Top Android Game Apps: Madden NFL 12 Takes On Cut the Rope

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on the Android Market as of today, with Madden NFL 12, Shadowgun and Turkey Blast Reloaded currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Cut the Rope ($0.99) 2. Madden NFL 12 ($2.99) 3. Shadowgun ($4.99) 4. Fruit Ninja ($1.26) 5. Where's My Water? ($0.99) 6. Doodle Jump ($0.99) 7. UNO ($0.99) 8. RoboDefense ($2.99) 9. SimCity Deluxe ($4.99) 10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit ($6.99) EA's Madden NFL 12 climbs to second place in today's Android Market sales charts following a drop in price to $2.99. ZeptoLab's Cut the Rope remains the platform's overall best-selling game app, while Madfinger's third-person shooter Shadowgun slips to third after claiming second place last week. Disney's iOS-ported physics puzzler Where's My Water? earns fifth place in its debut week, while recent price drops put SimCity Deluxe and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit at ninth and tenth place in today's results. Here are this week's top free Android game applications: 1. Angry Birds 2. Turkey Blast Reloaded 3. Words With Friends Free 4. Angry Birds Rio 5. Angry Birds Seasons 6. Fruit Ninja Free 7. Drag Racing 8. Shoot Bubble Deluxe 9. Defender 10. 3D Bowling Turkey bloodlust swells among Android users during Thanksgiving week; Ezone's Turkey Blast Reloaded earns second place in the Android Market's free charts as a result. Angry Birds remains the platform's top free download for the third week running, as newcomer Shoot Bubble Deluxe overtakes Defender for eighth place.