Silent Hill 4: The Room

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Silent Hill 4 The Room
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Silent Hill 4: The Room
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Developer: Konami
  • Release Date: September 9, 2004
  • Genre: Third-Person Action

About This Game
Henry Townshend finds himself trapped in his own cursed apartment. Only by exploring mysterious portals leading to disturbing alternate worlds will Henry begin to uncover clues as to why he is trapped. Such is the premise of Silent Hill 4 The Room, a more action-focused entry into Konami's survival horror series. Features include a higher number of weapons and enemies than previous games in the series, changes to the environment in real time, shifts between the first- and third-person perspective, and various visual and control upgrades to the Silent Hill 3 engine. Levels include a forest, a prison and a hotel. Also available for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz or Equivalent
  • Memory: 256 MB
  • Hard Drive: 5 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 32 MB (GeForce 3 Ti/Radeon 8500)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 8.1
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz or Equivalent
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Hard Drive: 5 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 64 MB (GeForce 4 Ti/Radeon 8500)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 8.1
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
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School Tycoon

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School Tycoon
  • Publisher: Global Star Software
  • Developer: Cat Daddy Games
  • Release Date: January 20, 2004
  • Genre: Simulation

About This Game
Installment in Take-Two's budget conscious Tycoon series, published under the Global Star Software label. This economic simulation lets you run your school the way you want to in School Tycoon. Build your school, complete with classrooms, administration offices and athletic facilities. Populate the school with teachers, and attract students to your new house of learning. Upgrade the cafeteria, improve the landscaping, and add entertainment options to increase your popularity with the students. Keep an eye on pupils and make sure they're learning, otherwise it's time for some detention...
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz
  • Memory: 128 MB
  • Hard Drive: 500 MB Free
  • Video Memory: 16 MB
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • CD/DVD Rom Drive
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
  • Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
  • Developer: Eurocom Entertainment
  • Release Date: May 22, 2007
  • Genre: Adventure

About This game
Live and die by the sword! Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is inspired by the events, environments and characters of both the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest films. Players must demonstrate their bravery and swordsmanship as they encounter all manner of crazed pirates and cursed creatures in treacherous, exotic locations. Play as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann to prevent Jack's dark past from catching up with him.
Enjoy sword-assisted acrobatics, adaptive combat and classical dueling in unique gameplay. Experience the Pirates of the Caribbean world in never-before-seen detail, going beyond the films' events and storylines to introduce new locations, an extended story, legendary pirates and a unique ending.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows XP/Vista
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 1.5 GHz
  • Memory: 256 MB
  • Hard Drive: 1.4 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 128 MB with Transform & Lighting
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
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Monsters vs. Aliens

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Monsters vs. Aliens
  • Publisher: Activision
  • Developer: Beenox Studios
  • Release Date: March 24, 2009
  • Genre: Action

About This Game
Based on the 3D animated picture by DreamWorks Studios, the Monsters vs. Aliens videogame puts the fate of the planet in players' hands as they lead a dynamic team of five misfit monsters on a mission to save the world ... as only they can. The game allows fans to experience the movie's action and humor while playing as The Missing Link, the macho half-ape, half-fish; the gelatinous, indestructible and always hungry B.O.B.; and Ginormica, the 49-foot-11-inch tall woman and Insectosaurus, the 350-foot tall grub. Players utilize each character's distinct strengths, sizes and abilities to battle giant alien robots that are wreaking havoc on earth. Friends or family members can join in the excitement at anytime as the world's most brilliant scientist, Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D., in the unique co-op multiplayer mode.
General Features
  • Challenges stay fresh and lively through more than 12 distinct levels as players switch between characters, each with vastly different capabilities and sizes.
  • Multiple Characters -- Utilize The Missing Link's skillful acrobatics to cling to and scale various surfaces. His agility and brute strength lets him take down enemies of all sizes. The gelatinous B.O.B. can swallow and spit out enemies and objects, stretch, bounce, stick to walls and ceilings and seep through grates and cracks. Ginormica's enormous size allows players to race through the city using cars as rollerskates and her sheer strength comes in handy to lift heavy objects and brawl with the robot army. And, as the brainiest of the group and the mission giver, Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. is playable at any time in co-op mode to assist with slowing down enemies, overcoming obstacles and grabbing collectibles. You can even command the enormous 350-foot tall monster Insectosaurus in epic battle sequences against giant robots. Insectosaurus shoots silk and has a piercing sonic scream that will have enemies running.
  • Explore cool locations from the movie and more -- Visit cool locations from the film and beyond including the streets of San Francisco, Gallaxhar's huge overcompensating mothership and the super secret government containment area. Game exclusive levels, areas and locations include the inside of a 400-foot tall mining robot, a giant scorpion robot, a deeper look into the monster containment facility and Gallaxhar's mothership.
  • Work as a team in co-op mode -- A second player can pick up a controller and drop in at anytime as Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. As the most brilliant scientist in the world, players can blast and beam away enemies with tricky gadgets, plus reach hard to access places that only the smartest of cockroaches can get to.

