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E3 2010: Portal 2 for Mac, iPhone Games from Square Enix, SEGA and Capcom

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off on Tuesday with a number of prominent announcements from the likes of Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. Historically, E3 has never been much of a venue for Apple-related news, though things have changed slightly over the past year. Not to say the event isn't overwhelmingly dominated by console-related news and titles, but here are a few items that may be of interest to Apple-followers.

Steam's arrival on the Mac means that Valve's future titles will all be simultaneously released for the Mac as well. The most anticipated of those is Portal 2. Since Valve gave everyone a free copy of Portal during Steam's launch, you all should be familiar with the title by now. Valve released a teaser trailer for the sequel which is due in 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tax4e4hBBZc

The iPhone and iPod Touch have also made great strides as portable gaming devices with a number of prominent game companies now targeting the App Store.

- Square-Enix announced that Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of Lions and Secret of Mana will be coming to the App Store later this year.
- Capcom is reviving arcade shooter 1942: First Strike for the iPhone.
- SEGA is bringing Sonic 4 to the iPhone as well as Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, and Wiiware.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HTT4ji3HJo
Sonic 4 for iPhone/iPod Touch


Article Link: E3 2010: Portal 2 for Mac, iPhone Games from Square Enix, SEGA and Capcom
 
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Those who have not yet played Portal, you should really check it out. It is a puzzle game like no other, with a great story and play experience.
 
Oh no, they raped the sonic gameplay!!
Some games should just not use the accelerometer, sonic is one of them.
 
spillproof said:
I want to play Portal 2 more than I love my companion cube.
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You cant want to do something more than you love your companion cube! You can want to play Portal 2 AS much as you love your companion cube, but not more! Your love for the companion cube should be never-ending and unstoppable!;)

LOL. Just kidding. If we loved our companion cube more than anything else, we wouldn't have killed it. Still sad that I had to do it.;)
 
I'm just excited to hear Valve admitting they were wrong about the PS3.

Finally, they see the light and will start making game for a system that doesn't suck (i.e. the 360).
 
1942 would be a fun game for the iPhone, looking forward to seeing that one live
 
gottalovemacs said:
You cant want to do something more than you love your companion cube! You can want to play Portal 2 AS much as you love your companion cube, but not more! Your love for the companion cube should be never-ending and unstoppable!;)

LOL. Just kidding. If we loved our companion cube more than anything else, we wouldn't have killed it. Still sad that I had to do it.;)
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What do you mean, you killed your companion cube?! I thought that was the end of the game! No one could ever kill their one true love, right?! RIGHT?!
 
OHHHH wow FINAL FANTASY TACTICS for iPhone. I nearly crapped myself from excitement. That game was seriously top 3 BEST Playstation Games ever. FF7 taking #1. If you have never played it before i urge you to download it on the Playstation Network for 10 bucks. Or wait till Square Enix releases it for iphone i guess.... but it probably won't be the full version. The game is epic.. GJ Square Enix for realizing the iCommunity needed it on all our devices.
 
ziggyonice said:
I'm just excited to hear Valve admitting they were wrong about the PS3.

Finally, they see the light and will start making game for a system that doesn't suck (i.e. the 360).
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Reasons why the PS3 sucks:
- No Gears of War.

- No Alan Wake.

- Less games in total.

- Every game that's available for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 looks and runs crappier on the PS3 because of the PS3's hardware architecture which is suboptimal for games. (Games don't care for the number of CPU cores because they cannot use them anyway. They care for the processing performance of a single core, and here the Xbox 360 is clearly superior to the PS3 - the Xbox 360 is equivalent to a 3+ GHz Triple Core G5 PowerMac.)

We all know that it's the PS3's biggest selling point, but no, in an age of digital online distribution, the BluRay argument just doesn't count anymore.

So which system sucks again?

But here's the good news: Both consoles are available for the price of an iPod Touch. If you're serious about gaming and really want to play those two PS3-exclusive titles, go ahead and buy both consoles.
 
Wow! Portal 2 trailer looks HOT! Seeing the whole place destroyed gave it a new feeling, but seeing GladOS back just like that made me uneasy :p
 
Winni said:
- Every game that's available for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 looks and runs crappier on the PS3 because of the PS3's hardware architecture which is suboptimal for games. (Games don't care for the number of CPU cores because they cannot use them anyway. They care for the processing performance of a single core, and here the Xbox 360 is clearly superior to the PS3 - the Xbox 360 is equivalent to a 3+ GHz Triple Core G5 PowerMac.)
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That has to be the stupidist thing I have ever read, everything you have said in this post is wrong, from your lack of knowledge of multithreaded software, to your knowledge (you are obviously a 360 owner) of PS3 gaming.

Winni said:
We all know that it's the PS3's biggest selling point, but no, in an age of digital online distribution, the BluRay argument just doesn't count anymore.
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Showing your lack of knowledge again I see, we are no where near the age of online distribution, sure you can get some good mini games that way, but there is no way I am going to download a 25-40GB game.
 
Actually Winni is right about the graphics being subpar on the PS3 versions. There are a lot of video's online for many games showing the graphical difference.

If you look at a history of systems the harder ones to program for that had multiple processing units (Sega Saturn comes to mind) they always had less games and were more expensive to develop for. (Although I dearly love Sega Saturn :D )

I'm super excited for Portal 2 and Secret of Mana :)
 
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