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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Sam and Max Episode 4: Sam and Max Episode 4 - Abe Lincoln Must Die has been released as a free 80MB download (no strings attached), and will be available from major file hosting sites starting today. [FileFront mirror]

Release Dates

Metanet Software's N+: Raigan has confirmed that the Xbox Live Arcade version of N will be out in the coming weeks. Preview screenshots and a gameplay video will be posted soon.

Game Maker for Mac: Mac users will soon be able to test a beta of the Game Maker engine for their platform sometime in early 2008.

Updates

eXceed2nd-VAMPIRE REX-: The demo for TENNEN-SOZAI's Ikaruga-style shooter updated to version 0.02. Mirrors are located at the bottom of the page, just above the screenshots. Four stages playable in this 290MB trial release.

Storm Assault: Storm Assault updated to version 0.16.

Fraxy: mon's Fraxy gets a new update.

Articles

Unbound Interview: Dave Gilbert, Erin Robinson and Thomas Regin interviewed by AGS Ezine. [Wadjet Eye Games]

What's New in Indie: GameTunnel's monthly review article for the month of October is up. [Knytt Stories review]

Competitions

GameDev.net's Four Elements VI: GameDev.net's Four Elements VI competition themes have been announced. Participants are required to include three of the following four elements in their entries - ponies, accountants, crystals and explosions. Final submission date is on the 3rd of April 2008.

HSP Contest 2007: HSP (Hot Soup Processor) contest entries now available for download from this page.

Miscellaneous

Forest Planet: Shane Heres (Boomlands) is currently working on a couple of new projects.

Gish 2: New screenshot from the sequel to Gish posted.
4 Comments:
Anonymous Anonymous said at 11/06/2007 03:15:00 AM:  
AGS Ezine: just another thing where an old/veteran/exclusive member uses to promote/talk about/praise the same old member/in crowd/sometimes those who suck up too/ people we here from over and over and over again in the ags community.
hope that made sense.
Anonymous Anonymous said at 11/06/2007 03:15:00 AM:  
should be "hear" and not "here".
Anonymous Anonymous said at 11/06/2007 09:14:00 AM:  
Sweet, Gamemaker for the Mac will be useful now that I've managed to get both windows and OSX on my PC. :D
Blogger Unknown said at 11/06/2007 11:42:00 AM:  
It didn't make sense, anonymous. You want to talk about other AGS members, start your own blog and showcase the supposed "hidden talent" among the AGS community that is being shut out by the "in crowd"...

Also, yay! Game Tunnel used 2 screenshots from my knytt level in their review.