“Aspyr Media and LucasArts will bring the hit game Star Wars®: The Force Unleashed™ to PC and Mac gamers for the first time ever with the release of Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition this Fall. Developed for PC and Mac and published in North America by Aspyr, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition combines the original Star Wars The Force Unleashed videogame with three new levels set in iconic Star Wars locales and a host of new costumes and character models. This special edition of the game will show players the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force and casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice,” unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of this mysterious new character, who is armed with unprecedented powers. Originally released on multiple platforms in September 2008, the game quickly became the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever, and has since sold six million units worldwide.”
I think the last Star Wars game I played was some Rebel Flight Leader Red Leader thing, I really can’t remember.
Play through 24 epic single-player missions on four interconnected campaigns, or go online for Axis versus Allies team-based multiplayer action.
Intense battlefield moments put you in the heat of the action, capturing the chaos of battle like never before.
Together with your squad, take on Nazi forces through a variety of authentic combat missions.
Move through the ranks, taking on more dangerous missions such as sniper missions and ambushes until you are promoted to tank commander.
Call of Duty: United Offensive Features:
13 new Single-Player missions!
11 new Multiplayer maps and 3 new modes, with vehicles including tanks and jeeps!
Fight in tanks, jeeps, motorcycles, even a bomber.
Work with your squad through snow and rain, using new weapons including flamethrowers and deployable machine guns, or by calling in artillery strikes.
Join the 101st Airborne for the climactic moments of the Battle of the Bulge.
Fight as a British airman shooting down German ME-109’s from the gunner position of a B-17 bomber, before transferring to Churchill’s elite S.O.E. and clearing the way for the invasion of Sicily.
Finally, follow your Russian comrades into the Battle of Kursk, one of the greatest tank battles of all time.
Also, EA and DICE finally got around to releasing Battlefield Heroes, their casual, pay to customise shooter that’s playable in your browser. I haven’t had a chance to play yet, but Jim at Rock, Paper, Shotgun certainly didn’t seem that impressed:
I only spotted a couple of people who’d bothered to spend money upgrading the ultra-bland insta-soldier that you spawn with. I’m not quite sure how looking ridiculous helps you have more fun on the field of battle, but it’s never hurt the hobo clown denizens of a hundred MMOs, so I guess it’s going to work out here too. I can’t knock it too hard: if it pays to keep the landscape of gaming a little broader, that’s fine. But there’s not a chance in the multiverse that my sad, crumpled cashmoney is heading anywhere near those particular micropayments, and I doubt I’ll sink much more than an afternoon into this.
As there isn’t a Mac version available, I’ll have a play around with Heroes in Windows. I’ve contacted EA to see if a Mac version is coming.
Last week I interviewed Rand Miller from Cyan Worlds. Ever since I’ve had a powerful lust for red salmon Riven. Sadly many of the games Cyan developed all those years ago don’t run on current Macs.
It actually looks like EA have done some pretty cool things to expand the world while at the same time focusing the game. Instead of making sure your Sim doesn’t wet itself and go to work, you focus more on dreams and aspirations of your digital self, roaming neighborhoods and actually enjoying yourself.
Could go all a bit Barbie, we’ll have to wait and see. I hope you can still make swimming pools, let your Sims go for a swim, remove the ladders and watch them drown. Or remove all the doors from a house and watch your Sim starve. Once your Sim is dead, sell the gravestone for hard cash! Hardcore! Yes, I did remove legs from spiders as a child. And dogs. And people.
I think it’s safe to say that The Sims 3 will fairly popular. Oh, and the game is being Ciderized. No love for Aspyr then.
I had another look around for Sims 3 information and finally found something on EA’s website. I looked last week, didn’t find a thing. This week, the information comes to me. I’m in the zone.
The Sims 3, developed by The Sims Studio, is also in development for Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch and mobile devices.
From the press release it seems that the title isn’t being wrapped up in Transgaming’s Cider technology or ported by Aspyr. An interesting move, as every other Sims title has been ported and released at a later date than the PC version.
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