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It's nice to have a break. This week wasn't quite as busy in the world of the iPhone as the last few were, but that doesn't mean it was boring. The possible confirmation of retro-styled Sonic 4 coming to the iPhone made many gamers happy, and some great games that earned our top score hit the App Store, too. Because you might have been bogged down at work or in a coma for the past week, we've assembled this week's stories into a neatly-wrapped package after the jump.

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We've randomly selected your winning tweets, so click ahead to see what your thoughts are on the new iPad.

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Sometimes, we have a hard task picking the very best iPhone game from the hundreds we play every month. This month, however, it was no contest. Rockstar's epic crime drama GTA: Chinatown Wars won hands-down.

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Well, we don't need to tell you what the big news in the Apple world was this week. Whatever your feelings on the iPad, whether it's disappointment or excitement, we've had some great coverage of the device since its announcement, including awesome hands-on gameplay videos of the iPad in action on the show floor.

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We've added two more hands-on iPad videos for Scrabble and Orbital, both of which played beautifully. We also added a compilation video with Assassin's Creed, Tetris, Sims 3, and Paper Toss: World Tour. Check it out!

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We got to play with an iPad this week, and we talk all about it on our latest podcast. We discuss what the games are like, whether we approve of Apple's strategy, and more, plus the itty-bitty iPhone games we've been playing this week.

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It's clear from Apple's press event Wednesday that, like the iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPad will be an extremely capable gaming device. Judging by all the e-mails we received from developers since the announcement, they're very interested in the possibilities. But all you have to do is watch our hands-on videos to see that some games work better than others on the big screen.

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The year may have started off slowly, but now publishers big and small have opened the floodgates and unleashed a wave of games onto the App Store. Now that the iPad is out of the bag and you no longer have a torrent of speculation to keep you occupied, you can pass the time waiting for its release by playing some of these new games.

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We have our winners! Every answer was good this time, so we picked 17 winners at random. Read on to see what games you want on the iPad.

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We are live at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco this morning, bringing you constant updates on today's big Apple announcement. Hardware specs, pricing, and availability details for the Apple Tablet can be found here! The show gets underway at 10:00 am Pacific.

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As we pull away from the post-New Years lull and ahead into Apple press announcements, Macworld, and GDC, things are starting to heat up again in iPhone gaming. To help you figure out what to buy, we've got hands-on gameplay footage of some recent releases, as well as a video review of GTA: CW from our new Video Editor, Robert Downey.

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This week on the podcast, we talk about two major developments in iPhone land: The release of GTA: Chinatown Wars to critical and popular acclaim, and the growing speculation about Apple's big announcement this Wednesday. We dive into both of these topics at length, plus talk about a few other games we've been playing. Shownotes and links after the jump.

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Anyone who has used an electronic device regularly can come up with a litany of tweaks, updates, and improvements they would like to see implemented. As much as we love our iPhones and iPod Touches, we don't think they've reached a state of ultimate perfection yet. And since rumor has it that iPhone OS 4.0 might very well be announced at Wednesday's event, we thought we'd chime in with some features we'd like to see included.

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This week was dominated by the presence of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. From its sneaky App Store appearance to our review a few days later, and then the news of GTA:CW's subsequent dominance of the App Store, this was Rockstar's week. But that's not all that happened, and we've got dozens of stories worth reading up on.

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Many games have been overshadowed by the release of a little game called Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Here are five that may have passed you by while you were selling drugs on a street corner. Also, look for Assassin’s Creed 2 on the App Store February 1st at $9.99. Our review will be out on day one.

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The winners are in! Check after the jump to find out which apps the winners would bring to the past in their time machines.

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On this week's podcast, we're joined by Rob Lemon, Skull Lord and CEO of Gilded Skull games, makers of Imp or Oaf and the upcoming Dice Battles: Galactic Keep. We also discuss the week in independent game releases (or "dorm games") and talk about the ones we've been playing this week.

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The winners are in, ladies and gentlemen. Check after the jump to see which literary classics should be made into iPhone games.

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The slow month of January has continued to plod along, leaving us little more in terms of major games than a premature leak of Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery. However, various indie developers have taken this window of opportunity for easy visibility and a speedy App Store review process. Here are ten of their games that caught our eye.

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In the first Slide to Podcast of 2010, we have special guest Jeff McCord on to debate the merits of his game Sword of Fargoal with our reviewer Jordan Minor. Videogame history is made as developer and reviewer clash live on our podcast! All this, plus news and more.

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