14 DAY TRIAL // Feral Interactive has released a new version of its WWII-based title, Battlestations: Midway. Version 1.0.3 improves networking reliability and fixes two bugs that users reported as being able to crash the game. Battlestations: Midway is a blend of action and strategy, requiring gamers to engage in air, land, sea, and underwater fights. Read on for the changes in version 1.0.3.
In the game, players step up to the controls of the war machines whilst commanding the entire fleet, offline or online, in huge, multi-unit battles with up to 8 players. According to Feral, up to 100 Warships, Aircraft, and Subs face off over the Mac multiplayer gaming service that GameRanger is. Developed by Eidos Studios Hungary, Battlestations: Midway features memorable battles, from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway itself.
The new version, just announced by Feral, fixes a random crash on start in Mac OS X 10.4, and resolves an issue of the same nature in Leopard (version 10.5.5) when playing with ATi HD series cards. Improvements to networking reliability round up the list of changes included with the 1.0.3 release.
"Battlestations: Midway offers a compelling experience," Feral Interactive's David Stephen said. "It's an unusual mix of action and strategy, with a sophisticated multiplayer mode, and we are confident that the Mac audience will find it an excitingly different take on World War II gaming."
"Our collaboration with Feral Interactive has been an extraordinary experience," Rohith Bhat, MD and CEO, Robosoft Technologies, argued at the time the game was being deployed onto Macs. "Battlestations was one of the graphics intensive AAA titles handled by us with extensive use of vertex and fragment programs. Our experience with XCode, in-depth knowledge on both Windows and Mac technologies has enabled us to successfully map the advanced game features from Windows and optimize performance for the Mac."
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