5 Apps You Don't Want To Miss: E3 Edition

1. Turbo

   Sure, you've probably played a racing game with cars – but what about one with snails? In Turbo Racing League you play as Turbo, a snail with high-speed dreams. In the game, you can customize your shell for optimal racing performance, and compete on one of nine different tracks.

   Until the end of July, Turbo is also holding a contest for racers: Players with the best times are eligible to win a cash prize of up to $500,000.

   

2. Avengers Alliance

   Marvel: Avengers Alliance launched for iOS this week. The game features 40 Marvel superheroes and 180 supervillains. Players create teams to battle one of the "deadliest foes the world has ever seen."

   Avengers Alliance is packed with over 60 crime-fighting missions, which can also be played on Facebook. Over time, Disney plans to expand the game to add more levels, as well as bring the adventure to Android.

   

3. Solstice Arena

   Zynga launched Solstice Arena, a new "Speed MOBA" (multiplayer online battle arena) for the iPad and iPhone, this week.

   In the fast-paced three-on-three fighting game -- which is quite different from Zynga's other mobile games -- players must try to destroy their enemy's base; the first one to succeed wins the game.

   

4. Pet Rescue Saga

   King brought its popular Facebook game, Pet Rescue Saga , to mobile this week. In it, players must try to free pets that are trapped above multicolored blocks by bursting matching blocks to open a way to the bottom.

   If you're already a Pet Rescue Saga player on Facebook, the game will automatically sync with your mobile device.

   

5. Simpson's Tapped Out

   EA launched a new "Waterfront" update to its Simpsons: Tapped Out game this week. The update brings 30 new plots of land to the game, as well as new decorations, buildings and quests. It also introduces new characters such as the Sea Captain and Handsome Pete.

   

At Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the annual gaming conference that took place in Los Angeles earlier this week, the unveiling of Sony's new PlayStation 4 dominated the gaming news cycle.

In addition to fanfare surrounding the much-hyped console, however, there were also several mobile-game announcements and launches this week: A popular Facebook game arrived on mobile, while a well-known social-gaming company launched an action-packed MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena). What's more, some of our beloved movie and television characters made appearances in a few Android and iOS games.

Check out the gallery, above, to see our favorite new and updated games from this week.

Still looking for more? Take a look at last week's Apps You Don't Want to Miss for more great apps worth downloading.

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