHTZEE HD Gamevil 59p / 99c Zenonia
Zenonia 2
Hybrid : Eternal Whisper
Hybrid 2: Saga of Nostalgia
Soccer Superstars
Vanquish: The Oath of Brothers £1.79 / $2.99 Illusia
Baseball Superstars 2011
Baseball Superstars 2010 HD Ubisoft iPhone 59p / 99c Dawn of Discovery - Harbor
Assassin’s Creed II Discovery
Silent Hunter Mobile
Voodoo Dice £1.19 / $1.99 The Settlers of Tandria iPad £1.19 / $1.99 Silent Hunter HD £2.39 / $3.99 The Settlers of Tandria HD Activision 59p/99c Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Miscellaneous 59p / 99c Gobliiins
Jules Verne's Return to Mysterious Island
Twin Blades
Twin Blades HD
I Dig It Expeditions
Neuroshima Hex Across Age
Resident Evil 4: PLATINUM
Samurai II: Vengeance
Osmos
Drop7
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
Canabalt
Eliss
Solipskier
Trainyard
Kometen £1.79 / $2.99

Worms 2: Armageddon
Game Dev Story £2.39 / $3.99 Catan