Community Articles

A meloncholy happy trails to LucasArts

A look back at one of our Favourite Game companies:

Disney shuts down internal game development at LucasArts gamers of yesteryear all cry on April 3rd 2013. Any console gamer post Dreamcast or Mac user post Mac OS Classic - ask who....?

Read on to find out more.

Read story →    11 comments   

Mac gaming, is native always better?

Mac gaming, is native always better?

These days there are popping up more and more mac games. These games are usually put into two categories, native and wrapped games.
The wrapped games are usually using Cider and more recently also wine (with doh123's Wineskin). These wrapped ports are often much like the ones made on the Porting Team, or nearly identical, like the recently released The Witcher on steam which was available (wrapper only, you still needed to buy the PC game) on Porting Team already in 2010.

Read on for more info

Read story →    38 comments   

Dungeon Defenders

Official Mac Game Release:

Dungeon Defenders

The exemplary downloadable offering Dungeon Defenders is a perfect hybrid of multiplayer, action-RPG, and tower defense. It's available on Steam for $14.99. It's also available on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, the App Store, and the Android Market.
According to Trendy Entertainment, the game "puts players in the role of one of four distinctive hero classes, tasked with fending off hordes of invading beasties by strategically summoning a variety of Defenses & Traps throughout their castle. But as much more than just a strategy game, players directly participate in the action-packed combat with their hero characters, while upgrading their statistics, gathering tons of loot and inventory items, customizing & upgrading equipment, and developing unique class abilities. All of this can be enjoyed in seamless online and split-screen local multiplayer, as players cooperate and compete through the story campaign and challenge missions to build the strongest heroes and achieve the highest scores in the kingdom."

Read on for more info!

Read story →    7 comments   

The Darkness II

Official Mac Game Release:

The Darkness II

Seems like the year-long wait mac users always had for high grade Games on OSX is now gradually shortening. (Mostly thanks to Cider or Wine, *cough* )

The Darkness II is a first person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K. The game is a sequel to the 2007 Title "The Darkness", which release date fell quite in the dark (no pun intended) by some heavy games released that month, coupled with 360/PS3-only availability. The Darkness II release date was pushed back a little to avoid the same mistake again for the (now different) developer. TransGaming, masters of Cider, ported the game to Mac OS X and the Port is now available on the Mac App Store (currently on sale for $29.99 / €22.80, full price $49.99) and on Steam. ($49.99)

Read on for more info

Read story →    4 comments   

Bastion

Official Mac Game Release:

Bastion

In a surprising turn of events, Supergiant Games has ported their immaculate action-RPG Bastion to Mac. It is available now on the App Store and will be available as a SteamPlay release on May 2nd. The price is $14.99 in the US App Store, and the game is rated E10+ for fantasy violence and animated blood. IGN gave it a 9.0, Game Informer gave it a 9.25, GamePro gave it a perfect 5/5, and Edge gave it a 9. It also won downloadable GOTY, Indie of the year, indie RPG of the year, best soundtrack of 2011, most original game, best story, XBLA game of the year, and Best Debut and Best Downloadable from the Game Developers Choice Awards. It also won several awards at the prestigious Independent Games Festival.

Read on for more info

Read story →    14 comments   

Deus Ex - Human Revolution Ultimate Edition

Upcoming Official Mac Game Release:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Ultimate Edition

The popular game Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming to the Mac App Store (official Port by Feral Interactive) next Wednesday, April 25th. It's under the title the Ultimate Edition - which basically means it has all the DLC, including the epilogue - The Missing Link. But that's not ALL that's included! It has a 40-page art book, a motion comic, a CGI trailer, an animated storyboard, the game's soundtrack, and more! The original game was excellently handled by Square Enix and Eidos, and the port is being handled by Feral Interactive. The price is £34.99/€39.99/$50.

Read on for more info

Read story →    16 comments