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IGI 2: Covert Strike

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I.G.I. 2 Covert Strike
  • Publisher: Codemasters
  • Developer: Innerloop
  • Release Date: March 5, 2003
  • Genre: First-Person Shooter

About This Game
Ex-SAS soldier David Jones is once again a man with a mission: to infiltrate key airbases, harbors and secret government installations spread across Russia, Libya and into China. Set soon after the original Project IGI, this first-person shooter brings back key characters from the first game and places them in new situations and locations. Throughout three linked campaigns, Jones continues to rely on stealth, rather than firepower, to penetrate and destroy the enemy. Cunning and careful tactics are the name of the game.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 3 @ 700 MHz
  • Memory: 128 MB
  • Hard Drive: 1.9 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 32 MB
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 8.1
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • CD/DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 1.4 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Hard Drive: 1.9 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 64 MB
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 8.1
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • CD/DVD Rom Drive
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Publisher: EA Games
  • Developer: EA Games
  • Release Date: June 25, 2007
  • Genre: Adventure

About This Game

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. The Minister for Magic has decided to teach courses in defensive magic, but this leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army", Harry has taken it upon himself to teach them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
With the ability to play multiple characters (including Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Sirius Black) this Harry Potter videogame offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around Hogwarts, and experience one of the most exciting and dangerous years in the life of the Boy Who Lived.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
  • Processor: Pentium 3 @ 933 MHz
  • Memory: 256 MB
  • Hard Drive: 2 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 64 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 8500)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive

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The Godfather II

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The Godfather II
  • Publisher: Electronic Arts
  • Developer: EA Redwood Shores
  • Release Date: April 7, 2009
  • Genre: Action

About This Game
The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960’s Florida, Cuba and New York.
After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces "The Don's View" -- an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don's View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families. Players will also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of Made Men, hiring crew, handing out orders, and promoting their best men up the ranks.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz/AMD Athlon64 3000+, or any Athlon64 X2/Core Duo rocessor)
  • Memory: 1 GB for XP/2 GB for Vista
  • Hard Drive: 9+ GB Free
  • Video Memory: 256 MB* (Please Check Below)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
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Quick & Dirty FLOSS Game Updates

Posted by Onote on Sunday, April 26, 2009

== Insert introductory text here ==



Strategy games





Civitas city

Civitas is a project of a colaborative educational game, where children from schools can cooperate in a network for the construction of cities.

This sounds/looks like a multiplayer OpenCity. Civitas is a GPLed project written in Java.



Thumbs up to kid/education-related game projects whose creators are brave enough to use standard free licenses!





Clippers

Clippers is a board game designed by Alan R Moon that is an abstract island connection game based on clipper ships and the south pacific. This computer version is written in Java 1.5 and includes AI players.

Just like Civitas, I wasn't able to give it a spin. Sorry, Java issues. :(



The Spring Engine has a nice new homepage and a pleasantly clear list of games. (This is probably very old news but kind of new to me.) I was told that Kernel Panic is a 100% open source game for Spring, but unfortunately I am either too stupid or too lazy to make it work. :|



Role-playing games



FreedroidRPG 0.12.1 has been released [download]. The main game map has been re-organized to make more plot-sense. It does, but too many gameplay-useless rooms full of stasis chambers have been added. To my feel, the game is now a lot harder too. However, the controls feel slightly better compared to the last time I tried it. Unfortunately I experienced annoying laggy map-loading and a few crashes from playing too many sounds at once (might have to do with my sofware mixer though). Check out the full changelog for more details.





Rigged FreedroidRPG armor

I noticed that FreedroidRPG's image sources (.blend and .svg files) have been uploaded. an unsorted heap of everything visual that is used in the game [archive tree]. I must say that I like the graphics much better in high resolution. 3D game developers eying this pack will be glad to hear that everything that needs rigging is rigged. For 2D game devs, there is a rendering guide.



