Top iPad game apps: Sky Gamblers, Coco Loco report strong first-week sales

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Sky Gamblers, Draw Something and Flight Control: Rocket currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Draw Something ($0.99) 2. Words With Friends HD ($0.99) 3. Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation ($0.99) 4. Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy ($4.99) 5. Where's My Water? ($0.99) 6. Coco Loco ($0.99) 7. Angry Birds HD ($4.99) 8. Real Racing 2 HD ($2.99) 9. Flight Control: Rocket ($0.99) 10. Infinity Blade II ($6.99) OMGPOP's Draw Something dominates the iPad charts this week, fending off competition from longtime favorite Words With Friends HD and Gameloft's price-dropped first-person shooter Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation. Namco Bandai's aerial combat game Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy claims fourth place in its first week of release. Chillingo's physics puzzler Coco Loco also reports strong sales in its debut week at sixth place, as Firemint's recently released Flick Control follow-up Flight Control: Rocket takes ninth. Here are this week's top free iPad applications: 1. Draw Something Free 2. Skee-Ball HD Free 3. PipeRoll 2 Ages HD 4. Words With Friends HD Free 5. Temple Run 6. Plumber Crack 7. Diamond Dash 8. Samurai vs. Zombies Defense 9. Angry Birds HD Free 10. Office Jerk for iPad An ad-supported version of Draw Something leads the iPad charts, where Freeverse's Skee-Ball HD Free and Navigation-Info's PipeRoll 2 Ages HD report increased popularity this week. Imangi's Temple Run remains a favorite among App Store customers at fifth place, meanwhile, as Glu's newly released Samurai vs. Zombies Defense finishes ahead of Angry Birds HD Free at eighth place.