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Feral Interactive has released a demo of their recently launched game Mini Ninjas for the Mac. The game is a light-hearted adventure featuring young ninjas battling a magical army of animals that have been turned into evil samurai warriors.

Mini Ninjas lets you take control of six diminutive but deadly warriors on their quest to defeat the Evil Samurai Warlord. Using dark Kuji magic he is transforming defenseless animals into armies of Samurai, trampling across feudal Japan and upsetting the balance of nature. Using their skills in magic, stealth, swordplay and extremely large wooden hammers, the ninjas are the only ones standing between the Evil Samurai Warlord and world domination!

You can download the demo from the downloads page, or purchase Mini Ninjas directly from the Feral Interactive store.

Feral Interactive has announced the release of Mini Ninjas for the Mac. Departing from the typical sports and strategy line-up, Mini Ninjas is a light-hearted adventure game featuring young ninjas battling a magical army of animals that have been turned into evil samurai warriors.

Developed by IO Interactive and released for Windows in September 2009, the game features delightfully animated characters in a friendly environment made just for exploring with your kids. Though there is no co-op play, players are able to control all mini ninjas within the game.

The minimum system requirements include:

• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
• 1.8 GHz Intel Mac
• 1GB RAM
• 128MB VRAM graphics card
• 5GB of hard disk space

The game retails in North America for US $39.95, £29.95 (inc VAT) in the UK and €39.95 (inc VAT) throughout Europe. You can currently pre-order it through Feral’s online store.

Feral Interactive has announced an important patch to Rome: Total War. This strategy game has now become available for G5 Macs worldwide. Intel players who already have the game just need to run it, and you will be prompted for an automatic update. G5 gamers will need to download the patch manually from the Rome minisite after purchasing the game.

Rome: Total War starts you out in the Roman ranks, seizing control of the armies of Rome, and eventually becoming the emperor of Rome in classic strategy game style. A blend of strategy and tactics allows you control not just campaigns, but each battle and every unit. Rome: TW encompasses the three centuries of warfare from the Punic Wars to the death of Augustus.

You can pick up the game for only $30.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Corey Tamas of MacGamer gives a review of GodFinger for the iPhone by ngmoco. Use your finger to be god. I mean, what else would you use your finger for? Make charming critters worship you, then roast them when you had a bad day. All for free!
  

Show Notes:

• Omaha Sternberg and Corey Tamas of MacGamer talk about the iPhone 4 first impressions. Despite over 1.7 million iPhones sold in 1.5 weeks, only 48 apps have been updated for iOS4. What gives? Omaha and Corey talk about what that means. Also, what do people think about the gyroscope, multitasking, and retina display so far?
• OnLive is live. But Omaha can’t connect. Find out why.
• Feral Interactive has announced a teaser for their next game announcement, and Omaha thinks she knows what it is.
• Virtual Programming reissued X3: Reunion as a native Mac port because they didn’t feel the Cider was “good enough”. Omaha and Corey talk about what the means, and whether this is the start of a trend.
• Contests! More contests than you can shake a crashed iPhone at!

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Matt Jarvis for featuring music from Osmos.
• Bobby “Glorian” Slavov and Victor Stoyanov for featuring music from Eschalon: Book 1.

Feral Interactive announced Mini Ninjas for the Mac, set to release on June 11th. Departing from the typical sports and strategy line-up, Mini Ninjas is a light-hearted adventure game featuring young ninjas battling a magical army of animals that have been turned into evil samurai warriors.

Developed by IO Interactive and released for Windows in September 2009, the game features delightfully animated characters in a friendly environment made just for exploring with your kids. Though there is no co-op play, players are able to control all mini ninjas within the game.

“Mini Ninjas is such a beautifully imagined game that it makes you want to explore every nook and cranny of its world.” said Feral Interactive’s David Stephen.

Mini Ninjas was originally also released via Steam, and considering the recent release of Steam for the Mac, the question of whether Mini Ninja’s for Mac would be available there as well came up. However, the answer to that is no.

“The main reason for this is that Steam requires Mac publishers to give up control over the pricing of their titles,” said Brad Gibson, Feral Interactive Public Relation’s Manager. “Feral has plans to distribute our games through digital download via a variety of options later this year.” No details were given regarding the details of the other options mentioned.

The minimum system requirements include a 1.8 GHz Intel Mac, 1GB RAM, 128MB VRAM graphics card, 5GB of hard disk space, and Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later. Feral plans to release a demo and a preview trailer of the game on their mini site for the game in the coming weeks.

The game will retail in North America for US $39.95, £29.95 (inc VAT) in the UK and €39.95 (inc VAT) throughout Europe. You can currently pre-order it through Feral’s online store.

Feral Interactive released Brothers in Arms: Double Time for the Mac today. Brothers in Arms: Double Time will be released as part of the Feral Legends series, and is composed of the first two games in the Brothers in Arms series: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood.

Originally developed by Gearbox Software, the Brothers in Arms series is one of the most gritty and realistic battle adventures to come to the computer screen. Brothers in Arms: DT is set in WWII and based on the true story of a squad of soldiers from the 101st Airborne division of the US Army during D-Day. Players complete true-to-life missions based on the historical Mission Albany.

