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After the huge shamble called ”Halo Wars” I’m very glad to hear about a couple of news items on the horizon. First we have the ”Halo ODST” in September 2009. A Halo FPS (thank god) but without the cheif and cortana this time. It places it self just before the second Halo game, on the time line.
After this, sometime 2010 comes ”Halo Reach”, of wich I do not know much at all. As far as I know it connects to a new book series that takes place during the time of the forerunners (basically a mother of a prequel). Both I’m looking forward to

Tags: Halo, Xbox360, Misc

So the Casual gamer master of all time has done it again! In spring 2009 they released this superb game called ”Plants vs. Zombies”. You can find it at THIS place. At it’s core it belongs to the genre TD (Tower Defence Games). Most surly as old as Tetris at least. But it does not end here. Popcap has done the second only thing one can do when a new inventions is not possible: improved upon something allready existing. So with a huge dose of irony and funny bone they have made a true gem of on the casual game heaven.
Basically you have to protect your self from a nearly never ending line of funny looking zombies. The come through your lawn, backyard, pool and over your roof. The leave funny little notes to you and much more. To your aid you use a plethora of trust plants. The too come in many shapes and forms. The game changes day and night cylcles now and again, as well as actual location. You will allways see what types of zombies you will encounter som you can choose plants wisly.
The game is also littered with mini games and surprises. All in all it is a fantastic thing they have made. It truly is! The player is constantly kept busy. Picking up sunshine, money, planting new plants and also keeping an eye out on the zombies themselves. You can unlock new minigames and other stuff during your playing. What starts out simple enough soon becomes very difficult but in the sam time hard to stop doing.
They have also released the game on multiple platforms so no one gets left out of the fun.
At the end: if you are only to pay one indy developer this year let it be Popcap. They most surly deserves it - AGAIN

Tags: Review, Crossplatform

The excellent development platform ”Unity” now have reached version 2.1

If you are thinking about creating games on mac and want to reach Linux,
Windows AND Mac users - then look no further. This is as good as it gets
without going broke and investing in new gaming engines and such.
And better yet, if you can code you can create in Unity!

So go get a Mac and get cracking at it - what ARE you waiting for?!

Tags: tools, Crossplatform

Oh, shiney new toys here we come!

Gaming on mac hardware will go to whole new places
in a short while.
I have invested in a brand new iMac (24 inch screen) and will
use Both BootCamp and Fusion to get viritualized and
native access to windows XP.
So mac hardware as a gaming rig is soon a reality.
With a decent graphics card (nvidia Geforece 8800GS)
the power should be enough too

Me want right NOW!

Tags: Misc

I have been testing a new version of earlier mentioned game "Tank Universal".
This time it's version 1.2 that is waiting to be released.
It took med many hours spread over two days (and sessions) to complete all
levels. And this time it is three more compared to earlier version. But there are
many more tweaks and add-ins this time around. Skirmish mode, better and faster
graphics and much, much more. Around 26 new and improved items according
to my test log. My impression very positive!
If this tickles your imagination then read my earlier post about the game and
hop over to it's website and download the demo of version 1.0.
Do NOT forget to register it if you like it, it deserves it !

Tags: Misc