The sequel to famous Edge, EDGE Extended, is available at the AppStore for 0,99$ only. The game uses a new 3D engine (up to 60 fps) and provides 44 new levels with new gameplay features and 23 musics. A 4x antialiasing option is available on the iPad 2.
Archive for August, 2011
Special prices : Aralon / Modern Combat 2
Posted: August 27, 2011 in GamesTags: Aralon, Modern Combat 2, special price
We can find at the AppStore Aralon: Sword and Shadow HD (universal HD version for iPhone and iPad, see a review here) and Modern Combat 2 at 0,99$ only.
Trine 2 is planned on mac (and Windows) latest quarter. We can watch a video here.
WebKit framework, derived from KHTML and having initiated many of HTML5 features (thanks to iPhone’s WebKit implementation, that was also allowed by Core Animation), was launched 10 years ago by Apple. The first verison of Safari was released later in 2003, and the project became open source in 2005 (Google contributed, and it has been used by Nokia, Adobe and Palm/HP).
Creator of Cappuccino worked at Apple in the initial development team for iPhone’s WebKit version (the most impressive from 2007 to 2009). Google may then be interested by 280 North, that was bought by Motorola a year ago, and is now owned by Android/GWT editor.
Android : Java to Cappuccino/WebKit
Posted: August 25, 2011 in IT/DevTags: Android, Cappuccino, Java, WebKit
As I had supposed, Google may use Cappuccino to replace Java as Android SDK. Besides solving the licensing problems, this solution could lure iOS developers, easing Cocoa to Android porting.
The new Google mobile OS would just have to be based on WebKit, in the same way Palm/HP’s WebOS does.
As Steve Jobs announced his resignation as Apple’s CEO (he wants Tim Cook to become the new CEO as planned, and also asks for keeping leading Apple’s vision as president of boards of directors), we can find many hidden tributes in OSX Lion :
– Icon of the new “All My Files” section (see here and there) that shows extracts from famous sentences from interviews.
– New icon for user accounts presents, as tracks titles on a vinyl, well known words used on keynotes.
We can also discover at New York Times the list of 313 patents owned by Steven P. Jobs.
The upcoming presentation of iPhone 5 and new macs design will probably allow for a video/live message.
A free version of Spectrum Spectaculator emulator is available at the App Store. It is provided with recent games (classics with the paid version).
Episode 3 of 1112 is available at the App Store (5,99$) and the Mac App Store (7,99$). First reviews are very positive, and the game is said to be difficult.
The trailer of 1112 Episode 3 is available. This episode is announced as two times longer than previous ones, and is expected at the App Store August, 23.
Camel Audio presents Ian Boddy: Analogica, a 800 MB samples library (150 sounds from Analogue Systems, Doepfer, Roland and Serge, VCS3, Minimoog, Moog Voyager) for Alchemy Player. Audio demos are available. It is priced 59$.
Audiofanzine provides a test of Yamaha MOX6 (355 MB samples – same sounds as on the Motif XS -, same sequencer except sampling feature, 7 kg only, Cubase AI and Prologue and YC-3B VSTi plugins, priced 990 euros only).
Cjed Audio 