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Aspyr Media has announced that it is now accepting applications for a multiplayer "frag fest" giving players a chance to test their skills against Aspyr's development team. This time the company has chosen Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for its gaming battleground. To help prepare potential combatants the Game Agent blog has posted a new guide for success in the game.

Hey Call of Duty fans. In case you hadn’t heard, Aspyr is giving you the opportunity to take on their Development Team in an all-out multiplayer frag fest. Not only can you earn bragging rights but they’re also throwing in plenty of cool prizes! The game of choice is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The fun takes place on July 6 so head over to Aspyr’s website and sign up now. Want to take on our development team but need some help brushing up on your tactical skills? Well look no further soldiers! We want it to be a fair fight so we’ve compiled some tips, both basic and advanced to help you perfect your game before the big day.

GameAgent: CoD 4: Modern Warfare Strategy Guide

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RobotLovesKitty's Tiny Plumbers is now available for purchase from Macgamestore.com. The 2D arcade platformer puts players in the familiar role of a plumber who must battle through eight realms to rescue captive princesses. Tiny Plumbers features up to 8 player online multiplayer and unlockable mini games.

Tony has a job to do... Save princesses to pay the bills. All across the eight realms Bosses have aquired valueable Princesses. Help Tony secure a bright future for Tiny Plumbers Inc. by "Rescueing" these damsels and exchanging them for piles of coins.

Tiny Plumbers is an ultra low resolution 2D platformer where the levels are a combination of user created and procedurally generated content.

Features:

• Play with up to 8 Players online
  
• Splitscreen Multiplayer too!
  
• User Generated Content
  
• Procedurally Generated Content
  
• Unlockable Mini Games

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Kitty Lambda has announced the release of The Real Texas, a new action RPG adventure. Described as a "mashup of Zelda: Link to the Past and Ultima VI." the game puts players in the role of a texas rancher who falls through a portal while on vacation in England.

While holidaying in England, an ordinary rancher from Texas is trapped in an abandoned castle. There he finds a portal to a town called Strange, whose residents are somehow all stuck in a purgatory dimension of Texas.

The Real Texas is an epic action RPG with gun combat, lots of secret items and areas, NPC day/night cycles, bosses, puzzles, dungeons, zombies and cross-dressing.

Recommended Specs:

• Intel Core 2 Duo or better CPU
  
• 1GB RAM
  
• NVIDIA or AMD RADEON graphics
  
• 200MB hard disk space

What is the game like? Is it more exploration or more shooting?

It's a pretty even balance between exploration/problem solving, and shooting/dungeons. There are no standard fetch quests or the like but the NPCs in the game all play a part in the unfolding of the story. You can open drawers or other furniture in peoples' houses, search things, store your items wherever you like or drop them on the ground-- a full inventory system.

You can interact with most objects, whether they do something or not, and NPCs have conversation trees as well as a day-and-night cycle. The game itself takes place in a fairly "local" area, so exploration is more focused on gradually unlocking new places or connecting them together rather than travelling to whole other towns. There's only one town in the game but it's really detailed.

There is also a keyword system, which is used for trying out secret actions you might have thought of, or mentioning certain key phrases to NPCs. It's definitely not a text adventure game where you have to type very often, but it's super fun to figure out a secret topic to mention to somebody, and hear what they have to say. Typing in keywords is a comparatively minor part of the game, though.

Visit the site below for more information about the game including screenshots and trailers.

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Runesoft recently updated Topware's RTS Classic Earth 2140 for OS X and has released it as a digital download. Earth 2140 Gold Edition includes the original title as well as both Mission Packs. The futuristic real time strategy game features 120 missions and more than 100 ground units.

Game Info
After numerous wars and several environmental disasters, only two world powers remain; The United Civilized States (»UCS«)and the Eurasian Dynasty (»ED«). The damage caused by the long wars led both world powers to evacuate the population to recently built underground cities. Natural resources are becoming scarce and have to be extracted above ground. There have been a number of small conflicts between the UCS and the ED, the last of which escalated and became a fierce and bitter war - the final world war. Only one side can win. This final war will decide who will get the last of the available natural resources and ultimately rule the world.
Gameplay

EARTH 2140 is a real time strategy game involving the high tech warfare of the 22nd century. More than 120 exiting missions, an unprecedented artificial intelligence, more than 100 ground units, mechs, tanks, flying units and ships are at your command.

Features:

• New edition for OSX Snow Leopard and Lion!!
  
• Real time strategy game involving the high tech warfare of the 22nd century
  
• More than 120 exciting missions
  
• Unprecedented artificial intelligence
  
• More than 100 ground units, flying units and ships
  
• Strategic orders like formations and escorts
  
• Includes Mission Pack 1 and Mission Pack 2

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