Top iPad Game Apps: Dead Space, Monster Dash Enter Paid Charts

[Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Dead Space, Angry Birds, Monster Dash and Bubble Ball currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid iPad games are: 1. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) 2. Dead Space for iPad ($9.99) 3. Cut the Rope HD ($1.99) 4. Fruit Ninja HD ($0.99) 5. World of Goo ($4.99) 6. Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99) 7. Monster Dash ($0.99) 8. Scrabble for iPad ($9.99) 9. Pinball HD ($0.99) 10. Mini Golf Game 3D for iPad ($0.99) EA's Dead Space charts at second place in its premiere week, falling just short of the ever-popular Angry Birds HD. Cut the Rope HD and Fruit Ninja HD move up to third and fourth place, as 2D Boy's World of Goo drops to fifth in today's results. Halfbrick's Monster Dash returns to the top ten at seventh place following a recent discount in price, leaving Scrabble for iPad, Pinball HD, and newcomer Mini Golf Game 3D to close out the charts. Here are this week's top free iPad games are: 1. Angry Birds HD Free 2. Bubble Ball 3. Real Skijump HD 4. Mr Giggle HD Lite 5. RobotNGun HD 6. Qbism HD 7. Card Ace: Casino HD 8. Angry Birds Seasons HD Free 9. Fruit Ninja HD Lite 10. Knight Defense HD Angry Birds HD Free recaptures the top spot in the App Store's free iPad games chart this week, while last week's leader RobotNGun HD drops to fifth place. Nay Games' popular iPhone puzzler Bubble Ball claims second place following a recent update adding iPad support, as Mr Giggle HD Lite maintains its popularity for the third week in a row. Blowfish Studios' Qbism HD earns sixth place during a day-long free download promotion, meanwhile, as Milan Nikolic's Knight Defense HD makes its chart debut behind Angry Birds Seasons HD Free and Fruit Ninja HD Lite at tenth place.