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| 02-28-07 / 09:40 PM : ANKH demo (cjed) |
 Macgamefiles provides a demo of ANKH, that adventure 3D game that takes place in ancient Egypt and that brings a lot of humor. The game only requires a Ghz G4 and 32 Mo Vram. |
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| 02-28-07 / 09:32 PM : Frenzic review (cjed) |
| Macobserver published a review of Frenzic. Performances are good and the game seems very addictive. I hadn't understood all the game rules when i previously made a try (without reading the instructions indeed). |
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| 02-27-07 / 11:59 PM : Myst Online Uru Live : interview and free trial (cjed) |
| IGN provides an interview of Rand Miller about Myst Online: Uru Live. He is very angry towards merchant virtual community sites like Second Life, and their introduction of economic : "No currency, no transactions, no trading, no economy. When those elements are included in a game, they begin to take a central gameplay role" "Our characters are played by real people who can hold a conversation with you, answer questions, give their opinions and engage players as part of the story. Instead of being just "vending machines" for weapons or quests, our characters are real people with personalities and opinions, and when you meet them, it's an event, not just a side note". We can also try the game for free by registering here. The player is then limited to one Age (many puzzles) in singleplayer mode, and to one public area (multiplayer), and avatar settings are less complex. The mac version should be available soon. |
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| 02-27-07 / 11:47 PM : Colin McRae Rally for mac (cjed) |
 IMG provides a preview of Colin McRae Rally for mac. This version corresponds to CMR 2005 for consoles. It should be the best cars game ever on the mac (there weren't too much indeed). |
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| 02-21-07 / 11:53 PM : Frenzic : better than Tetris ? (cjed) |
 Frenzic is a new game in the Tetris spirit : the goal is to react quickly to colored triangles that comes from a center wheel (in a limited time) and assemble them in peripheral areas (by color) to complete a zone. A demonstration video is available as well as a demo. And finally, a comment grabbed on the game's site : "I should warn you that Frenzic has been shown to induce labor in pregnant women. My wife played it and 18 hours later we had a baby." |
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| 02-20-07 / 12:21 AM : Waterstorm : shoot them up (cjed) |
| Waterstorm is a shoot them up game that takes place under water. We can look at some screenshots here and sign in for a beta (soon available). Graphics seem well done. |
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| 02-20-07 / 12:16 AM : Travelogue 360 Paris (cjed) |
 The macgamestore presents Travelogue 360 Paris from Big Fish Games (19,95$). This exploration game leads to discover Paris and find out some objects/souvenirs (that reminds a bit Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst). A demo is available (75 Mo). |
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| 02-18-07 / 11:55 PM : Prey : very popular on mac (cjed) |
 Prey demo reached the first rank among Macgamesfiles downloads. This game using the Doom III engine provides more various graphics, colorful places, a good scenario and some innovative ideas : anti-gravity rails that allow to walk on the ceillar, that is switching orientation seemlessly, the use of an esprit (double) from the cherokee mythology, and a fun ambience.There is a test availbale at IMG, however they found it just good. |
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| 02-13-07 / 11:44 PM : Myst Online URU live preview (cjed) |
| The site Ten Ton Hammer provides a preview of Myst Online URU live (expected this week, february 15). Graphics seem finally good and the prose (spoken by off voices) well written. |
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| 02-13-07 / 12:37 AM : Games revolution on iPhone (cjed) |
| BusinessWeek reported that Apple has been contacted by the giant Electronic Arts to develop games for the iPhone. This device offers features yet unknown on a mobile, like a true usable 3D videocard, a powerful OSX, a revolutionnary touchscreen that paves ways for new games concepts. Games are also planned for the Apple TV. |
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| 02-09-07 / 11:16 PM : Review of Second Life (cjed) |
| IMG provides a review of the virtual online community game Second Life. The rating is not great and graphics are poor. |
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| 02-09-07 / 11:06 PM : Pirates of the Caribbean Online (cjed) |
 Joystiq provides a review of Pirates of the Caribbean Online, edited by Disney. This MMO expected next spring will allow to follow quests online and to participate to battles (12 to 16 players by ship). The monthly fee will be 9,95$, but a free membership is also planned (limited to a third the quests and area). |
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| 02-09-07 / 10:47 PM : VMWare Fusion : 3D support demo (cjed) |
| The next version of VMWare for mac, named Fusion, will support 3D acceleration (as next version of Parallels). We can yet watch a long video of an early version of VMWare running PC games (in 2D at start to make comparison and then 3D Mark and some recent 3D games). |
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| 02-06-07 / 08:57 PM : Cider and NVIDIA : Direct3D shaders (cjed) |
| Tansgaming announced a collaboration with NVIDIA on Cider for mac. The NVIDIA cgFX framework will be used to manage Direct3D high-level shaders. That will allow to convert more recent games. |
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| 02-05-07 / 11:42 PM : Uru Live : interview (cjed) |
 FiringSquad provides an interview of Rand Miller about Uru Live. We learn more about multiplayer areas and personnal exploration of other ages. |
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| 02-05-07 / 10:03 PM : Quake 4 Community Map Pak (cjed) |
| id Software provides 34 user maps for Quake 4. This test phase will end up in a voting for the best ones. |
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| 02-03-07 / 05:44 PM : Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst (cjed) |
 Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst, a detective game standing in a manhole, is now available on mac at macgamestore (19,95$). A demo can also be downloaded (71 Mo). The game features 32 rooms to explore, dozens of puzzles and thousands of hidden objects. It is in fact the third episode of a serie sarted with Mystery Case Files: Huntsville and Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects.We can read a review on the site Refexive, the game received max notes or very good ones on most sites (see also the comments). |
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| 02-03-07 / 12:30 AM : Ratatouille : the game (cjed) |
 Worthplaying provides new infos about the game Ratatouille (work in progress), from the Pixar/Disney animation film of the same name. We can also watch a trailer of the movie here (including HD). We hope the game will be better done that previous games derived from Pixar movies. |
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| 02-03-07 / 12:22 AM : First review of WoW The Burning Crusade (cjed) |
 AtomicGamer presents the first review of WoW The Burning Crusade. They liked it a lot, crediting it with a max notation (94%). |
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| 02-01-07 / 09:18 PM : LucasArts Empire at War : Intel macs only (cjed) |
| IMG reported that the new awaited LucasArts games, Empire at War, that uses a new graphic engine, will be compatible with Intel macs only. However few PowerPC based macs would have been able to run it. |
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| 02-01-07 / 12:19 AM : Flyboys Squadron (cjed) |
 As reported by IMG, Flyboys Squadron (a WWI planes combat simulation) would be ported to mac soon. Meanwhile we can look at some screenshots and even watch a video here. |
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| 02-01-07 / 12:13 AM : SixtyForce 0.9.0b1 (cjed) |
| A new version of SixtyForce is available at Macgamefiles (0.9.0b1). It enhances compatibility with some games and brings a new high quality audio emulation mode (more precise, more compatible but more resources hungry). |
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