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IMG's latest preview takes a look at the upcoming The Sims 2. A true sequel to the empire spawned by the original The Sims and its army of expansion packs, The Sims 2 continues the tradition, allowing players to create, control, and monitor the daily lives of their digital wards.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

Not wanting to mess with the incredibly successful and addictive formula of the first Sims title, Sims 2 has basically taken the 'if it ain't broke, don't' fix it' approach. Instead, you're going to see what you wanted with Sims 2: more customizability, more goals, more objectives, and better graphics with a revamped engine.

The Sims 2 is currently in development by Aspyr. Having just moved from Final Candidate to Gold Master stage, this title should see release for the Mac sometime this month. MacGameStore is currently taking pre-orders of the title.

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Quake IV now has a website. The website is not currently finished, but it features a trailer for the game and a brief overview of the story. After viewing these two items it becomes obvious that this episode will be completely unlike the previous ones. Walker tanks, aircraft, and marine squads are just the tip of the iceberg.

In order to defeat the Strogg, you must become one of them.

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The master level chess program Sigma Chess has been updated to version 6.1.2. The update fixes various bugs and incompatibilities.

The fixes include:

Fixed some typos in the HTML User

Fixed a minor incompatibility with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger), where the text in list header buttons incorrectly erased the background.

Fixed a minor incompatibility with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger), where the toolbar button label font was sometimes changed.

Fixed a rare incompatibility with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger), where Sigma Chess couldn’t be started because OS X thought it was a text file.

Clicking on an edit control with focus no longer de-selects that edit control!

Fixed an issue with the “Set as default” checkbox in the Game Info dialog; it didn’t have any effect when resetting games.

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Sawblade Software has recently released Power Game Factory for the Mac. A game creation tool, Power Game Factory allows users to create their own side-scrolling action games without having to resort to complex programming.

Power Game Factory is a tool for creating side scrolling action games for the Macintosh. It features an easy to use graphical user interface and can compile stand-alone game applications that take advantage of the latest graphical technologies. Built up from the engine that powered Sawblade Software's first game, Power Game Factory has gone through years of development and testing, with countless new features added along the way.

Power Game Factory is currently retailing for $44. Those interested in more info can find pictures, movies, and feature listings at Sawblade's site.

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A 3D remake of the classic game Nebulus has been released. The game has been named Zebulon and gives a visual upgrade to the original game's gameplay.

The game is very simple to play - your goal is to ascend a series of towers. Control your character with the left, right and jump keys set up in the configuration dialog. Press up to go through doors or to activate elevators. Avoid touching anything that moves.
Collect points for ascending the towers and for time left after finish.

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