Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines Developer: Reflections Interactive Publisher: Atari Genre: Action Release Date: June 26, 2007 (US) About Driver: Parallel Lines The fourth edition of the genre-defining action/driving game by Reflections Interactive, this new edition is set in New York City and features an open mission structure unfolding a story of double cross and revenge set over 2 distinct eras of New York City....

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Madden 12 - A First Look

If I was the only team in the NFL then I'd be a lock for the Super Bowl. So even before I start my review let me just say you know it's not going to be bad. Being the only true football game in an empty field makes this the undisputed champion, but I'll try not to be too biased now that we have a foundation for Android football games.Madden 12 is, well, Madden football on Android clearly isn't...

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Madden 12 for Android arrives in the Android Market

Ok, I'll admit it that I'm a bit stunned and elated... Madden 12 finally makes it to Android. Now to download this, dig in to it, and give this $6.99 puppy a fair and balanced revi...

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Press Release: Virtual City will hit the Android Market on September 1st!

San Francisco, California – 8/30/2011 G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and PC casual games like Supermarket Mania, Mahjong Artifacts and Virtual City, today announced that players' favorite building simulator, Virtual City, will arrive on the Android Market on September 1, 2011.Released on iOS platform one year ago, the game experienced enormous success...

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Flightgear 2.4 plus something cuddly and something fishy

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's... wait, yes, it's a plane. The quintessential FOSS flight simulator gets updated, Flightgear 2.4 (announcement) has been released.The FlightGear development team is proud to announce the release of version 2.4.0 of its free open source flight simulation program. FlightGear 2.4.0 reflects over one and a half years of development and incorporates several new and exciting features, as well as numerous bug fixes.The...

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Men of War Vietnam PC RELOADED

Men of War Vietnam PC RELOADED Publisher: 1C Company Developer:  1C Company Release Date:  09/2011 Genre:  Real-Time Strategy Install Notes Unrar. Burn or mount the image. Install the game. Copy over the cracked content from the Crack dir on the disc to the <install> dir of the game. Play the game.   Download Men of War Vietnam PC RELOADED - Megaupload ...

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Planets are a nice thing...

...but make us FreeGamer blog-authors lazy, as all the news are already in our awesome game and development planets :pNew to the feeds is our revision control planet, for those news-freaks that want to keep up to date even if it is just a change in punctuation of the readme file :pIt is btw interesting to see on this planet how much changes happen in the Xonotic SVN, while to the outward observer the project seems to be moving only slowly forward.However, recently they released an auto-builds update script, which makes it much easier to keep up...

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Finger Football

I'm on football season number 3 with an Android device and there still isn't a solid American style football game for Android. EA indicated Madden was coming almost a year ago... but when? And Gameloft hasn't ported their NFL title over either. Even more so, I'm kind of surprised nobody has stepped up to the plate to fill this gaping hole in Android's game library. We've got 5 decent baseball...

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Stellar Escape is the Amazon Appstore freebie of the day

The excellent Stellar Escape is Amazon's Appstore freebie of the day. Grab is before the day is up (if you live in a supported are...

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PyWeek 13 (And PyWeek 12 Winners)

It's time PyWeek #13 soon!The dates of this challenge are are 00:00 UTC 2011-09-11 to 00:00 UTC 2011-09-18.TimetableFriday 2011/08/12Registration underwaySunday 2011/09/04Theme voting commencesSunday 2011/09/11Challenge startSunday 2011/09/18Challenge end, judging beginsSunday 2011/10/02Judging closes, winners announcedCheck out PyWeek 12's winners by the way:Loopback: Asteroids + Tower defense. Retro Look. Permissive code license.Loopback...

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BZFlag Tournament hosted by Ohava Open Computers

BZFlagThere will be a tournament of the CTF game BZFlag.When: September 30th, at 5pm ESTWhere: Online(?)How: Visit ohava.com/gametourney for sign-up.Prize: An Ohava OpenBook BE awarded to the MVP of the winning team. More prizes will be given to all of the winning team's membe...

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News Shorts

OpenPatrician is a not-yet-playable free implementation in Java of Ascaron's classic The Patrician and The Patrician 2. There are some assets but unfortunately the project's default license is a noncommercial one.OpenMW is moving forward: new blog look, renderer is being refractored, inventory being implemented, record saving too.Alex the Allegator was part-ported to HTML5 using the melonJS library. I'm #9 on the high score at...

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Lane Splitter

Being a motorcycle owner and rider in real life I'm sometimes a sucker for any new motorcycle game that comes along.  I used to love the old moto gp games on the consoles and some of the newer side scrolling motorcycle games have been fun as well.  Lane splitter takes a different approach and gives us a top down view of our motorcycle and the road.  Once you're riding all you have to do is steer...

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Keeping up a tradition...

Yes, I post only seldom, but when I do it I keep up the good old tradition of mixing totally unrelated projects in one big post :pSo where to start today? Ahh yes:The puzzle type game Berusky 2 was recently FOSSified (code and art GPL) as pointed out in our forums (but I have to admit I saw it first on LGDB). And as out great founder was quick to point out, it follows the great tradition of the first part with was also released under the terms of...

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GameLoft has 6 of their games of sale for $.99

I complain enough about GameLoft's slighting of Android owners, but now they're offering six of their games for $0.99. The only minus is that you've got to get them through their goofy store vs the Android Market. Click the title for more details.The games are:Eternal LegacyUltimate Spiderman: Total MayhemAsphalt 6The SettlersGangstarAssassin's Creed: Altair's ChroniclesAs an as...

