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Another World Released On iOS Today

James Reith — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:44:44 +0000

DotEmu have released a remastered version of Eric Chahi’s cinematic side-scroller on iOS today and it is available on both iPad and iPhone for $4.99. If you haven’t experienced this classic title already, then there really is no time like the present.

Gamer Rage Over ‘From Dust’ PC Port

James Reith — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:39:22 +0000

Its the old adage that ‘a good game does not necessarily a good port make’. The game itself is as it is on console versions, its just that PC gamers require an Internet connection every time they launch the title, the game itself suffers from a capped frame-rate, limited resolutions in window mode, no anti-aliasing and a whole host of exciting bugs and glitches. Ubisoft have not commented on when these issues will be resolved, if at all.

Thanks to Rock Paper Shotgun for the info.

From Dust gets PC release date and dev diary

George Reith — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:13:07 +0000

Upcoming God game from industry legend Eric Chahi, From Dust, has had a PC release date announced.

The game will release for PC on July 27th, alongside an Xbox Live Arcade version. PS3 players will have a little longer to wait though. The announcement comes accompanied by a developer diary, which you can see above.

Thanks to CVG for the info.

Eric Chahi: “The less it costs, the better it is”

James Reith — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:35:57 +0000

Eric Chahi, designer of ‘Another World’ and the upcoming ‘From Dust’, in a recent interview with CVG was discussing the comments Cliff Bleszinski made at GDC about modern day developers having either to make blockbuster titles or indie games in order to see any commercial success. He agreed about the polarisation but talked about how indie titles were catching up with triple AAA releases: “Yes there is high budget and low budget, but on the other hand we can see that on the XBLA and PSN the production quality is increasing right now if you compare the games on the XBLA from a few years ago to today. I don’t know how it will evolve; maybe we will have bigger budgets for original games, but don’t think that it’s a goal.” He continued “The less it costs the better it is because the less it costs the more creative freedom we have… It’s true that there are more creative things on the low budget side than on the AAA side. If you have a graph of creativity it will be lower on the AAA and higher and on the lower [budget] because creativity is not linked to the development cost.”

Another World Being Ported To iPhone And iPad

James Reith — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:59:10 +0000

Eric Chahi’s sci-fi adventure classic ‘Another World’, also known as ‘Out Of This World’ in the US, is coming to iOS. Developer DotEmu and publisher BulkyPix will be handling the port and seem to have Chahi’s blessing: “I’m very pleased to work with my developer friends from DotEmu and their partner BulkyPix. The first prototype looks beautiful on iPad, they are doing a great job on it.” This year marks the twentieth anniversery of the game’s release.

Thanks to Game Informer for the info.