Category Archives: Mac

Here’s the teaser trailer for Broken Age shown at the GDC Awards today; it’s our first look at the crowdfunded- game formerly known as Double Fine’s Adventure.

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Greek start-up Monsters announced its first game today, the psychological thriller Hybris. An indie puzzle platformer with an unusual artstyle, Hybris has music from Journey composer Austin Wintory, and tells the story of a boy trying to survive in a night a forest after fleeing arguments at home. It’s intended as the first in a trilogy, and is due on Mac and PC in the third quarter, with more platforms to follow. You can see a couple of screens through the break, but be warned – highlighted letters in the press release spelled out the ominous message “they are coming”. Cue Twilight Zone theme.

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We’ve known for a while that Telltale has the rights to make a game based on Bill Willingham’s Fables comic series, IGN today reports that Telltale has titled the project The Wolf Among Us. The game series will follow Bigby Wolf as he is exiled from the fantasy world to New York City. The first episode will release this summer on PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3.
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The latest IndieRoyale bundle includes Waveform; Avadon: The Black Fortress; Zafehouse Diaries; Derrick the Deathfin; Tidalis and War of the Human Tanks, as well as a hint book and OST for those who pony up over the average and more goodies to be unlocked as The Mighty Bundles garners more sales. Of the six games, three are available on mac and two on Linux, and all have DRM-free options as well as Steam and Desura where available. Hit up IndieRoyale to take advantage.

Angry Birds Star Wars shows no signs of slowing down; the latest episode, Cloud City, takes the action even higher into the sky than usual, and also adds everyone’s favourite bounty hunter, Boba Fett. It hasn’t been dated but is expected soon. Check out some gameplay footage through the break.

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Scrolls developer Mojang has revealed that its fantasy card battler will launch next month as a discounted beta, before expansing to full release.

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Peggle Deluxe developer PopCap has made its pachinko-meets-unicorns classic absolutely free to all. No seriously, what are you waiting for? Head to the link below and get it while you can.

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Pixeljunk 1-6, the mysterious debut PC release from Q-Games, has a new title – Pixeljunk Inc – and first trailer.

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Kei Entertainment’s survival sandbox Don’t Starve will release on April 24, the indie developer told Joystiq at PAX East. It will be accompanied by six months worth of free content updates. Don’t Starve is currently in closed beta and is headed to Mac and PC; Dave had a chat with the team about the challenging and charming adventure.

Her’es our first proper look at Sanctum 2 in action since the indie sequel’s announce in February 2012, showing the return of the intriguing first-person tower defence that made the first one such a favourite.

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The game which began the Kickstarter revolution finally has an official title: meet Broken Age, Double Fine’s new adventure.

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At its PAX East panel, Firaxis put a release date on the Brave New World expansion for Civilization 5, and revealed a cool little crossover.

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Blizzard has revealed its new title in the works at PAX East, and it’s a free-to-play affair called HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft.

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A new job ad suggests Blizzard is planning a “next generation Battle.net Desktop Client on OS X”. That’s probably only of interest to those of you with powerful enough office Macs to sneak in a few quick World of Warcraft quests between meetings, but it’s interesting that it’s described as a “next-gen” client. To enter the remote realm of Wild Speculation for a few minutes, perhaps Blizzard will appear at an Apple event showcasing a new iMac range, or launch a universal client across Mac, PC and consoles with Diablo 3. Back in reality: oh good, a better Battle.net client for Macs.

Thanks, Superannuation.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was reportedly accidentally updated today, and before Valve could yank the patch, users have uncovered an interesting couple of references to some sort of premium server pass.

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BioShock Infinite will be released for Mac through Aspyr Media. “We are incredibly excited to bring the latest version of BioShock, one of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and beloved franchises, to the Mac.” said Aspyr president Michael Rogers. “We pride ourselves on bringing the very best in gaming to the Mac, and that’s exactly what Mac owners will get with Irrational Games’ masterfully-crafted BioShock Infinite.” The Mac version will release this summer, and the PC and consoles versions arrive next week on March 26.

IGF 2013 Award finalist for Excellence in Narrative, Gone Home, will feature the music of original ’90s Riot Grrrl bands Heavens to Betsy and Bratmobile.

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Devolver Digital and 3D Realms have announced the availability of Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition on Steam.

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BeatBuddy is the musical platformer from indie developer Threaks. The game has been confirmed for a PC and Mac Steam release this summer.

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Supergiant’s critically acclaimed dungeon crawler Bastion is on sale on Linux, Mac and PC in a pay-what-you-want deal at the Humble Bundle store. The offer is only valid for a week, so take advantage fast. Bastion has sold over 1.7 million copies and is also available on Xbox Live. Indie developer Supergiant announced its new game, Transistor, earlier today.

Thanks, Destructoid.