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| 03-29-09 / 07:33 PM : The Age of Ilathid trailer 3 (cjed) |
| As announced on forums of The Age of Ilathid game, a third trailer of that promising other Myst like game is available. We can read an old interview, and access to a wiki. While discovering back comments on the original news (that was mid-2005, that is before I started publishing recent musics at musique-libre.org) I wonder if I could contact again the development team. Moreover a new member provided his help a year ago for music and sound design. |
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| 03-29-09 / 06:37 PM : Alida : Myst like game / review / Rhem 4 (cjed) |
 Alida adventure game, inspired by Myst universe, is finally available on OSX (besides MacOS9 and Windows), and ships on 5CDs. It is distributed by Got Game Entertainment, and priced 23,69 euros (however for now they are out of stock of the OSX version). Screenshots and trailers are available here, and we can read a review at Just Adventure (also at gameboomers.com, pc.gamezone.com, gamespot and mysterymanor.net).Got Game Entertainment also lists Rhem 3 (the next episode, Rhem 4, is planned for end of 2009). |
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| 03-29-09 / 05:41 PM : Myst images / derived music (cjed) |
 At Myst & URU Obsession site forums, we can find a Myst dedicated section, that leads to images from all episodes :riven.patchallel.com (Riven) www.yantra3d.com (Riven) www.dnihall.com (galleries from all episodes, including RealMyst and URU) MX Files (modifications/pan views) mrillustrated.com (Myst pictures not apperaring in the game) We can also listen again to SC Alter song, that was composed in November, 2006, and was inspired by a music from Myst IV Revelation. |
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| 03-27-09 / 12:06 AM : Myst and Riven for iPhone (cjed) |
| The iPhone version of Myst is in beta stage, and we can discover first screenshots here. A Riven port is also planned (see some screenshots here). |
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| 03-25-09 / 11:12 PM : Ind Game Festival / Wolfenstein&iPhone dev (cjed) |
| As iPhone games were center during the Independent Game Festival (among finalists we noted Edge, Zen Bound, and the older Dizzy Be), we can read a long article from John Carmack about iPhone games development (optimization concerns), illustrated by the Wolfenstein port (whose engine was based on the older ray casting to determine elements to display). |
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| 03-23-09 / 10:36 PM : New Mac Pro and games (cjed) |
| The site barefeats provides a test of new Mac Pro (and older) in various games, using the available graphics cards. As expected the latest ATI cards are ways faster than GeForce, and cores frequency is the second factor (as games don't benefit from additionnal cores - then the larger Nehalem memory bandwidth isn't really usefull here. It seems the same for multithreaded OpenGL on OSX - or tested games don't use it, contrary to WoW -, or data exchanges between the main processors and the central memory are limited for these uses - data are stored initially on the video card memory, and OpenGL threads on the main cores only control GPU execution units calculations on these data). |
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| 03-19-09 / 11:31 PM : Alien Abuse : new action/shooter reference (cjed) |
| Alien Abuse is a new action/shooter game for iPhone, available at the AppStore for only 0,99$. From the provided video on the editor site it seems that the game pushed the technical limits even further (smoothness and controls), and could be the new reference in that gaming area. First reviews are all very positive. Moreover the game features 20 levels, providing 20 hours of gaming. |
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| 03-19-09 / 11:22 PM : LiveFire FPS on iPhone (cjed) |
| Ngmoco, the editor of Rolando, presented LiveFire, a multiplayer FPS for iPhone (through Wifi or 3G) that reminds Nexuiz. As with Cube, movements and actions are controlled by touch, and looking/aiming by using the accelerometer. The FOV is said to be great (is somewhat a problem with many iPhone games). We can watch a video here (low quality format but even with this it cannot play smoothly on a G4, that can still handle perfectly H264 480p... so perhaps it is Flash ?) |
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| 03-19-09 / 11:06 PM : X-Plane Racing/Helicopter Lite / 9.09 update (cjed) |
| Lite versions of X-Plane Racing and X-Plane Helicopter are available at the AppStore. The games sessions in these demos are limited to 30s. We can also download a 9.09 update to regular X-Plane (makes the multiplayer game smoother). |
