Epic Citadel, World’s First UE3-Powered App, Now Available on App Store
Epic Games announced its “Epic Citadel” App is now available from the App Store. The app showcases the technical capabilities of Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine 3 on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. In “Epic Citadel,” players navigate a fictional castle realm using simple controls and the innovative Multi-Touch user interface. “Epic Citadel” also features stunning visuals and special effects, with an environment inspired by “Project Sword,” Epic’s newest game.
“Project Sword” is the codename of the all-new action role-playing adventure game exclusively for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch developed by Epic’s critically acclaimed studio, Chair Entertainment, creators of the Xbox LIVE Arcade games of the year “Undertow” and “Shadow Complex.” Scheduled for release later this year, “Project Sword” will bring unrivaled visual fidelity and a highly accessible gameplay experience to the iOS platform.
“This is a testament to the sheer power of iOS devices as up until now, Unreal Engine 3 has typically been used to create high-end gaming experiences on game consoles and computers,” said Epic Games President Dr. Michael Capps. “And we’re not just keeping it to ourselves. We’re putting Unreal Engine 3 technology into the hands of game developers all over the world, and we can’t wait to see the apps they make next.”
A small team of Epic’s programmers, artists and testers created “Epic Citadel” in just eight weeks of development time. Unreal Engine 3 is scalable yet packed with the same tools hundreds of thousands of users work with to create games, simulations and animated content. Features include:
- Amazing visuals. “Epic Citadel” pushes the envelope for stunning visuals on iOS devices. Through the latest advances in Unreal Engine 3 technology, the application delivers unrivaled graphics and special effects that immerse players in the kingdom’s grounds.
- Bump offset mapping. Also known as parallax mapping or relief mapping, bump offset mapping enhances the visual appearance of stone walls and rocks providing intricate textures.
- Normal mapped architecture. Brings stunning detail to bricks and ground surfaces within the environment.
- Texture blending with painted weight maps. Refines nuances on roads and terrain, making them rich and lifelike.
- Global illumination. Unreal Engine 3’s built-in global illumination system, Unreal Lightmass, provides realistic lighting and shadows with minimal development resources.
- Dynamic specular lighting with texture masks. Helps create authentic cobblestone roads and vivid reflective marble surfaces, while lens flares and light coronas add dramatic emphasis when panning across light sources.
- Real-time reflections and animation. Environment mapping enables real-time reflections on objects such as the statue inside the cathedral. Dynamic movements of trees and banners are made possible through the use of vertex deformation and skeletal animation.
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Read MoreOfficial Twitter for iPad App Released
Finally, the official Twitter client for iPad has been released. Feature wise, this is probably the most complete Twitter client for iPad to date.
Features:
● Realtime search, Top Tweets, trending topics and maps show whats happening now everywhere and nearby.
● Tweet, send DMs, share photos, videos and links to your friends and the world.
What’s New In This Version:
Twitter for iPad launches in this version:
What is Twitter for iPad? And how is it different from our iPhone app?
Twitter for iPad brings your Tweets together with web pages, photos, videos and more. Tap on any tweet, and a related content pane will open, displaying any linked content from the tweet, including web pages, profile information, hashtag searches and similar users. Slide panels from side to side and quickly navigate through related content.
There’s also easy ways to quickly peek into a tweet
● Pinch on a tweet to quickly unfold related information and actions
● Use two fingers to drag on tweet and reveal replies
You can download Twitter from the App Store for free.
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Read MoreModMyi Releases Official AppStore App
The biggest iPhone customizing site out there, ModMyi.com, has released an official iPhone App that is now available in the Apple AppStore for Free.
You can do a lot from the app, including:
- View, reply to, and tip us on News.
- Read and respond to forum posts.
- Search the site by keyword or latest posts.
- Read, write, and respond to messages.
- Subscribe to threads and view your list of subscribed threads.
- And more…
The Top Five Most Used Jailbreak Apps
The folks over at the ModMyi forums have composed a great list of their top five most used Cydia/Rock applications. Nickhesson (username) compiled the list by “Asking each of the staff members their top picks, I will list the apps from the most common first, and then I’ll show each staff member’s top picks.” Anyhow, here are the top five most used jailbreak apps by the peeps at ModMyi:
1. MyWi 4.0
Jailbroken iDevice Required
2. InfiniFolders
Jailbroken iDevice Required
3. WiFi Sync
Jailbroken iDevice Required
4. Air Sharing & Air Display (ok, so this one isn’t from Cydia, but it’s still awesome)
Available in the App Store (link)
5. Tlert
Jailbroken iDevice Required
for an in depth description and each moderator’s individual list hit up the source link: [mmi.com]
Read MoreiPhone 4 Review
The iPhone 4, so many different emotions come to mind when you hear the name of that device no? The complaints of signal issues, proximity sensors, everything right? For me this is easily the best device I’ve ever owned.
I remember when the iPhone 3G came out, and Apple presented their commercial for it, and the words “The only phone to be the iPhone, the new iPhone..3G.” To me that’s the only true device that can beat the iPhone, the iPhone that follows it. You can call me a fanboy but when you get down to it, it’s true. Android is a very worthy competitor but you didn’t come hear to hear about that OS did you? Hit the jump for the full review!
Read MoreiPhone 4 voice calls, still better than iPhone 3GS
Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal has been testing iPhone 4 voice calls for about 6 weeks. Walt has come to his conclusion that the iphone 4 drops fewer calls than the iPhone 3GS. He notes that the iPhone 4 is not the best but better than previous iPhones. Walt also talks about the overall battery life of the iPhone 4 being much better than other iPhones.
“So that’s my six-week, real-world report. Despite the hot-spot issue and the exposed antenna, the iPhone 4 does better than the 3GS for me in decent coverage. But I still wouldn’t advise adopting it as your primary phone if you live, work or travel in areas with poor AT&T reception, or if you prefer a network under less stress.”
