August 16th 2010 | Posted by
Dieter Bohn
Now that 1.4.5 is available for Sprint devices (Verizon and AT&T users, look away, this will be too bittersweet), we’re already loving the rush of PDK games from smaller vendors – including that GameBoy Emulator in the Beta feed. One of the most-anticipated is Angry Birds and we have good news on that front. Rovio let @sp3nca know that it’s due in ‘a few more days.’ Even better, they’ve sent us a quick video of the device running on a Palm Pre Plus and as you can see after the break, it’s running quite nicely.
We trust it will run equally well on a regular Palm Pre – the only device that could conceivably run it at the moment – and we trust that the Plussed Pres will get 1.4.5 and the ability to install games like this right soon.
What other higher-end games are you hoping to see on webOS?
Source: @RovioMobile, YouTube; Thanks @sp3nca!
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July 6th 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Stonetrip has added webOS support to the latest iteration of its ShiVa 3D gaming engine, and developers now have another weapon to add to their arsenal (including the excellent Unreal Engine 3) for developing and porting PDK applications. For those not in the know, ShiVa is a game builder that offers a graphical WYSIWYG editor and has full support for both OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 along with a whole slew of important 3D technologies including advanced shading and the automatic handling of post-rendering effects.
The engine powers a whole laundry list of games available on the iOS platform, and a quick perusal of some of those titles on Stonetrip’s website should whet the appetite of many a webOS user, as many of them are sure to pop up in the App Catalog given how easy it is to write once and deploy on multiple platforms with ShiVa.
Interested parties should hit the source link for details on how to get into the beta and head on over to the Palm Developer Forums for further discussion.
Source: Stonetrip’s ShiVa blog; thanks to dcforever for the tip!
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March 8th 2010 | Posted by
Jason Robitaille
Palm loyalists out there will undoubtedly remember the name MetaView. Back in the days of PalmOS, he rose to fame with apps like PalmPDF (now named PDFmob), 2PlayMe, and notably Duke3D, a PalmOS Duke Nukem 3D port that won the Zodiac France Contest 2006.
MetaView has been developing for webOS for a while now, with releases like Match This!, MapTool, and ÜberRadio. Now, he’s returning to an old favourite and is bringing Duke3D to webOS.
Posted on his blog, Henk "MetaView" Jonas shares the above video of Duke3D working smoothly on his Pre. According to his post, the controls can be used all in the keyboard or alternatively use the screen as a virtual d-pad and have the rest of the controls in the keyboard (similar to Quake).
Interestingly, MetaView has told PreCentral that:
"The porting was really easy. Just some small source and makefile adjustments and both jfbuild and jfduke did compile and link. Not at all comparable with the old Palm OS where I needed several days just to get it compiled and another couple of days to have it running without crashes."
Seems the boasts of quick app porting to the webOS holds some weight. That certainly raises my spirits for the webOS platform as a whole.
Duke3D is now available for the Palm Pre and Pre Plus in the WebOS-Internals testing feed for those brave enough to try it while it’s still in-testing.
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February 20th 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Brothers In Arms ($5.99 in the App Catalog) is the first WWII 3D action/combat game to come to webOS. There’s a lot to like here: tanks, sniper rifles, and a well implemented cover system.
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February 19th 2010 | Posted by
Derek Kessler
With more and more 3D games coming to the webOS App Catalog, users are left wondering if they’re worth the coin. While reviews go aways to assuage fears of quality, that still doesn’t mean you will like it. How do you know? You try it! Thankfully, Gameloft understands the meaning of “demo” and has popped out free demo versions of both Assassin’s Creed – Altair’s Chronicles and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle (both appended with “FREE”), along with updates for the full versions of several of their games. These demo versions, like the previously released Asphalt 5 demo, provide a brief taste of how gameplay actually works.
Both Assassin’s Creed – Altair’s… FREE and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle – FREE are available now in the App Catalog (US only, sorry), for – you guessed it – free.
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