Bargain-hunting iOS device gamers rejoice – Apple has launched a promotion it calls Big Games, Great Prices. Fifty popular games have been listed at priced $2.99 and under.

[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]The games run the gamut from racing titles like Real Racing and Need for Speed Shift to puzzle games like Peggle and Chuzzle. There are sports games, action games, strategy games, first person shooters, adventure games, arcade games, role playing games and more, from leading publishers like Id Software, EA Games and Gameloft, and some indie publishers as well.

Cost savings for the most part are very deep – some games are 80 percent off their original price, so you’ve never had a better chance to save a lot of money and pick up a lot of fun stuff in the process.

Almost all of the games are optimized for iPod touch or iPhone, but will work on the iPad as well.