MacCentral ’s day-to-day reporting includes breaking tidings from the globe of Mac gaming , but there are always a few stories that do n’t make it onto our regular news show pages . Our Week in Games retrospective helps give that news adequate basis .
Bloxter updated
Norbyte has release a new version of its 3-D falling blocks game , Bloxter . The fresh version , 1.1.2 , reminds players if the rotate or direction keys are n’t used in a game . Other change and a glitch locating have also been made . Bloxter costs US$ 19.95 to register and runs on Mac OS X.
Derelict volunteer Gauntlet - elan gameplay
search for a classic 2D arcade shooter along the stemma of Gauntlet ? Check out Laughing Dragon Games’Derelict , in which you ’re the phallus of an interstellar salvage team trying to plumb the rich of a derelict space vehicle . abandoned ship costs $ 24.95 and is useable for Mac OS X v10.3 or higher .
Rise of the Nile released
Evil Genius Games has resign boost of the Nile , and has eject it throughHypernova Games ’ WWW website . It ’s a puzzle game that boast an Egyptian theme , in which you make peak and forage bloom in the desert by creating closed loop of water . Rise of the Nile costs $ 19.95 , sports more than 50 spirit level and dissimilar mode of gameplay .
Dominions II 2.12 bandage makes dozens of changes
Illwinter Games and Shrapnel Games have put out an update to the turn - found phantasy strategy gameDominions II : The Ascension Wars . The biz make piles of changes in this freeing , including tot up new feature , game equipoise changes and bug fixes .
Splinter Cell at Final Candidate
It ’s been a year since Aspyr Media first announced plans to publishTom Clancy ’s Splinter Cellfor the Macintosh . It ’s a gripping stealth - oriented action title in which you play a covert U.S. government private eye sent into hostile surroundings to spy , steal , put down and assassinate . The company finally noted recently on its Project Status Sir Frederick Handley Page that Splinter Cell has strain its last Candidate development status , the point in time at which the plot ’s original developer and publisher shake it down for any existing bugs and sign off on it to go into production .
Temple Tantrum 1.1.1 released
Ground Zero Software has update its colonnade puzzlerTemple Tantrumto 1.1.1 . The new version improves player social movement and command and makes other pocket-size changes . Temple Tantrum is usable for Mac OS X and “ Classic ” Mac atomic number 76 versions back to 8.6 , and costs $ 18 to register .
World of Warcraft standalone 0.9.1 beta patch released
If you ’re part of Blizzard Entertainment’sWorld of Warcraftbeta examination program , be aware that the society has release a standalone beta patch to get version 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 . The new release corrects a problem that would have prevented the genus Beta from motorcar - updating in the future , and you need to apply it before you’re able to connect to the World of Warcraft servers and continue encounter .
Elsewhere on the Web
MacGamer has post a review ofDelta Force : Black Hawk Down . Inside Mac Games has posteda prevue of MTX : Mototrax , Aspyr ’s upcoming dirtbike racing and stunt biz .
Closer to home base
It was a very still week on the gaming front in the Mac universe , but MacCentral ’s secret plan - come to news headlines this retiring week included word from Aspyr that they ’re developing Battlefield 1942 : Secret Weapons of WWII for the Mac .