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| 03-19-09 / 11:01 PM : Rolando 1.1 / Bugdom 2 : 2.3 update (cjed) |
| A 1.1 update to Rolando is available at the AppStore. It brings 5 new levels. We can also find a 2.3 update to Bugdom 2, that brings high resolution terrains textures, a larger D-Pad and smaller memory usage. |
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| 03-18-09 / 11:44 PM : Caster : action game for Mac/PC and iPhone (cjed) |
 Caster is a new 3D action game for Mac and PC, that was out in January, 2009. It provides various large landscapes (with great water reflection and deformation), and a very original animation (that reminds Lugaru mac game). The game was announced for iPhone (due next month).Meanwhile we can download a mac and PC demo, and access to stunning videos (3 trailers of the mac/PC version, and one preview of the iPhone version). The desktop version is priced only 4,99$ (through download), and additional episodes will be provided for free for owners of the initial release. |
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| 03-17-09 / 11:40 PM : Pangea to focuse on iPhone (cjed) |
| In an interview from Pangea Software, we learn that the game company will focuse on iPhone market, far more profitable than mac games. For just one developer gains were about 1,5 million $. However there is still to consider that Pangea titles were previously available, they only had to do porting (on a similar system architecture, except controls system and required optimizations). |
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| 03-17-09 / 01:40 AM : Multiwinia review (cjed) |
| Appletell provides a review of Multiwinia on mac, that gets the highest score. They also found that the graphics remind a lot Tron's ambiance. |
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| 03-16-09 / 12:16 AM : X-Plane 9.30 mac demo (cjed) |
| A demo of X-Plane 9.30 (brings cockpit 3D lightning) for mac is available here (download and launch the installer, that will then retrieve data - on hour of download average, at 250 kbyte/s). It also works on G4. |
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| 03-14-09 / 01:19 AM : Sims 3 : interview and video (cjed) |
| Macworld provides an interview (video) of EA about the upcoming Sims 3. Various places are now completely connected (no break), shadows and reflections (water, etc.) look nice, and many characters (in town, etc.) remind community sites (or WoW). The graphics in the video however seem a bit less detailed than before sometimes, simpler, with soft colors. |
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| 03-08-09 / 05:54 PM : Otto Matic on iPhone (cjed) |
| Pangea Software finally released the iPhone version of Otto Matic at the AppStore. It is however priced much more than previous games (6,99$). The mac version is priced 19,95$ (the latest version, 3.1, is UB and is compatible with Leopard). |
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| 03-05-09 / 11:04 PM : Multiwinia available / demo (cjed) |
| The mac version of Multiwinia is available (19$ through download). A demo version is also provided. It requires a G5 or Intel mac. |
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| 03-05-09 / 12:30 AM : X-Plane for iPhone 9.08 : multiplayer (cjed) |
| A 9.08 update to iPhone X-Plane is available at the AppStore. It brings support for multiplayer (that was introduced by X-Plane Racing), a better frame-rate, scenery enhancements and better physics engine. |
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| 03-04-09 / 11:48 PM : SW Force Lite / Toy Bot Diaries at 0,99c each (cjed) |
 A Lite version of Star Wars: Force Unleased is available at the AppStore.We can also get the three Toy Bot Diaries episodes at 0,99 cents each (3,99$ before), during a new contest that allows to gain 10 000$ (it ends March, 16). As the trilogy is priced about 3$ now, it can be profitable starting with a little more than 3000 new copies in a dozen of days. |
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| 03-04-09 / 11:35 PM : iPhone Space Trader : Quake3 engine (cjed) |
| Space Trader is the first iPhone game based on Quake 3 engine port. As we can see in that video it seems far more smooth than Cube (and better looking thanks to that more evolved engine). |
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| 03-02-09 / 10:09 PM : ScummVM 0.13 : Midi & 7th Guest (cjed) |
| A new version of ScummVM, 0.13, is available. It brings suppot for Midi, and adds 7th Guest game management. |
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