This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: The Sims 3 Ambitions, Time Crisis 2nd Strike, Prince Of Persia HD & More!

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This week’s must-have iOS games include the newest addition to the The Sims series with some fantastic new features, guns galore in the latest Time Crisis arcade shooter, and Gameloft’s impressive Prince of Persia game in HD on the iPad.

Check out a few of our favorite games from the past week after the break!

The Sims 3 Ambitions($4.99) iPhone – Games

EA have delivered us another addition to their Sims series with The Sims 3 Ambitions; which introduces a career mode for the first time ever on iOS. Turn your Sims’ hobbies in to jobs with new career orientated goals, new mini-games, outfits, and locations. Watch your Sims as they work and make their dreams come true. The most requested Sims feature has also been introduced in Ambitions with Sims babies; now your Sims can have babies that you can feed, play with, and watch them grow in to toddlers. You can also import and export Sims from any of your other Sims iOS games and give them the chance to have a career too. What more could you want?

Time Crisis 2nd Strike($9.99) iPhone – Games

Namco’s legendary arcade shooter has blasted back in to the App Store in Time Crisis 2nd Strike. As Giogio Bruno, a global agent, your job is to stop multiple terror attacks from the world’s most evil forces in a race against the clock. The second instalment to this touch shooter boasts exhilarating gameplay, next-generation graphics and an electrifying soundtrack. If features multiple game modes with 10 action-packed stages, unique achievements, and multiple weapons.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD($9.99) iPad – Games

Already a hugely successful game on the iPhone, Gameloft’s Prince of Persia: Warrior Within now comes to the iPad with graphics optimized for the device’s larger screen. Confront you destiny, fight legions of enemies and face all the ancient fears of humanity to survive as you’re hunted down the by the Empress of Time. Explore a mysterious island with fascinating environments, fight off dozens of enemies with the numerous weapons available, and immerse yourself in one of the best action-adventure games in the App Store.

MovieCat!($2.99) iPhone – Games

MovieCat! is a movie trivia game with a fun difference; all of the visual puzzles and scenes feature a cast of cute cartoon cats that will test your movie knowledge with a variety of questions. There are 14 different puzzle categories, 10 unlockable cat scenes, hundreds of unique text and visual puzzles, and 3 difficulty levels all guaranteed to keep you entertained. Post your scores online and see how you compare to the current leaders, or post them to Facebook and challenge your friends to beat your best.

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Pocket Frogs(Free) Universal – Games

Pocket Frogs is an addictive game from NimbleBit that allows you to discover, collect, trade, and breed over 10,000 unique frogs on your iOS device. You can trade frogs and habitat items with friends, breed a diverse and unique collection of frogs, and attempt to earn over 60 challenging awards. It features high resolution graphics that look fantastic on the iPhone 4’s Retina display, different in-game items available daily and because it’s a universal app, you can play it natively on any of your iOS devices. Pretty impressive for a free game! Check out the video above to see it in action.

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