Cheese Boys [remember?] is still in development - and still looking for artist help... though maybe someone to scout OpenGameArt would even be enough?..



Ardentryst is being constantly developed - the 1.7 release was added three weeks ago.




Eating daggers in Radakan

Radakan 0.0.1, which can be currently described as "young Qt GUI-driven text RPG", was released. Future plans include graphical clients and such. Creating a system to allow writing the story/gameplay before starting work on a graphical engine is a playing-it-safe decision. IMHO a good idea.



The WorldForge client Ember now has real-time shadows [announcement].





By the way, WorldForge is in the Google Summer of Code 2009. [GSOC page] as are some other game or gamedev-related projects, as seen in this list.



Game makers/tools




Dungeon Mapper

Dungeon Mapper is yet another tile map editor.



Mokoi Gaming 0.4 was released. It now supports OSX and contains a Tetris variant [changelog].



Development on Opensource Game Studio has started. Features: 3D, Qt, Lua. It contains a small glxgears-like demo [video]. Nothing to see here yet. :)



The rest



The two-day game programming competition Ludum Dare #14 has ended a while ago. Unfortunately nobody except arcticum's and Flood of Air's authors cared to release their game as open source software (or I couldn't find them).



Armagetron Advanced 0.2.8.3_rc2 [download] fixes color filters and crashes. [changelog].

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Devil May Cry 4

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Devil May Cry 4
  • Publisher: Capcom
  • Developer: Capcom
  • Release Date: July 8, 2008
  • Genre: Action

About This Game
Long ago the Dark Knight Sparda rebelled against the dark emperor and waged a one-man war to save humanity. Thousands of years later, a religious organization worships this renowned savior and has taken it upon themselves to rid the world of all evil. Residing in Fortuna, this organization is known as the "Order of the Sword," and is made up of an elite group of "Holy Knights." One day a young knight named Nero witnesses Sparda’s legendary son Dante slaughter his fellow warriors. Has the renowned devil hunter turned his back on mankind? What does this encounter mean for these two individuals?
In Devil May Cry 4, players control the formidable Nero who comes to grips with his newly found power as his beliefs and allegiance are tested. Continuing the legacy of fast paced action synonymous with the series, Devil May Cry 4 pushes the envelope of excellence even further with the inclusion of a new combat system that incorporates Nero’s "Devil Bringer." This new feature has players delivering overwhelming damage to enemies with non-stop combos, while gaining new power for Nero’s right arm.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows XP/Vista
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 3 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista)
  • Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 6600 SM3 Required)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
  • OS: Windows XP/Vista
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO
  • Memory: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista)
  • Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8600)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c or 10
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive
  • Game Pad STRONGLY Recommended
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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Developer: Capcom
  • Release Date: October 16, 2006
  • Genre: Third-Person Action

About This Game
A port of Capcom's prequel to its ultra-hip, over-the-top action game. The PC version is based on the enhanced Special Edition version.
Devil May Cry 3 unfolds an earlier chapter in Dante's history, before the original Devil May Cry, to the fateful clash between Sparda's twin sons, divided by the divergence of their chosen paths. The game increases the intensity of gameplay with a new "style" system, which adds an additional level of depth. Depending on preference, players can choose to use short-range, long-range, defensive or evasive play styles. Each system has its own range of gameplay features and players can choose to power up their favorite style for increased special attack abilities.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz
  • Memory: 256 MB
  • Hard Drive: 3.5 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 128 MB
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • CD/DVD Rom Drive
  • GAME PAD STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Recommended System Requirements
  • OS: Windows 2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Hard Drive: 3.5 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 128 MB
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • CD/DVD Rom Drive
  • GAME PAD STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
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Dark Horizon

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Dark Horizon
  • Publisher: Paradox Interactive
  • Developer: Paradox Interactive
  • Release Date: September 23, 2008
  • Genre: Action Simulation

About This Game
A stark and atmospheric space combat simulation in which the player must pilot their own ship through the perils that only space offers.
Minimum System Requirements
  • OS: Windows XP
  • Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.4 GHz or Equivalent
  • Memory: 128 MB
  • Hard Drive: 2.5 GB Free
  • Video Memory: 64 MB (nVidia GeForce FX 5700)
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • Keyboard & Mouse
  • DVD Rom Drive (2X)

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