Today Gameloft tipped us off to their next title in what I suppose is now appropriate to refer to as the Modern Combat series. Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is the sequel to Modern Combat: Sandstorm [$4.99 / Free / HD] and while we dont know many specifics about the game yet, its probably safe to assume it will come loaded with the same military-centric Call of Duty inspired gameplay that made the original so much fun.

We liked Modern Combat: Sandstorm quite a bit in our review, and I expect that the sequel will be fun as well especially with how much Gameloft has evolved their graphics engines and gameplay mechanics since then. If youve been looking forward to another Modern Combat game, you might not have to wait too much longer.

Swedish iPhone developer Acne Play released their second game on the App Store today. With fantastic art similar to their other title, Comet [99�], Pizza Boy [$1.99] is a platformer with some of the best controls Ive seen in the genre. The story is ridiculous as expected, told through fantastic comic book style sequences that explain that an evil bird has stolen your pizza of course you need to get it back. Unfortunately, between you and your beloved pizza pie are all kinds of obstacles, enemies, pits, trampolines, and everything else a good platformer needs.

Pizza Boys graphics are highly reminiscent of excellent platformers of the 16 bit era with some perfectly paired chiptune music to go along with them. They even put the whole soundtrack up online to listen to. The game is host to all the gameplay mechanics required for a good platformer, with an odd culinary twist. Instead of collecting coins you pick up strawberries, and 100 strawberries award an extra life. Instead of tossing fireballs you throw soda bottles which are available in a limited quantity from soda machines that you stomp on. In addition, you can collect letters to form the word "pizza," and you can even rescue cats on each level for bonus points.

Where Pizza Boy really shines is in the control department. Pizza Boys iTunes description mentions something Acne Play is calling the "Smart Touch System," which Id normally write off as just a gimmick, but the controls are just fantastic. Im not sure how much magic is in the Smart Touch System but while playing Pizza Boy I never ran in to issues I usually have with platformers on the iPhone such as missing buttons, sliding my finger off the D-Pad, and other fat fingerings that often result in death.

What kills me about Pizza Boy is how little content there is in the game. The developers even went as far as to say in the iTunes description that it would only take a half hour to play through. They later clarified this via email by saying that it was a guesstimate for how long it would take an experienced player, and it took me close to 45 minutes. The worst part about all this is that Pizza Boy is great, and the entire game really leaves you wanting more. The only online scoring there is in the game is the ability to brag via Facebook or Twitter, which pains me even further because a short score-centric game like this could have a decent amount of replay value injected in to it with some form of online leaderboard.

Pizza Boy really reminds me a lot of the recently released physics puzzler No, Human which also was over before you knew it, leaving you wanting much more. Just like No, Human, if you decide to give Pizza Boy a try youll be rewarded with an awesome platformer, but the credits roll just as you really start to get in to it.

A couple weeks ago Caves second bullet hell shooter joined Espgaluda II [$8.99 / Free] on the App Store. Dodonpachi Resurrection [$8.99 / Free] is a very different beast, as we mentioned in our review, so its really hard to say which is the better game. Both are definitely worth trying if youre even remotely curious in the bullet hell genre, as Cave did an absolutely fantastic job porting both games to the iPhone.

Much like Espgaluda II, Dodonpachi Resurrection only runs on 3rd generation hardware and newer. First and second generation iPod touch owners, as well as iPhone 3G and older iPhones wont be capable of running either the free or pair versions of the game. If you do own a compatible device, you should really give Dodonpachi Resurrection Lite a try. The controls work great, the scoring system explained in our review is incredible, and playing either of Caves games really just make you want their entire lineup available on the App Store.

Our sister site AppShopper finally launched a native iPhone and iPad app that offers the same App tracking functionality as the full website.

AppShopper tracks all the major changes to the App store, including new apps, updates and sales. For example, with the right combination of filters you can find every app that has gone from Paid to Free. For a less overwhelming view, you can just view popular changes amongst other AppShopper readers.

You can then add apps to your own personal wishlist to get notified of sales or price changes. The app now lets you maintain that list on the go.

Its what we use to keep track of interesting game sales, and now you can monitor them on your iPhone or iPad. The app is being discussed on the forums.

After the multitude of sales that went down over the Labor Day weekend in the US, there are still some pretty great deals to be had entering into this shortened work week. As with all the sales that occur on the App Store, prices are subject to change at any time, so make sure and take advantage of them while you can.

Stair Dismount Universal, Free From the originators of ragdoll physics pain infliction Secret Exit, Stair Dismount Universal has gone free for a day. Give poor Mr. Dismount a hearty push down one of 12 different sets of stairs, inflicting pain and earning high scores to compete on the OpenFeint leaderboards.

The game was recently updated with universal iPad support and a DLC character pack. If you havent picked it up already, definitely give Stair Dismount Universal a download while free, and if you like it you can throw a buck at the DLC for 3 additional characters.

Pinball Ride Unlimited, $2.99 Pinball Ride is a game that we took a look at back in April and determined it to be a fun pinball experience, but it felt slightly high priced at $5 compared to the other options available on the App Store. A couple of weeks ago, Pinball Ride received a huge update that added universal iPad support as well as some heavily tweaked gameplay. Story Mode has been fleshed out with new goals and achievements, and Burst Mode has been completely redesigned to offer more substantial gameplay.

Pinball Ride is a great looking game, rendered entirely in 3D and runs incredibly fast and smooth. If youve felt like the $5 price tag was too steep before, you can currently get the game at the discounted rate of $2.99 and there is a lite version to check out as well.

Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion, $0.99 While light on gameplay but heavy on fan service, 8-Bit Rebellion is an arcade style beat em up with an emphasis on social interaction featuring the popular band Linkin Park. Its a simplistic button masher at its core, but features a ton of cool items to collect and real-time interaction with other players online. Im not really a fan of Linkin Park, but was surprised by how much there was to like when we reviewed the game in April.

One of my favorite parts about 8-Bit Rebellion are the excellent 8-bit renditions of some of the bands most popular songs, which should really appeal to fans of Linkin Park. In addition to the iPhone version sale, the iPad version has also dropped to 99� and there is a lite version if you want to take the game for a test drive first.