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#MacStoriesDeals - Friday

If you got your new iPhone 4S today, why not buy some great games at great prices? Here are today’s @MacStoriesDeals on iOS, Mac, and Mac App Store apps that are on sale for a limited time, so get them before they end!

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Apple Launches ‘iTunes Movie Trailers’ for iOS

No, not a website! Apple has released an app to preview upcoming movies in the vein of Movies Now. Featuring the same previews you’d find at iTunes Movie Trailers on the web, the iOS app allows you to preview beautiful movie posters, find movies at local movie theaters (either by theater or by movie), and check on upcoming releases by previewing a built-in calendar. Per trailer, movie details can be reveleaed that contains the cast and synopsis for the films you’re interested in seeing. You can tweet or email to share, or add the film to your favorites for later recollection.

You can download the universal application from the iTunes App Store for free. More screenshots past the break.

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Real Racing’s “Party Play” To Bring Split Screen Multiplayer with AirPlay Mirroring

One of the lesser publicised new features coming in iOS 5 is AirPlay Mirroring, a new functionality that enables an app to connect to an Apple TV and mirror its contents on to the connected TV. It effectively allows users to show their iPad or iPhone screen on a TV without the HDMI cable as is currently required. Back in June, Apple’n’Apps posted a video of how it worked and Engadget showed off Angry Birds Rio HD and Real Racing 2 HD being played on a TV through AirPlay Mirroring.

In June Firemint announced that it will be bringing an optimised AirPlay experience to the app, and today they are expanding upon that announcement, revealing ‘Party Play’. Using AirPlay and wireless local multiplayer, ‘Party Play’ in Real Racing 2 will enable up to 4 players to play together in a split screen match streamed to a TV through AirPlay.

The only downside is that it will require a host player to be using an iPad 2 or the newly announced iPhone 4S (this is due to the requirement of the A5 processor when using AirPlay Mirroring). The other players can be using any other iOS device that supports Real Racing 2 or Real Racing 2 HD - you can even have a mix of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. Firemint is also promising that the update including ‘Party Play’ will also come with “gorgeous graphical enhancements that make use of the iPad 2 & iPhone 4S A5 processor”.

Jump the break to view a promo video of Real Racing 2’s ‘Party Play’ mode.

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