Ridiculous Fishing and Badland named as Apple’s Games of the Year

Apple has named its editorial and commercial Games of the Year on iTunes.

The editorial picks are Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing as its iPhone pick with Simogo’s experimental Device 6 and PopCap’s Plants vs Zombies 2 as the runners up.

In the iPad category Frogmind’s Badlands was named as Apple’s pick with the runners up being 2K Games’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Kevin Ng’s impossibly hard Impossible Road.

In the sales charts Candy Crush Saga was the top free title and Minecraft: Pocket Edition was the best-selling paid game.

Here are all the charts in full:

Top 10 iPhone Apps (Free)

1) Candy Crush Saga
2) Snapchat
3) Temple Run 2
4) 4 Pics 1 Word
5) YouTube
6) Google Maps
7) Facebook
8) Instagram
9) Despicable Me: Minion Rush
10) Skype for iPhone

Top 10 iPhone Apps (Paid)

1) Minecraft – Pocket Edition
2) Angry Birds Star Wars
3) Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
4) Temple Run: Oz
5) The Chase
6) Facetune
7) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
8) Plague Inc.
9) Angry Birds Star Wars II
10) 7 Minute Workout Challenge

Top 10 iPad Apps (Free)

1) Candy Crush Saga
2) YouTube
3) Skype for iPad
4) Temple Run 2
5) BBC iPlayer
6) ITV Player
7) eBay for iPad
8) Despicable Me: Minion Rush
9) 4 Pics 1 Word
10) Calculator for iPad Free

Top 10 iPad Apps (Paid)

1) Minecraft – Pocket Edition
2) Wreck-it Ralph
3) Angry Birds Star Wars HD
4) The Chase
5) Temple Run: Oz
6) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
7) Angry Birds Star Wars II
8) Peppa Pig’s Holiday
9) Plants vs. Zombies HD
10) SCRABBLE for iPad

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