Peggle - Nights video game available now on Mac OS X

Second Installment of Casual Cult Classic Now Available for Macintosh

PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced that Peggle Nights, the second installment in the immensely popular Peggle series, is now available for the Apple Macintosh computers.
Peggle Nights carries a retail price of US$19.95 and is available now for download at www.popcap.com.

Peggle Nights and the original Peggle have been downloaded more than 45 million times and have garnered numerous critical accolades and “game of the year” awards. PopCap also announced the imminent arrival of the second free bonus level pack for Peggle Nights, sporting a “Spring” theme.

Peggle Nights features 60 all-new Adventure mode levels and 60 new Challenge mode hurdles, along with a new “Peggle Master” power-up, new kinds of style shots, achievements, and other special bonuses. The game takes players into the “dream worlds” of each of the eleven Peggle Masters, providing five beautifully rendered and themed levels for each character’s secret dreams and aspirations. Peggle Nights supports downloadable expansion packs, and early next month PopCap will release a free 10-level “Spring” themed bonus level pack, the second free expansion pack to be released for the game.

Battlestations - Midway video game coming to Mac June 27th

Created by Eidos Studios Hungary, the game invites you to take command of the greatest battles of the war in the Pacific. Players will experience every aspect of combat in a superb blend of action and strategy as they lead a host of US and Allied air, sea and underwater units through intense, action-packed missions in hotspots from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway itself.

"Battlestations: Midway offers a compelling experience,” said Feral Interactive’s David Stephen. “It’s an unusual mix of action and strategy with a sophisticated multiplayer mode, and we are confident that the Mac audience will find it an excitingly different take on World War II gaming.”

"We are delighted to have Feral bring Battlestations: Midway to the Mac platform," said Trevor Burrows, Brand Manager, Eidos. "It's a game that delivers a new type of game play experience, and one that deserves to be seen and played by as wide an audience as possible."

The game will retail in the U.S. for $49.95, £29.99 (inc VAT) in the UK and 39.95 Euros throughout Europe.

Penumbra - Black Plague for Mac OS X & Linux released!

Penumbra: Black Plague for Mac OS X & Linux released!
Regardless of your computer platform of choice it is now possible to enjoy the full Penumbra: Black Plague experience. Following up on the release of the demo two weeks ago the full versions are now available for $19.99 and can be obtained from here.

Mac minimum requirements
OS: Mac OS X 10.4 or newer
Processor: 1.5Ghz
Memory: 512MB
Video Card: Radeon 9600/GeForce 4(GeForce4MX not supported)

Linux minimum requirements
Processor: 1 Ghz
Memory: 256MB
Video Card: Radeon 8500/GeForce 3(GeForce4MX not supported)
Misc: Kernel 2.6 or higher
, glibc 2.3
 ,X11R6 with 3D acceleration, For x86_64 CPU, 32-bit environment must be installed

If you have not played the prequel, Penumbra: Overture, we would recommend it before trying Black Plague. Of course Overture is available for Mac & Linux and can be found at http://www.penumbra-overture.com.

A look into the past released

To all dear Windows users,

Before creating Penumbra and before founding Frictional Games, Thomas Grip worked on a game called Unbirth, unfortunately this game was never finished due to various issues. Unbirth was a game much like Penumbra, a first person real-time rendered adventure horror game, but without the nifty physics. During the past two years, players of Penumbra has continually asked if it would be possible to release any working code of the game, and well, Thomas decided that it actually is possible!

An alpha version of the game is now released at http://unbirth.frictionalgames.com as well as a short presentation about the game, how it was made and why it was, sadly, never finished. It is an unstable, but working demonstration and gives an insight into the history of the ideas and design choices that was an inspirational source in the creation of Penumbra.

Free Linux Windows Mac OS X video game - Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory free stand alone multiplayer online game

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was originally planned as an add-on for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but soon became it's own game, a separate entity with full single player, multiplayer, AI opponents and teammates!

Well that didn't happen and what we got, while less than planned, is amazing...and free!

