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" Apple&amp;#039;s new iPad Air has the potential to make a sizeable impact on iOS games, with an eye-popping display and zippy A7 processor on its side. The Cupertino firm&amp;#039;s tablet line has played host to some ground-breaking touchscreen titles since Steve Jobs held it aloft at that press conference in 2010, games that are sure to excel on the shiny new slate. With the iPad Air arriving in stores today, Digital Spy has compiled a list of the games that make the most effective use of the Apple tablet&amp;#039;s unique features. Baldur&amp;#039;s Gate: Enhanced Edition Baldur&amp;#039;s Gate is one of the finest fantasy-RPG titles ever to grace the PC, and porting the Enhanced Edition over to the iPad was a stroke of genius. The game features a complex interface, with dozens of menus to wade through, but the experience translates well to touchscreen controls and makes effective use of the iPad&amp;#039;s display real estate. &amp;gt; Buy Baldur&amp;#039;s Gate: Enhanced Edition from the App Store Also recommended: Ravensword: Shadowlands, Dungeon Hunter 2  Infinity Blade 3 If the Infinity Blade franchise has proven one thing, it&amp;#039;s that iOS hardware is capable of providing cinematic gaming experiences with stunning visuals and animation to match. The third entry in the series is no exception, and developer Chair Entertainment even managed to build on the hack and slash formula by taking players on a fully-fledged adventure.  &amp;gt; Buy Infinity Blade 3 from the App Store Also recommended: Infinity Blade 2, Monster Blade HD  Year Walk The emergence of the iPad as a gaming platform represents a great opportunity for indie developers, and one of the key players to watch in this sector is Swedish studio Simogo. The company&amp;#039;s puzzle-adventure Year Walk is a bold and imaginative offering that spirits players away to a unique world, providing a standout creepy atmosphere and unique puzzles that make use of the iPad&amp;#039;s features. &amp;gt; Buy Year Walk from the App Store Also recommended: Device 6, The Silent Age      The Room Fireproof Games should be lauded for the level of originality it demonstrated with The Room, a hybrid title that combines point-and-click adventure elements with physical puzzles and first-person gameplay. The game is chillingly atmospheric, challenging and rewarding, with a minimalist control scheme that is a perfect fit for the iPad&amp;#039;s touchscreen interface.  &amp;gt; Buy The Room from the App Store Also recommended: The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Broken Sword: Director&amp;#039;s Cut      XCOM: Enemy Unknown Turn-based alien blaster XCOM: Enemy Unknown is another port that thrived on the iPad, putting its screen size and touchscreen interface to good use. 2K Games&amp;#039; science fiction title maintains all of the depth and complexity that made the original a cult classic, making it a must for any iPad-owning strategy fan. &amp;gt; Buy XCOM: Enemy Unknown from the App Store Also recommended: Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Total War Battles: Shogun      SuperBrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP SuperBrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP is another example of a unique iPad title with indie roots that makes innovative use of the Apple tablet&amp;#039;s interface and features. Superbrothers and Capybara Games&amp;#039; abstract adventure not only features a standout visual style and soundtrack, but an elegant touch control scheme that brings the iPad&amp;#039;s accelerometer into play during battles crafts a unique experience. &amp;gt; Buy SuperBrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP from the App Store Also recommended: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Papa Sangre      Gentlemen! Gentlemen! harks back to a simpler time for multiplayer gaming, a time before online services like Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network eliminated the need to have friends in the real world. The game sees players take part in a Victorian-style duel to the death against a single-screen backdrop, making it a more intimate multiplayer experience than you will find on home consoles these days. &amp;gt; Buy Gentlemen! from the App Store Also recommended: Mirror&amp;#039;s Edge, Tower Madness HD      Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was a stellar RPG when it launched a decade ago on PC and Xbox, and time has been kind to this one in some respects. The visuals might look somewhat dated by today&amp;#039;s standards and the touch controls aren&amp;#039;t as perfect as they might have been, but it&amp;#039;s living proof that the iPad is capable of pulling off console quality with only minimal concessions. &amp;gt; Buy Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic from the App Store Also recommended: Final Fantasy III, Bastion      Football Manager Handheld 2013 The Football Manager series is an impressively-authentic simulation of the beautiful game, and Sports Interactive made all of the right concessions when it came to scaling down the 2013 edition for mobile platforms. Football Manager Handheld 2013 really shines on iPad, with the larger screen size making it more palatable than its smartphone counterparts, and the device&amp;#039;s advanced chipset ensuring menu navigation is as fluid as possible. &amp;gt; Buy Football Manager Handheld 2013 from the App Store Also recommended: New Star Soccer, Champ Man  Carcassonne It comes as no surprise that board games have gone down a storm on the iPad given its rectangular form factor, but few have translated to the tablet with as much flare as Carcassonne. The medieval landscape-building game comes fully optimised for the iPad&amp;#039;s Retina display as well as iOS 7, and has handy features the board game doesn&amp;#039;t have, such as automatic scoring at the end of each game, and individual user profiles. &amp;gt; Buy Football Manager Handheld 2013 from the App Store Also recommended: Ticket to Ride, Caylus      Watch Digital Spy go hands-on with the iPad Air below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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