Brothers in Arms: DT utilizes the Four F’s (“Find, Fix, Flank, Finish”) within the game, which results in an intuitive command system. Players can order teams and tanks to move, lay suppressive fire, rally, find cover, and charge the enemy. Leadership, judgment, and determination is tested, and success depends on how well a player can command their squad. Compelling storytelling tracks the intertwining journeys of Sgt. Matt Baker and Cpl. Joe Hartsock as they lead their men through the events of D-Day and beyond.

The game is currently available for $30 (£20 in the UK and €25 throughout Europe).

Minimum system requirements:

• Mac OS X v10.5 or later
• 1.8GHz Intel Mac
• 1.5GB RAM
• 128MB graphics card
• DVD drive
• 8GB of hard disk space
• Supports the latest generation of MacBooks and Mac Minis with nVidia 9400M cards or better.

Feral Interactive announced Brothers in Arms: Double Time for the Mac today, to be released on Friday, April 16th. Brothers in Arms: Double Time will be released as part of the Feral Legends series, and is composed of the first two games in the Brothers in Arms series: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood.

Originally developed by Gearbox Software, the Brothers in Arms series is one of the most gritty and realistic battle adventures to come to the computer screen. Brothers in Arms: DT is set in WWII and based on the true story of a squad of soldiers from the 101st Airborne division of the US Army during D-Day. Players complete true-to-life missions based on the historical Mission Albany.

Brothers in Arms: DT utilizes the Four F’s (“Find, Fix, Flank, Finish”) within the game, which results in an intuitive command system. Players can order teams and tanks to move, lay suppressive fire, rally, find cover, and charge the enemy. Leadership, judgment, and determination is tested, and success depends on how well a player can command their squad.

The game is currently available for preorder for $29.95 (£19.95 in the UK and €24.95 throughout Europe).

Minimum system requirements:

• Mac OS X v10.5 or later
• 1.8GHz Intel Mac
• 1.5GB RAM
• 128MB graphics card
• DVD drive
• 8GB of hard disk space
• Supports the latest generation of MacBooks and Mac Minis with nVidia 9400M cards or better.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• A review of The Movies Superstar Edition by Feral Interaction. This baby’s got everything for the budding movie mogul. Just hop in and express your creativity.
  
• Plus, a review of Thor by Freeverse. This slide-scroll platform game pits a goofy god Thor against giants, the goddess Hel, even a serpent. And Thor just keeps running and running and running and…
  
• Finally, a review of the Phantom Mansion: The Orange Library, the second episode in the Phantom Mansion series. No, Hector is still stuck in the Mansion. And Omaha is still waiting for more difficult puzzles.

Show Notes:

• A great conversation with Peter Cohen of The Loop!
• Peter and Omaha talk about Macworld Expo 2010, and the game scene, or lack thereof.
• Peter is going to the GDC. Should you?

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo featured music from Active Lancer by Freeverse; the Active Lancer soundtrack is available at CDBaby.
• John Gatti featured music from El Ballo.

Feral Interactive announced today the availability of Rome: Total War Gold Edition for the Mac. The long awaited game of Roman warfare starts you out in the ranks, seizing control of the armies of Rome, and eventually becoming the emperor of Rome in classic strategy game style. A blend of strategy and tactics allows you control not just campaigns, but each battle and every unit. Rome: TW encompasses the three centuries of warfare from the Punic Wars to the death of Augustus.

Included is the Barbarian Invasion expansion pack, set during the latter years of the empire with new factions and campaigns to play. A wholly new scenario involving the withdrawal of the Roman legions from the outlying lands, poor administration, and bad leadership, you will have to rethink your strategy and tactics to accommodate.

System requirements include:

• Processor: Intel 1.6Ghz or faster
• RAM: 512MB
• Graphics: 128MB VRAM
• OS: 10.5.8 or later
• Hard Disk: 5GB
• Optical Drive: DVD
• Devices: Multi-button Mouse
• Supports Macs with Intel GMA processors (Older Intel Mac Minis and MacBooks)

You can pick up the game for only $30.

 

ETA: Apologies, everyone…with all the whirl prepping for Macworld, the wrong episode had been playing here. Fixed now.

What’s inside this episode:

• A review of the long awaited Bioshock, by Feral Interactive, the FPS that pits you against the insane inhabitants of the underwater city of Rapture, and their Little Sisters.
  
• Plus, a review of Crush the Castle, a strategy shooter of sorts for the iPhone. See yon castle fair? Now go beat it down with thy trebuchet in tiny bits!
  
• Finally, a review of Groovin’ Blocks, a musical puzzler that brings new life to old Tetris-clones worldwide. Bring ‘em down to the beat, and multiply your score. Because I love my C64. Well, that should have been one of the lyrics to the song, I think.
  

Show Notes:

• The trials and tribulations of being a Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge judge. Pity me.
• The Apple iPad. Did you think I’d talk about anything else? Oh, and the cool games we might see….Plants vs Zombies…oooooooooh….

Music Notes:

• Michael Hu-wong featured music on the show from Fizzball. You can get more information about Michael Hu-wong’s work from his site Game Noise.
• Steven Johnson featured music on the show from Escort Wing.