Top iPad Game Apps: Bungie's Crimson: Steam Pirates Heads Free Charts

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Crimson: Steam Pirates, Jetpack Joyride and Shadow Vanguard HD currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard HD ($0.99) 2. Jetpack Joyride ($0.99) 3. Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99) 4. Contre Jour HD ($2.99) 5. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) 6. Sprinkle ($0.99) 7. Scrabble for iPad ($1.99) 8. Monopoly for iPad ($1.99) 9. Doodle Jump for iPad ($2.99) 10. Fruit Ninja HD ($2.99) Gameloft's price-dropped Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard HD narrowly beats Halfbrick's debuting Jetpack Joyride for the top spot in today's iPad sales results. A recent update puts Rovio's Angry Birds Seasons at third place, meanwhile, as Chillingo's puzzler Contre Jour HD continues to see strong sales at fourth. Here are this week's top free iPad applications: 1. Crimson: Steam Pirates 2. Smurfs' Grabber 3. Mr Giggle 2 HD Lite 4. Anodia 5. Sea Battle Classic HD 6. Angry Birds HD Free 7. Fragger HD 8. Extreme Road Trip 9. Bounce the Bunny 10. Sea Bubble HD Bungie Aerospace's action-RTS Crimson: Steam Pirates leads the iPad's free charts in its debut week, while Beeline's Smurfs' Grabber beats Mr Giggle 2 HD Lite for second place. Rafal Kozik's brick-breaking action game Anodia follows at fourth place in today's rankings, as Backflip's latest release Bounce the Bunny debuts ahead of Sea Bubble HD at ninth.