For many TouchArcade forum members, Aralon: Sword and Shadow is on the top of their most-anticipated holiday titles list. By now, the Aralon thread is sporting over 3,000 posts and nearly a quarter of a million views since it was first posted. If this is the first you've heard of the game, Aralon is an open-world RPG that has been in development for ages. In our last article about the game, we explained the story behind it along with posting a ten minute long developer walkthrough. (Check it out if you haven't.)

Currently, Crescent Moon Games is shooting at a release date of December 16th, which is little more than their best guess on when the game will likely be approved. Given the mad rush of developers all submitting their games to be ready for the holidays, no one but Apple really knows if we'll be playing Aralon sooner or later than that. Also, something that's been hotly debated on our forums is what the price of Aralon will be. Most were expecting the game to launch in the neighborhood of $9.99, but Crescent Moon has just told us that they're planning on launching the game at $6.99 as a special launch price which will last until December 29th.

It all looks pretty awesome to me. We've got our fingers crossed for a speedy approval, and expect to see a full review from us as soon as the game is available.