It’s now time to become the dictator you’ve always wanted to be in Tropico 3: Gold Edition Mac! This gem of a game by Feral Interactive is now available for download at the GameAgent Store. Take up the mantle of “El Presidente” of the Caribbean nation of Tropico and choose whether to be a benevolent ruler or an iron-fisted dictator. It’s all up to you in this strategic city builder and humorous political simulator.
Download the game now at the GameAgent Store to start your rule off right.
Also, stay tuned for another GameAgent post on some tips and tricks you can use when trying to build your nation.
Tsk, tsk, tsk Zynga. Copying other people’s games is frowned upon and you know better.
The guys at NimbleBit, creators of Tiny Tower, called out Zynga for their blatant copying of certain game design elements in their “new” game, Dream Heights for iOS.
Ian Marsh, one of the three guys at NimbleBit, tweeted an image to Zynga that exhibits how Zynga got their “inspiration.” We’ve got the same image after the jump for your convenience if you wanted to take a look at the comparison screenshots in the image as well as what NimbleBit had to say about this whole thing.
Since everyone loves a great deal, the GameAgent Store is offering a 25% discount on Neverwinter Nights 2, which was a finalist in GameSpot’s “Best Story” award of 2006. The game will be on sale from now through Wednesday, January 25th.
The 25% discount for Neverwinter Nights 2 (Mac) will be matched by the Mac App Store and Aspyr’s other digital retail partners.
Rise from a peasant to a full-fledged hero as you defend the Realms against one of the greatest threats of the age!
Build a character that suits your style of play – good or evil, chaotic or lawful, with any number of skills, feats and professions available at the click of a button. Whether lobbing fireballs and researching forgotten spells as a powerful Wizard, hacking a trail through legions of orcs as a Fighter armed only with a battle axe and your courage, or taking on the role of a Rogue that can slip into the shadows at a moment’s notice, the choice is yours. Choose your alignment, your allies, your companions, and how you want your character to develop… design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy.
Be who you want to be and do what you want to do all while saving the Realms from the King of Shadows!
Hot on the heels of the BioShock 2 Mac announcement, another hotly-anticipated title from Feral Interactive is now available for pre-order at the GameAgent Store! Tropico 3: Gold Edition Mac has players commanding the Caribbean nation of Tropico in this delicious combination of strategic city builder and humorous political simulator. As an all-powerful “Presidente” with a resource-rich paradise in the palm of your hand, it’s your choice to rule with a velvet glove or an iron fist.
Head over to the GameAgent Store now to secure your copy today!
We know you love annihilating your loved ones and friends (through video games of course). But just because one of you favors Mac over a PC doesn’t mean you should miss out on the epic battles that are waiting for you.
There are an increasing number of games that feature cross-platform multiplayer, which means that you can use your Mac to play your friends who use a Mac or PC. Below is a list of some of the best that cross-platform multiplayer has to offer.
Published by Aspyr Media, Sid Meier’s Civilization V is a turn-based strategy title that lets players conquer surrounding territories with the hopes of becoming the ultimate and superior empire. Though the cross-platform multiplayer is currently on hiatus until the latest patch hits Macs in early February, Civ V is still a top-tier game that allows you to defeat your friends on both Mac and PC.
Madballs in Babo: Invasion, which features up to 16 players in multiplayer, challenges you to make your way through a 3D environment, decimating your friends along the way. Madballs is published by Playbrains and is available on both Mac and PC through Steam.
Published by Nimbly Games, Altitude is a unique, side-scrolling aerial combat title. You’ll fly through obstacles in the sky while shooting down your enemies, and can play with your friends on Mac or PC using Steam.
Killing Floor is a co-op survival horror FPS set in the devastated cities and countryside of England after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. The title, published by Tripwire Interactive, allows up to 6 players to battle through hordes of flesh-craving zombies and is available through Steam on PC and Mac.
Guerrilla Bob, published by Angry Mob Games, is a one-of-a-kind, fast-paced shooter with a cartoon art style that allows players to fight and loot enemies for weapon upgrades and power ups. Available on a variety of platforms (Mac, PC, iPhone, Android), friends can play together via a local Wi-Fi connection.
As founders of the Steam gaming platform, Valve Software naturally has made many of their games available for cross-platform gaming, too. Some of their titles include:
Portal 2, which allows you to play as a robot in a futuristic environment, has players solving puzzles cooperatively to move through portals in this action-adventure title. Portal 2 is particularly unique in that the cross-platform multiplayer is available for Macs, PCs and the PS3.
Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, are survivor thriller first person shooter titles that challenge players to band together to fight off a zombie outbreak. L4D and L4D2 can be played on Mac, PC and Xbox, though the game is only cross-platform on Mac and PC.
Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play, team-based title in which teams battle it out against each other by customizing and upgrading their characters. Team Fortress 2 multiplayer is available for Mac and PC through Steam.
Just a heads up for all of our readers eager to jump back into the murky ocean depths and revisit Rapture (or for those interested in taking their first visit!): Bioshock 2 Mac is now available for pre-order at the GameAgent Store! Published by Feral Interactive, BioShock 2 takes place 10 years after the original BioShock and has you filling the boots of the original Big Daddy, Subject Delta. Rapture has fallen under the control of a collectivist cult who plan to transform Subject Delta’s Little Sister, Eleanor, into a genetically-engineered messiah, who will put an end to individuality forever. But as a scuba-suit-wearing monstrosity with a drill for an arm, well… we just can’t have that now, can we?
The game is currently scheduled for a January 2012 release. Head over to the GameAgent Store now for more info! (And hit the jump to check out the trailer!) Read the rest of this entry »
BONUS: Not a Mac App fan? The GameAgent Store will be matching the discounts on the same titles through the weekend as well, so choose your favorite store!
Now, as the iPhone has reached an almost cult status, the focus has been drawn to the extensive Apple App Store and the development of said apps. Many developers, both large companies and indie have crossed over to the mobile app market, seeing potential to hit it big. Looking at the large-scale success of games and apps in the mobile market makes it hard not to see mobile app development as a gold rush, and believe me, everyone is wanting in.
The popularity and dream of striking gold with a mobile app can be compared to entering the lottery. Billions of people each year enter local lotteries, many daily, with the hopes of cashing in.
With just the Apple App Store, the market is flooded with apps ready to make a quick buck with the marketplace expanding to over 500,000 active apps. So with this overflow of apps, do you stand a chance making a popular game? Sadly, the odds are against you, my friend. Read the rest of this entry »
Just in time for Christmas, Aspyr has launched a holiday sale on the Mac App Store. Shoppers can enjoy discounts of 33% or more on all Aspyr games (with the exception of the just-released Doom 3). The sale is going on all the way through the New Year, which is great for those who might be receiving gift cards to the iTunes and Mac App Stores in their stockings. Head on over the Mac App Store now to pick out your favorite title, or just check below to go straight to the product page.
