Best of iOS News: From Infinity Blade II to Black Ops Zombies

[Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Infinity Blade, The Bard's Tale, Assassin's Creed: Recollection, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies.] - Chair Entertainment's Infinity Blade II Premieres For iOS Following up on the successful 2010 action-adventure title Infinity Blade, Chair's sequel introduces three new combat styles and a character customization feature. - Activision Launches Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Black Ops Zombies expands on the App Store's previous Call of Duty title with a variety of survival-based first-person shooter levels, along with a 50-level "Dead-Ops Arcade" top-down shooter mode. - Comedic 2004 Action-RPG The Bard's Tale Arrives In App Store inXile Entertainment's The Bard's Tale arrives on iOS with all content intact, including over 14 hours of voice acting and "more song & dance numbers than any other game." - Tetris Enters The Subscription Age With New iOS Version "The $0.99 game, which replaces EA Mobile's previous Tetris game on Apple's App Store, debuts a 'Marathon One Touch Mode.' [...] Another notable addition is T-Club, an 'elite Tetris fan club' requiring a $2.99 monthly or $29.99 annual fee." - These Robotic Hearts Of Mine: A Narrative-Infused Puzzler For Android And iOS "These Robotic Hearts Of Mine presents players with a series of puzzles in which all on-screen heart icons must be rotated until they are right-side-up. There's a great variety of puzzle solutions to be found throughout the game, and the difficulty appears to ramp up rather quickly." - Latest iOS Assassin's Creed Adaptation Is A "Real-Time Board Game" In contrast with previous App Store Assassin's Creed titles, Recollection is a card-based strategy title featuring a number of characters and locations from the Assassin's Creed universe. - More Zen Pinball Hits iOS, eShop This Week "Zen Studios is bringing more of its downloadable pinball games to portable platforms this week, starting with Zen Pinball for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, which will feature a mix of the studio's original designs as well as Marvel-licensed ones."