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free, stand-alone multiplayer only product, which means it's for online play only, but all you need is what you download.

You do not need anything else to play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, than what you download for free.

No Return to Castle Wolfenstein, no additional file packages or monthly charges, just one phat lump of action.

Download this game now from their website here... http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/enemyterritory/

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X video game - Warzone 2100 real-time strategy RTS game.

Warzone 2100 is a real-time strategy game, originally developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos-Interactive.

Although comparable to other 3D RTS games, it does contain some features that are unique.

These include various radar technologies, a greater focus on artillery and counter-battery technologies, as well as a different vehicle design method. It was released in 1999 for PC and Playstation.

The Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project aims to continue the vision of Pumpkin studios started in 1999 with the game Warzone 2100, which was closed source until Dec 6, 2004 when it was let out the doors for the first time to the public under the GNU General Public License (GPL), by its copyright holders Eidos-Interactive. (minus the FMVs).

Download for the game website here... http://wz2100.net/home

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD video game - VDrift racing game open source driving and drifting

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind.

It's powered by the excellent Vamos physics engine.

It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2. It is currently available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows.

Visit the game website here... http://vdrift.net/

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X game - Urban Terror tactical First Person shooter

Urban Terror could best be described as a Hollywood tactical shooter; it is realism based to a certain extent (environments/weapons/player models), but also goes by the motto "fun over realism" (fast gameplay and lots of action).

This combination of reality and action results in a very unique, enjoyable and addictive game.

Urban Terror is available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh.

The current version of Urban Terror is 4.0. Currently working on 4.1.

Visit the game website here... http://www.urbanterror.net/news.php

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD video game - Open Racing Car Simulator or TORCS

TORCS is an open source 3D racing simulator using OpenGL technologies.

It is runnable on all Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX and Windows platforms.

There are 50 different cars, 20 tracks and 50 opponents to race against.

The multiplayer mode can accommodate up to 4 human players. Several of the simulation include damaged models, collisions and aerodynamics like ground effects, spoilers, etc.

Development is currently being carried out to enable online racing mode.

Download here... http://torcs.sourceforge.net/

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X video game - Scorched 3D turn based artillery game - like Worms

Scorched 3D is a 100% free turn-based artillery game modeled after the classic DOS game Scorched Earth ‘The Mother Of All Games’.

Operatable across all operating systems.

What started as a 3D landscape generator has now become a cool 3D game that requires skills to master.

Players are supposed to take turns homing in to hit the target by adjusting the angle, rotation, power and a weapon of choice every other turn.

Hits and kills will generate income for you to buy better weapons and items.

Note that items are as important as weapons.

Download you copy from the website here...

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Free Linux Window Mac OS X video game - Race game Racer with cars and trucks to race

Racer is a free cross-platform car simulation project (for non-commercial use), using professional car physics to achieve a realistic feeling and an excellent render engine for graphical realism.

Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations).

The 3D, physics and other file formats are documented.

Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator.

OpenGL is used for rendering.

Download from the Racer website here... http://www.racer.nl/

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Free Linux Mac OS X video game - Planeshift 3D RPG

PlaneShift is a Role Playing Game immersed into a 3D virtual fantasy world which is fully free to play.

Fully free means you will have no surprises of premium content which will limit your gameplay or unbalance the game.

There are no limitations in skills, ranks, abilities, items you can gain with your free account.

There are no time limits or additional constraints.

The virtual world is persistent, and this means you can connect to it at any hour of the day and you will always find players and NPCs wandering the realms.

You will be able to disconnect and reconnect again as many times as you like because your character is stored on the server, so you will never have to worry about saving the game.

A player can start from humble beginnings and advance to greatness in whatever path they may choose.

Download from the website here... http://www.planeshift.it/

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Free Linux Windows BSD Mac OS X video games - Neverball / Neverputt golf ball games

Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out.

Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.

Neverputt is a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game using the physics and graphics of Neverball.

Current version includes 75 Neverball levels and 62 Neverputt levels.

