Astraware, one the best game developers for the Pocket PC and Palm platforms, has released new games and is running an attractive promotion this April called, of all things, April Foolishness.

The discounts Astraware is offering, however, aren't a joke. For the first two weeks of April its discounting many of its most famous titles, including Bejeweled, Insaniquarium, Text Twist, Cubis, and more by 50%.

Back in November, Astraware announced it would port many of MumboJumbo's online games for mobile devices. Well, Chainz, the first of their games licensed from Mumbo Jumbo has been released. Chainz is a strategic puzzle game for Pocket PC and Palm OS handhelds. The launch price is $17.95, but because of its April Foolishness promotion, Chainz will be on sale for $9.95 until the 14th.


Chainz

In related news, Astraware has also release two new games for Windows Mobile Smartphones: Cubis (from Freshgames) for and Fruit Frolic (from Pyrogon Games. The games normally sell for $14.95 but are on currently on sale for $9.95. Also for Smartphone, the company said it has just finished testing old standbys Bejeweled and Alchemy for the platform, so these titles should be available shortly.

Fuit Frolic

Cubis

Lastly, Pazzazz's 3D combat action helicopter game Hellfire: Apache vs. Hind will be published by Astraware sometime in the near future.