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Hot on the heels of the leaked photos of Metal Gear Solid for the iPhone and iPod Touch ranges, Apple have released a few more games to keep you enterained on those long communtes most of us have to endure. Trivial Pursuit, Chinese Checkers and Cyrstal Defenders are also being released for click wheeled iPods, such as third- and fourth-generation iPod nanos.

Chinese Checkers is based on the original games, with three levels of difficulty. There are also a few types of games you can play, with multiplayer options. It gives a variety of boards and marbles to play with, while also having realistic sound effects. It is available from the iTunes Store for $1.

Trivial Pursuit offers you up to 1,000 questions on many topics such as history, geography and many more. There are two main game types, classic and pass ‘n’ play, in which you can play with up to three other players. It is priced at $5 from iTunes Store.

Finally we have Crystal Defenders featuring character from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. You must deploy units on a map to ensure you protect crystal reserves from some very scary monster! It is available from the iTunes Store for $5 with an iPhone version for $8.

Konami have revealed that the popular video on game on the Sony Playstation platform, will soon be available for you to enjoy on your Apple iPhone or iTouch. Metal Gear Solid Touch will makes the most of Metal Gear Solid 4, with charactors and locations, however more have been promised by at “a later stage”, according to Konami.

The above image is a scan of a page in the popular Japanese magazine, Famitsu, showing (if you can make it out) what looks to be instructions as how to play Metal Gear Solid on your iPhone or iTouch. Rumoured to be released in early 2009, we will have to wait and see but things are looking good. MGS does have a big fan base and the idea of being able to play it on an Apple device should make this a great success.

Via : Gamedaily

A survey by Mulley Communications has revealed some very interesting information as regards iPhone users and their attitudes towards downloading in Ireland. It has revealed that iPhone users would recommend the Apple iPhone, but that they would be glad to recommend the iPhone to anyone they know, but they are more willing to spend money on downloading and paying for applications for their iPhone, from their iPhone.

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The iPhone 3G handset will soon be selling in Wal-Mart stores across the U.S. from December the 28th. This will make them the second mass-market retailer to be allowed selling Apple’s iPhone in mass numbers. Before September, the iPhone was only allowed to be sold in AT&T’s stores, but Apple allowed Best Buy to begin selling the product.

The $199 price relates to the 8GB version, with the 16GB version apparently going to be $299.

Although neither Apple nor Wal-Mart have made a comment on the issue as of yet, watch this space.

Via: Bloomberg