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Captain America

We all have biases and when I saw Captain America appear in the Android Market around the time the movie was released I think I created what the game would be in my mind. I figured that it would be a game about a super hero with puzzle elements to solve based around super human abilities. Oh, and I figured tossing my shield around to activate a switch and knock an enemy down here and there would...

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Press Release: Beer Pong HD adds online multiplayer mode and Android Central table!

Edit: While the name Beer Pong is a bit of a turn off for me, personally, I still need to check this out as I like Pong and it's got great ratings. However, my focus has shifted to reviews of paid games unless there's a stand out freebie as there's no risk in trying a freebie.Rotterdam, The Netherlands, August 12, 2011 - Beer Pong HD, the most realistic and free beer pong game for Android...

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Spirit HD

Spirit HD caught my eye as part of a 50% sale that Jakyl is having. It looked to have cool, vector style graphics and made me curious. The game play is a simple, arcade style experience. You quickly drag your finger on the screen and Spirit will follow surrounding its enemies in a bubble that quickly absorbs them into oblivion. The game actually features three modes of play. The second simply...

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On OpenGameArt 2 and FreeSound 2

This is old news: OpenGameArt 2 launched and with it an improved interface for browsing and submitting freely licensed game art. Testing, feedback and submissions welcome of course. :)OpenGameArt 2 submission formFreeSound is also moving forward, away from FTP-submissions, away from CC-Sampling+, although it seems that noncommercial licenses will be supported. A beta of the new site is open for public testing!FreeSound 2 submission form - the upload...

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Press Release: The Mystery of the Crystal Portal debuts on Android on August 18!

Players' favorite hidden object adventure is set to debut on the Android Market.San Francisco, California – August 10, 2011 G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and PC casual games like Supermarket Mania, Mahjong Artifacts and Virtual City, today announced the upcoming hidden object game for Android,The Mystery of the Crystal Portal.This game is the winner of...

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Carcassonne

Carcassonne is among the ealier Eurogames that have achieved great popularity and is among a handful of 'gateway games'. The term 'gateway game' simply means it's a good choice when introducing someone used to playing the amazing amount of bland games that adorn the shelves of WalMarts nationwide to 'designer boardgames' or Eurogames which typically rely far more on strategy and good decision...

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Airport Mania 2: Wild Trips

It bummed me out when I saw Airport Mania 2 arrive on the iPhone before it made it on to Android. After all, Amazon Digital Services would seem to have an interest in providing an Android version in their App Store first especially with plans to release their own Android based tablet. But it was not to be. I was pleased to see it make the jump a few weeks later and see that they've also skipped...

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Deadly Dungeons

Edit: It's been two weeks and it seems like ages since I last posted a review... I've been busy with paying the bills and a mini-vacation at Gen Con 2011. Still, I've decided to maintain a focus on writing 'real' reviews with some depth vs just trying to get new content up every day. I've also had a little help with the reviews, but am always looking for more. The perks? Review copies of games...

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Open Source in Humble Indie Bundle #3: Haaf's Game Engine (HGE)

HGE's Particle EditorThe proprietary games sale Humble Indie Bundle has a tradition of including open source engine releases.In all of the other humble bundles there has always been at least one game that opened its source (in #2 it was revenge of the titans. in #1 it was penumbra, lugaru, aquaria and gish).- Fer C.Bundle #3 is soon over and the *nix port of the Windows-only zlib-licensed engine HGE has been now released as open source...

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Pirates of Black Cove (2011/ENG) Repack by R.G. Incognito

Developer: Nitro GamesPublisher: Paradox InteractiveGenre: Real-time StrategyXVI century, the Caribbean Sea. Squadron of pirate ships and pirates ply the waters near the coast of America and the Caribbean islands, but there is no person capable of uniting them into a formidable force. Will you gain recognition and the title of the Pirate King, taking control of all trade routes, which are transported to Europe, lavish gifts to the American continent?Features...

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Millennium Secrets 2: Roxannes Necklace (FINAL/Update 2)

Developer: bigfishgamesGenre: Adventure,Hidden ObjectsA terrifying explosion has destroyed a secret bunker and you have been called in to investigate! Capture the culprit before it’s too late in Millennium Secrets: Roxanne’s Necklace! Help solve an ancient mystery and stop the evildoer from striking again! Find clues and work through a tangled chain of events in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game.Features :* Beautiful graphics* Incredible...

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LinWarrior r19+

LinWarrior r19+ Test VideoI tested and recorded the latest LinWarrior git revision (a few changes since release19). Some of the new features in r19 and after include:Atmospheric daytime settingNew units (Flopsy, Scorpion and Tank)Cockpit frame in first-person viewTrees, trees, treesThe LinWarrior engine is still being developed, for example mechs are still hardcoded rather than configured in textfiles right now.PS: A video of actual gameplay, rather than just testing the controls. Unfortunately no sound but 1920x1200 resolution...Playing LinWarrior...

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Cubosphere: First Beta

Cubosphere 0.1 Beta testing videoThe first beta release of Cubosphere is available.The game reminds of irrlamb and Neverball but is in fact a tile-based puzzle, rather than a free-physics/precision game. It has a simple level editor and 18 visual/audible styles to chose from. Some features of the 200+ levels are lasers, frying blocks, teleporters, switches, elevators and enemi...

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Some random FPS engine news

Fast games for slow summer news weeks... but actually some of these news are a bit older already also :pTo start out... yes RedEclipse got a (smaller) new release a few days ago, codenamed Supernova (Version 1.1). The release notes can be found in our/their forums, but it plays as great as before (except for the annoying hit sound :p ). Edit: game-play video from one of our forum users.Noteworthy news related to that (albeit not strictly FOSS related): RedEclipse also got included into Desura now (Moddb's indie friendly answer to Steam, even with...

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