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Konami Releases Lyric-Matching Rhythm Title RhymePlayer–Finger Gaming

Rhythm genre pioneer Konami has launched the latest title in its expansive music games catalog. RhymePlayer ($1.99) challenges players to tap song lyrics in time to the beat of a background music track.

RhymePlayer’s gameplay closely resembles Konami’s iPhone dance game Dance Dance Revolution S. Scrolling lyrics appear at the bottom of the screen and approach a timing line at the top.

Once the appropriate lyric reaches the timing line, players must tap the screen to sync the words to the song.

RhymePlayer includes a selection of five officially licensed music tracks:

Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
The Cover Girls – Show Me
Jackson 5 – ABC
Lady Gaga – Just Dance
Lifehouse – First Time

Konami has a neat concept here, but with only five songs and two difficulty levels, there isn’t much variety or replay incentive. An in-app store offering new songs would be a great addition — here’s hoping that Konami adds one in a future update.

GTA Chinatown Wars brings the battle to iPhone–Joystiq

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars keeps driving around for an audience, with the excellent handheld entry in the crime sim franchise quietly releasing on iPhone last night. TouchArcade notes that in its third platform iteration, behind DS and PSP, the $10 game uses on-screen buttons similarly to Gameloft’s Gangstar and retains the DS stylus minigames.

It would seem that those who can get around the button-less interface are in for a full GTA experience that costs less than a dime bag.

I originally saw Canabalt listed as one of the best indie games of 2009 and fell in love with the browser version.  I’d been toying around with picking up the iPhone version and finally convinced myself to spend the $2.99–I know, I’m a cheap bastard.  Here’s the low-down:

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