Every day, the world's best computer RPG gets closer and closer to release on iOS. Currently, in order to run Ultima VII, you need to jump through a few hoops, but as Ultima Codex showed, it is possible.
Happily, a jailbreak is not required. To install Exult, you’ll need to grab the code from GitHub, open it in Xcode (specifically: open the project file — Exult.xcodeproj — in the iOS subfolder of the code), and build it for your device. Sadly, Xcode is only available for OS X, so if you don’t have an Apple computer at home (or OS X running in a VM, I suppose), you’re more or less out of luck for now.
Further instructions can be found at Exult's Discussion Forum.
Read moreWhile at first sounding like a great way to remove one thumb from an already crowded gaming screen, I wonder to what awkward lengths Apple are willing to go to help the other hand out.
Source: iPhone Home Button That Transforms Into Gaming Joystick Shown in Apple Patent Application
Read moreMap designers, Safari and Firehawk, released Cold War, a new 2-player Diplomacy variant open to VDiplomacy players. While VDiplomacy uses a similar back-end to Web Diplomacy, it features a richer selection of maps, and generally a better coded conduct policy.
If you loved Diplomacy via post, or even in the dorm, VDiplomacy is a great venue to hone your skills of combat and backstabbing.
Read moreUpdate: original text conflating Zygon Dragon and agentorangeguy as the same person, has been amended. Apologies for the error.
And fans of quality, role-playing heavy computer games rejoice. The U6 remake will use the excellent Exult engine that brought Ultima VII to modern computing hardware. A few days ago, webmaster, Zygon Dragon, posted the following status report:
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