Top iPad Game Apps: Discounted Plants vs. Zombies Leads Platform Sales

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the U.S. App Store as of today, with Plants vs. Zombies, SimCity Deluxe and Super Stickman Golf currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] PopCap's leads the iPad's paid game charts this week with a price-dropped Plants vs. Zombies HD, fending off competition from former chart leaders Angry Birds Rio HD and Infinity Blade. Electronic Arts also finds chart success this week with a catalog sale, putting SimCity Deluxe, Tetris, and Yahtzee HD among the iPad's top ten sellers. This week's top paid titles are: 1. Plants vs. Zombies HD ($1.99) 2. Angry Birds Rio HD ($2.99) 3. Infinity Blade ($2.99) 4. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) 5. SimCity Deluxe for iPad ($0.99) 6. Tetris for iPad ($0.99) 7. Casey's Contraptions ($2.99) 8. Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99) 9. Yahtzee HD ($0.99) 10. Fruit Ninja HD ($2.99) Here are this week's top free iPad applications: 1. Super Stickman Golf 2. TowerMadness HD 3. Angry Birds HD Free 4. MetalStorm Online 5. Angry Birds Rio HD Free 6. Words With Friends HD Free 7. VegasTowers HD 8. iQuarterback 2 9. Pocket Dinosaurs 2 HD 10. Awakening 2: Moonfell Wood HD Noodlecake Games' Super Stickman Golf ranks as the single most-downloaded free iPad app during a limited-time free download promotion, overtaking Limbic Software's TowerMadness HD for the top chart spot. Z2Live's free-to-play aerial combat sim MetalStorm Online remains a popular pick at fourth place, meanwhile, as iQuarterback 2 and Awakening 2 make impressive showings in their first week of release.