NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 is flexing its muscles today with the launch of Dark Meadow: The Pact from Phosphor Games Studio. Dark Meadow: The Pact utilizes the Unreal Engine 3 and is a first-person action/adventure game that will redefine the mobile gaming space.
In this game you awaken in Montclair Hospital with no memory of who you are or how you even got there. You have one friend, an old man that has been stuck in this hospital for a long long time. According to him you must destroy the beautiful witch in order to escape. Of course this witch won’t be your only problem as you need to deal with ghoulish creatures along the way. For weapons, you will have a cross bow and a sword, both of which feature gesture controls. You will utilize a “pull-back’ swipe for the cross bow and the sword features a “slashing” gesture.
Dark Meadow: The Pact has already been available on iOS, but Phosphor Games wanted to bring it to the next level. Fortunately NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 featuring 4-PLUS-1 quad-core technology allowed them to feature detailed enhancements such as higher polygon counts, animated textures, water effects, and dynamic particle effects. You can see the differences in the following images:
“Android gamers have been clamoring for the game ever since we announced its development during the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards,” said Chip Sineni, Director at Phosphor Games Studios. “We are excited that the day has arrived and that we’ve been able to continue improving the game – especially the integration of the Tegra 3 processor – while maintaining a free to play model.”
To top it all off, you can play Dark Meadow: The Pact in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese. Folks, this is an amazing game and one you won’t want to miss. It’s available right now in the Google Play Store and the TegraZone app. In addition, it’s FREE to play. For those of you that don’t have a Tegra 3 device, you will be happy to know that Phosphor Games plans on bringing it to more devices soon. Also look for a hands on review from our own Stacy Bruce soon.
Full press release:
‘DARK MEADOW: THE PACT’ NOW AVAILABLE FOR PLAY ON ANDROID DEVICES
Acclaimed Mobile Adventure Game Gets Visual Upgrade With Integration of New NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-Core Processor
CHICAGO, April 26, 2012 – Continuing to redefine the mobile gaming landscape with console-quality graphics and deep narrative, Phosphor Games today released the highly anticipated Android version of Dark Meadow: The Pact.
Free to play now on Android mobile devices equipped with the new NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 4-PLUS-1 quad-core mobile processor, Dark Meadow: The Pact takes advantage of Tegra 3’s quad-core CPU and GeForce GPU to further enhance the game and deliver an unparalleled visual experience.
“Android gamers have been clamoring for the game ever since we announced its development during the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards,” said Chip Sineni, Director at Phosphor Games Studios. “We are excited that the day has arrived and that we’ve been able to continue improving the game – especially the integration of the Tegra 3 processor – while maintaining a free to play model.”
Developed utilizing the acclaimed Unreal Engine 3, The Dark Meadow is a stunning first-person, action/adventure game in which players fight to escape a nightmare world filled with fantastical creatures bent on destroying them. You awake in a hospital, uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking to kill the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.
As you explore the photo-realistic world, you need both your crossbow for ranged combat as well as your sword for in-close, melee combat. Gesture-based “pull back and fire,” as well as slashing combat, will be instantly recognizable to touch screen players. And node-based movement through the world makes navigation simple yet compelling.
Role-playing game mechanics enhance the exploration, as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world – from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to money that can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.
Dark Meadow: The Pact is currently free to play in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese, on both iOS and Tegra 3-equipped Android platforms, with additional Android platform support scheduled for the months ahead.
Dark Meadow: The Pact is now available on Google Play and is featured on the TegraZone app, NVIDIA’s free app that showcases the best games optimized for the Tegra processor.
About Unreal Engine 3
The award-winning Unreal Engine is known for its cutting-edge graphics, best-of-breed toolset and scalability across platforms. Unreal Engine 3’s highly mature toolset and content pipeline consistently evolve along with its advanced mobile features, multi-core processor support, optimizations for iOS, Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3 and massive world support. Unreal Engine 3 is designed to accelerate developers’ productivity for computer and video games, mobile games and applications, training simulations, 3D visualizations, digital films and animated television shows. Additional information on Unreal Engine 3 can be obtained at www.unrealengine.com.
About Phosphor Games Studio
Based in Chicago, Phosphor Games Studio is a top-tier development studio comprised of experienced video game designers with a track record of producing financially successful and critically acclaimed titles across a variety of genres – from hardcore first-person shooters and MMOs to sports and casual games. Phosphor Games was tapped by Microsoft to develop SpacePop, one of the five activities found in Microsoft’s launch title, Kinect Adventures, and one of the first Kinect games to use pure full body and spatial depth movement for gameplay. More information can be found online at www.phosphorgames.com, on Facebook or via Twitter @phosphorgames
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