Category Archives: Mac

Relic’s WWII RTS series Company of Heroes is heading to the increasingly-not-so-humble Macintosh in compilation form.

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While Blizzard won’t release a game it isn’t more than confident in, community manager Bashiok has laughingly requested players not to treat Diablo III like the be all and end all.

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has been announced as a collaboration between thechineseroom and Frictional Games.

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Double Fine’s attempt to fund a point-and-click adventure through Kickstarter has now exceeded $2 million, having first started on February 8.

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The 60 hour game jam is over, but charitable donations are still piling up thanks to Mojang’s Humble Bundle game jam.

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Think EVE Online is all spreadsheets and being blown up? No sir. Let a CG doctor guide you through your space-faring consciousness’s first awakening in a universe without boundaries.

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The next major update to OS-X will introduce another barrier to Mac gaming.

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GameSpy has gone live with the first part of a 101 Free Games of 2012 feature. RPG, adventure and strategy games are offered in this initial round up, with puzzle and arcade due tomorrow; sidescrollers, platformers, versus battlers and WTF will follow. It’s also got links to previous year’s offerings, courtesy of recently-adopted sister site 1UP, resulting in a whopping number of freebies. Go forth and enjoy; browser, Mac, PC and even Linux titles are yours for the taking. Your productivity is sure to suffer as a result, but in the best way.

Fear not, Internet denizens; Steam’s brief failure was nothing sinister.

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Indie developer Instant Kingdom has released a demo complete with editor tools for its RPG Driftmoon. The game is described by the developers as “a deep, captivating story, and the gameplay focuses heavily on adventure and exploration; spiced up with surprising twists, a nice touch of humour, and a world filled with detail.” It is currently in a pre-order phase which will provide the player with 5 to 10 hours of game time, with the rest of the game available in the next few months. Download it through the link, and checkout a gameplay trailer below. Thanks, Indiegames.

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The Indie Royale Valentine’s Bundle has gone live, and it’s time to throw open your wallet, let the bats fly out, and drop at minimum $4.51.

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Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android. This brings the total to five games, including Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE. Those who pay more than the average price, currently $6.14, the indie classic World of Goo is also yours as an extra incentive. Buying the Humble Bundle for Android also nets you with the Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of the titles, along with the soundtracks. As of post time, the bundle has moved 133,387 units and earned $818,549.78.

Community manager Bashiok caused a stir this week by announcing that Diablo III wouldn’t have in-game chat – but it will.

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In a post on the Team Fortress 2 blog, Valve has teased a number of planned updates for the coming year. The publisher plans to hold its second annual Saxxy Awards; has launched a Steam Workshop blog; and will release a new “Meet The” short for the Pyro. Most excitingly, there’s “something brand new” in the works for the game. No hints were dropped except that it’s not a hat, a map, or a hat-map hybrid. Team Fortress 2 is one of the most successful squad multiplayer shooters, and went free-to-play last year. It’s available for PC and Mac via Steam.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Id Software has released a significant patch for RAGE, right on top of its OS-X launch.

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Ubisoft is about to switch hosting on its servers, a move that will affect online play of certain games.

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With the latest offering, the Humble Bundle has expanded its cross-platform philosophy even further, opening the scheme to Android users.

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A proper modding API is high on Mojang’s priority list because modders have way more Minecraft development manpower than the tiny independent team.

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A scurrilous Minecraft user pulled a swifty on Mojang, adding a racial epithet to the game’s crowd-sourced Afrikaans translation. Lead developer Jens Bergensten apologised for not catching the user, but it should be noted that Mojang does not produce Minecraft’s translations, instead asking fans to pool their knowledge and get the job done. The slur has since been removed. If you would like to contribute to Minecraft’s translation efforts in a more positive way, check out the project page.

Thanks, Strategy Informer.

Using his blog, Markus “Notch” Persson has asked the players of Minecraft on their views on gathering minimal, anonymous data on their gaming session.

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