Neverball and Neverputt are known to run under Linux, Win2K/XP, FreeBSD, and OSX.

Hardware accelerated OpenGL is required. A 500MHz processor is recommended.

Download fro the game site here... http://icculus.org/neverball/

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Free Linux Windows Mac OS X video game - Free Guitar Hero clone Frets on Fire music video game

Winner of the Assembly Demo Party 2006, Frets on Fire is a music video game that uses the keyboard to play along with scrolling on-screen musical notes to complete a song.

The player has to imagine the keyboard as a guitar and pick it up to play.

One hand will be used to press the ‘frets’ (F1 to F5) and another will be used to press the ‘picks’ (Shift or Enter).

Colored markers that appears are to be played by pressing ‘frets’ of the correct color and ‘picks’ at the correct moment.

There are also song editors and tutorials featured in the game.

This game is really addictive.

Download Frets on Fire here ... http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

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Free Linux BSD Windows Mac OS X video games - BZFlag free online multiplayer open source tank battle

BZFlag is a free online multiplayer cross-platform open source 3D tank battle game.

The name originates from "Battle Zone capture the Flag".

It runs on Irix, Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and many other platforms.

It's one of the most popular open source games ever on Silicon Graphics machines and continues to be developed and improved to this day.

Get it here... BZFlag

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Chronic Logic announces Gish video game v1.51 plus support for Apple OSX with demo download

A new Gish update has been released which includes a universal binary version for OSX along with several other fixes and improvements for Windows, OSX and Linux. If you have already purchased Gish you can look up your registration information and download the new version here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/gish/gishlookup.htm

Check out the list of changes along with update instructions for the full version here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/gishpatch.htm

Or Try the new demo here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/gish_download.htm

About Gish:
Gish isn't your average hero, in fact he's not your average anything... see Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend Brea goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open man hole and pulls Brea into the ground below. Following Brea's calls for help Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps and some of the most demented creatures imaginable.

With his gelatinous structure as his only means of defense Gish must follow the echoing cries of his damsel in distress deep into the earth below. What freakish creatures dwell in this subterranean land? Who is Brea's captor? And just how far down does the rabbit hole go?

Life isn't easy when you're a 12 pound ball of tar...

More information on Gish:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/gish.htm


Get the full version:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/gishorder.htm

Lunar Domination video game launch for Mac OS X

Valen Games is pleased to announce that the financial strategy game Lunar Domination is now available for Mac OS X. In addition to Mac OS X support, the new version of Lunar Domination also includes online multiplayer support for two players.

Lunar Domination is a turn-based strategy game where players fight for domination over the lunar ore market. Unlike in war strategy games, players cannot attack each other directly. Instead they must skillfully manage their finances and base expansion, and compete with their opponent for orders from clients. This focus on financial strategy creates a different player experience compared to traditional war strategy games. The only weapon that is available in Lunar Domination is your mind.

To win the game you must fill the ore quotas of three clients faster than your opponent. This involves mining the ore, and then competing with your opponent for the client orders. Each completed order brings you closer to victory. Competition for orders takes place using an auction system, where the player with the lowest bid wins the order.

The ore that your clients request is scattered around a map, and can be mined using specialized buildings. The map itself is split into sectors which can be bought by you or your opponent, and contain the ore that you can mine. Sectors are also home to your buildings, which allow you to mine, store, refine, and sell ore to your clients.

Neighboring sectors form sector groups, where member sectors share resources that buildings in them provide. However, larger sector groups result in higher income taxes. This makes smaller sector groups more profitable, and one of the challenges in the game is to keep your sector groups as small as possible to make the most money from your ore.

Lunar Domination comes with six scenarios which include small, medium, and large maps. Each scenario can be played at three difficulty levels against a computer opponent, or against another person in online multiplayer mode. An interactive tutorial is included to help you quickly learn the basics without having to spend a lot of time learning how to play.

Lunar Domination is available for Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4 or higher, and Linux. It costs $19.99 (USD) and can be purchased at the Valen Games web site: http://www.valengames.com.