A number of iPhone developers apparently incensed by litigious Edge Games boss Tim Langdell have renamed their games to include the word “Edge”.
Fez, for example, is now called Fedge. “To better represent the edgy nature and aesthetic the game, and edges of squares and cubes, Polytron is proud to announce the name change from Fez to FEDGE!” the game’s website explained.
“We at Polytron Corporation are at the edge of everything, at the edge of other edges, so it only make sense to reflect this edgyness in our product’s name, which is now Fedge.”
Other games undergoing rebranding (links gathered together by Touch Arcade) include Eliss (sequel to be called Edgeliss), Closure (now “Closure: on the EDGE of reality”), Dismount (sequel “Ledge Dismount”),Edgeward McEdgington and Critter Crunch (now Critter Credge).
Tim Langdell’s name rose to infamy earlier this year when word spread of his attempts to prevent French developer Mobigame from calling its game “Edge”, as catalogued in our extensive feature on the subject.
Electronic Arts got involved recently, petitioning to have Langdell’s series of Edge-related trademarks cancelled following attacks on its game Mirror’s Edge.
However, that hasn’t stopped Langdell pressing on with other actions, including one against PuzzleKings over Killer Edge Racing, which seems to have inspired cheeky devs from taking a stand this week.
It hasn’t been that long since I wrote about Myst coming to the iPhone and now here it is, all ready to download from the App Store.
I am little surprised at the price point, $5.99. Really, that’s it? I was going to buy it anyway and now you just went ahead and made it more affordable. That’s noble, considering Myst for the Nintendo DS is/was retailing around the $20 mark. Cyan really made the right choice by not pricing it at the somewhat standard $9.99 for premium games on the App Store. Most certainly, the diehards would buy it at any price, but at $5.99 Cyan is allowing themselves access to a demographic that has never heard of Myst before but may very well just jump in if its reviews on the App Store keep up (currently 4.5 stars).
The entire adventure of Myst in your pocket for $5.99. I’ll write it one more time, to make it even more profound: the entire adventure of Myst in your pocket for $5.99.
Note: I understand not all users carry their iPhone in their pocket. Some IT people and/or older people (not to generalize) like to wear it on their belt that holds up their trousers, as if it show that at any not so particular moment they may need to easily access their phone. In that case I did not mean to discriminate against you. You too can enjoy Myst on your iPhone, just in your case it would be, “the entire adventure of Myst on your trouser belt for $5.99”.
id Software has released an open source version of Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone, which technical director John Carmack expects to follow up with Doom “fairly soon”.
Because of its open-source ties, the Wolf 3D port available in a zipfile on id’s site (thanks VE3D) is mainly intended for developers.
However, it does come with a fascinating, 5000-word diary of Carmack’s experience working on it, which we’ve copied and pasted below to save you downloading the 10MB file.
In it, Carmack tells the story of id’s grand plans for the iPhone and why it’s taken so long for them to come off. Apparently the Texan developer should be announcing a proper iPhone project soon “and it is cool” (thanks John), while an early Wolfenstein RPG port didn’t come off because of Carmack’s desire to use the iPhone’s hardware renderer and not just run it in software, which was what an early EA prototype did. In typical fashion, he managed to get this up and running by himself in four days.
Much of Carmack’s diary is greek to me, but it’s interesting to hear a veteran coder’s thoughts on the iPhone.
This looks incredible. I love frogs and I love leaves. Does that make me less of a man? I think not!
I do think that it needs a snappier title. Like…iFrog? iHopper. Frog Hop 69? Frogs For Peace. But seriously, Ancient Frog is an odd title. That’s my only complaint/suggestion/nit picking thing.
Downloading this lovely looking title right now. Thoughts soon.
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