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| 10-30-06 / 08:41 PM : Multi-threaded OpenGL in WoW (cjed) |
| Barefeats presents the results obtained with the new WoW beta compatible with multithreaded OpenGL. That is here. |
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| 10-30-06 / 08:36 PM : WoW The Burning Crusade : first look (cjed) |
| Despite a release date pushed to next january, the WoW first extansion The Burning Crusade has been previewed by Macworld. That is here. |
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| 10-28-06 / 12:19 AM : Sims Soundtrack Remix contest (cjed) |
 A new contest about the game The Sims will consist in selecting the best remix made with audio loops from the game (separate instruments lines), that are downloadable. The winner will see his track included in the game... Details can be found here. |
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| 10-27-06 / 12:30 AM : MacPro : games & PCI Express lane configuration (cjed) |
| Barefeats provides a performance test of Radeon X1900XT in a MacPro, using various PCI Express slot settings (16 lane mode, 8 lane et 4 lane, only one 16 lane can be used at a time). |
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| 10-25-06 / 11:52 PM : Mountain Tanks 1.1.2 (cjed) |
 Mountain Tanks 1.1.2 is a turn based tanks game with a lot of place fot strategy. Furthermore its requirements are low (700 Mhz processor, Radeon 7000). That is here at Macgamefiles. |
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| 10-24-06 / 07:58 PM : The Sims 2 Pets live (cjed) |
 Aspyr just published a presentation page of Sims 2 Pets live, expected this november on OSX. This expansion allows to add breeds and even to personally design them. And the good news is that the minimum requirements are not high (1,2 Ghz processor, Radeon 9000 compatible, 32 Mo VRAM only required). |
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| 10-24-06 / 12:08 AM : Armado : the video (cjed) |
| A presentation video of Armado is finally available here. The game editor is looking for users to test the upcoming beta version. |
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| 10-24-06 / 12:03 AM : IMG : the point on mac games market (cjed) |
| Tuncer from IMG makes the point on the mac games market in 2006. That is here. |
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| 10-18-06 / 11:18 PM : Pangea Arcade review / Weekend Warrior free (cjed) |
Macworld provides a review of Pangea Arcade. As expected they also liked more Nucleus and Warheads (cool with anaglyph glasses) than Firefall.
Besides Pangea Software now gives a free download link for the old game Weekend Warrior. |
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| 10-18-06 / 10:59 PM : Sam & Max: Episode 1 - Culture Shock reviews (cjed) |
 To follow on the theme, Macgamezone reported that reviews of Sam & Max: Episode 1 - Culture Shock can be found at Adventure Gamers and 2404.org. |
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| 10-18-06 / 12:35 AM : The Exchange Student Episode 1 demo (cjed) |
 Macgamefiles provides at download a demo of The Exchange Student Episode 1, a game alla Sierra, that reminds Leisure Suit Larry. |
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| 10-14-06 / 12:10 PM : Bone Act 1: Out from Boneville (cjed) |
 Macgamefiles provides a demo (79 Mo) of a new game that brings an interesting concept : Bone Act 1: Out from Boneville 1.0. It is an adventure game alla Sam&Max (characters, humoristic dialogues) but with big 3D rendering and layout. We can watch a trailer or see screenshots on the official site. |
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| 10-10-06 / 12:23 AM : Armado soon : OSX and OS9 (cjed) |
 Armado, the highly expected Bugdom like game, is finally announced for a release this month, for OSX... and MacOS9 ! The editor Tricky Software indeed says the goal is to reach the maximum number of gamers. |
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| 10-10-06 / 12:14 AM : Drop Team review (cjed) |
 IMG published a review of Drop Team, the strategy game about futurist tanks. The result doesn't seem to fulfill expectations. |
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| 10-05-06 / 10:52 PM : Dominions III demo (cjed) |
| We can now download at Macgamefiles a demo of Dominions III (120 Mo), a strategy game involving epic struggle. |
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| 10-04-06 / 09:42 PM : OpenGL faster in 10.4.8 (cjed) |
| Barefeats reports that performances in games are better since the OSX 10.4.8 update, that brings multiprocessing support in OpenGL. Doom3 is notably the only game ready to take advantage of this. |
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| 10-04-06 / 09:34 PM : HL2 from OSX through CrossOver (cjed) |
 IMG reported the configuration that allows to run Half Life 2 on a Mac Intel through the beta version of CodeWeavers CrossOver (that is without having to quit OSX). A resume is here. Finally it is obvious that it is easier to restart to Windows (also leads to better performances). |
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