Gaming with Kirobin: September 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

GREED CORP

A W!Games Development

   Title: Greed Corp
   Genre: Strategy
   Developer: W!Games
   Publisher: Vanguard Entertainment Group
   Release Date: 10 Dec 2010
   Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Greed Corp is an award winning, innovative turn-based strategy game, situated in a rich, fictional world inspired by the industrial revolutions and their destructive effects on the environment. Find the delicate balance between harvesting the land for resources and preserving it to stay alive. Will you defend your territory or sacrifice it to keep it out of enemy hands? Manage the finite available resources to build your army and use the collapsing terrain to your advantage.

Destroy your enemies, or destroy the very land they stand on, before they do it to you.

System Requirements

OS: Windows® XP (SP3), Windows Vista® (SP1), Windows 7®
Processor: Pentium 4 3GHz or comparable
Memory: 1 GB
Graphics: DirectX® 9-compatible graphics adapter with 128 MB RAM (ATI® X700 or better / NVIDIA GeForce® 6100 or better)
DirectX®: DirectX®9.0c
Hard Drive: 1 GB free space
Sound: DirectX®9.0c-compatible

Saturday, September 10, 2011

CRAZY MACHINES 2

A Fakt Software Development

   Title: Crazy Machines 2
   Genre: Strategy, Casual, Family
   Developer: Fakt Software
   Publisher: Viva Media
   Release Date: 20 Jun 2008
   Languages: English

Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.

Go on tour with the crazy professor and put your skills to the test with challenges from around the globe. Travel, from the bazaars of Egypt to the white sands of the Caribbean, then blast off into space for an out of this world gaming experience. Check out the crazy machines community online! Post machines you've created and download those made by others. Compete for tropies and high ratings.

System Requirements

OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: Pentium 4 or better
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9 compliant card NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series or ATI Radeon X700 or higher
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Sound: DirectX 9-comp sound card
Hard Drive: 500 MB available

Friday, September 9, 2011

CAPSIZED

An Alientrap Games Inc Development

Title: Capsized

Genre: Action, Indie

   Developer: Alientrap Games Inc
   Publisher: Alientrap Games Inc
   Release Date: 29 Apr 2011
   Languages: English

Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Artist Jesse McGibney and programmer Lee Vermeulen create an immersive alien world teeming with bizarre life-forms and strange landscapes presented in a unique hand-drawn art style. Combining control elements of first person shooters and innovative physics based combat, Capsized emphasizes action without giving up the smart problem solving of classic platform games.

Use your jetpack to fly through the alien jungle, and tools such as the Gravity Hook to manipulate your environment to skilfully dodge and defeat attacking enemies. You will be challenged - with platforming, puzzle solving, and deadly skirmishing, often all at the same time!

System Requirements

OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7
Processor: Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz)
Memory: 1.5 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1.0 GB free space
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound cards

BOB CAME IN PIECES

A Ludosity Interactive Development

Bob Came in Pieces.

Title: Bob Came in Pieces

   Genre: Adventure, Indie
   Developer: Ludosity Interactive
   Publisher: Ludosity Interactive
   Release Date: 22 Jan 2010
   Languages: English

Bob has crashed on a strange planet, lost a bunch of parts for his ship and above all, is late for work!
Find the lost parts and rebuild your ship along the way to solve challenging, physics-based puzzles.

You can build your ship any way you like in the ship builder – try to find the coolest ship-design for the puzzle at hand!

Rebuild your ship any way You like
Find the lost parts and tools for Your ship – You’ll need them to solve puzzles!
25 Chapters of solid level design and clever puzzles
Many hours of replayability, with secrets, Achievements, Leaderboards and more

PC System Requirements

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista/7)
Graphics: 128mb video RAM and at least Shader Model 2.0
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 500MB of free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card

Mac System Requirements

OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later
Processor: Intel Mac
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 128mb video RAM and Shader Model 2.0
Hard Drive: 500 MB free space

MULTIWINIA

An Introversion Software Development

Multiwinia - Survival of the flattest

   Title: Multiwinia
   Genre: Indie
   Developer: Introversion Software
   Publisher: Introversion Software
   Release Date: 19 Sep 2008
   Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish

DOMINATION

CAPTURE THE STATUE

ROCKET RIOT

BLITZKRIEG

ASSAULT

"Long ago a computer scientist called Dr Sepulveda created a beautiful digital world existing entirely within a computer network of his own invention. This world was called Darwinia and it was inhabited by a peaceful, law-abiding digital life-form called the Darwinians.

As the years wore on however the Darwinians became ever more aggressive and autonomous. They divided into factions, squabbling over Darwinia's limited natural resources. Tribes began to roam the fractal voids hell bent on each others destruction, drunk on power and unswerving in the pursuit of world supremacy.

Far and wide, they became known as the Multiwinians..."

Welcome to Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest — the ultimate retro-arcade multiplayer experience! Choose from a selection of six spectacular action-packed game modes, set in one of the most beautiful game environs you will ever set eyes on.

Challenge your opponent to a game of stick-man slaughter, and watch digital-war unfold, as your Multiwinian army struggles to complete a chosen task faster and better than your rival's. It's fast, it's furious, and only the flattest will survive!