In our latest iOS games news roundup, we're highlighting the recent release of the free expansion/update for top shooter Shadowgun, as well as the debut of the Law & Order: Legacies crossover game and the quick rise and fall of the iMAME emulator app. Flip through the gallery images below for more!

Shadowgun Expansion Now Available

You may remember Shadowgun as the ridiculously gorgeous Unreal Engine 3 game that we’ve been posting about periodically over the past several months. Originally released in the fall, this Gears of War-alike now has an expansion pack for those of you who have been enjoying the high-res slaughter. The free expansion adds four new levels, plus a fresh weapon, and a previously unseen enemy type to blast to bits. Maybe that doesn’t deserve the title “expansion” (more like “free update”), but we’ll let them call it whatever they want as long as it doesn't cost us anything.

iMAME Removed from App Store

iMAME was up so briefly we didn’t even get a chance to mention it in one of these columns while it was live (though we managed to snag it for ourselves). Though this emulator app didn’t include any high-profile games -- users must provide their own ROMs -- iMAME was yanked from the App Store after only a couple days. Many classic gaming fans had their fingers crossed that iMAME might be the first emulator to permanently pass Apple's certification process and allow arcade classics to be played on the iPhone. But Apple's expected redo was swift indeed.

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  Law & Order: Legacies

  This isn’t usually the type of game we cover in this update column, but Law & Order is so insanely popular that we thought we’d give a little love to the new game version. The major reason why we’re paying attention is that it’s made by Telltale, a fantastic company with more experience than anyone else in making high-quality adventure games.

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  Law & Order: Legacies is being released in episodic form (as is Telltale’s calling card), with each episode containing a couple hours worth of interrogations and crime scene investigations. Plus, they feature classic characters from both the original Law & Order series and the popular Special Victims Unit spin-off. The first two episodes are available now.

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  Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World

  Fans of the golden age of adventure games should be pretty excited about the release of Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World, as the game brings together the past and present of game design in a way few others do. Sure it features sleek graphics and a touchscreen interface, but it also carries with it the soul of late-90s adventure games.

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  Granted, Kaptain Brawe probably won't be as influential as something like Day of the Tentacle and other beloved favorites from that era, but we’re just excited to relive some of the classic gameplay from that special era of gaming. Few games still carry that torch, sadly.

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  Theme Park

  Rollercoaster builders and theme park simulators were all the rage back in the 90s, with the original Theme Park serving as one of the genre leaders. Now EA has resurrected the idea for iOS in the form of a free-to-play social game, and we couldn’t be more jazzed that the simulator is back in the headlines.

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  Lots of games these days are toying too heavily with the spirit of free-to-play, putting a strong onus on in-app purchases, and this seems like another example of a game that’s not truly “free-to-play.” It probably won’t steal us away from Infinity Blade II anytime soon, but anybody who likes the Farmville formula should check it out.

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