GameShow V1.2 coming next week
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A new update to EA GameShow is set to be released next week. It looks as though they’ve been taking the comments and suggestions out there under consideration and acting on them. Recently I even had the opportunity to talk to Roy Harvey who is the executive producer. We were on the phone for about an hour talking about my thoughts on GameShow and what could be done to improve the experience.
V1.2 changes known to be included
Text chat: A bubble will appear over your avatar with text chat messages you enter in. You can also send messages to the studio which fits in better than using cell phone text messaging.
Ability to run on lower end PCs: One of the biggest issues with GameShow has been the requirements to run it. There have been many accounts of people who wanted to play but their PCs just weren’t powerful enough to do so. Now the program will be lighter and faster to run.
Sharper and crisper look: Some visual improvements have been made.
There are likely to be other changes and hopefully once the update goes live there will be a complete list available. I will follow up on that with my impressions of the update.
February 1, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Still no Mac capability :/
February 1, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Yeah…they REALLY need to bring Mac support. I can only play the FunSize veresion so much before I’m going to go crazy.
February 1, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Happy to see the lower-end PC support. Been wanting to play it but my computer blows.
February 1, 2008 at 5:37 pm
They need to change the way lobbies are sorted. The number of times I’ve been in and there’s like one person from the state. Nevermind the fact that I’m not even American, so I have to make it all up :/
February 1, 2008 at 5:44 pm
[quote comment="11105"]They need to change the way lobbies are sorted. The number of times I’ve been in and there’s like one person from the state. Nevermind the fact that I’m not even American, so I have to make it all up :/[/quote]
Thats something they’re working on changing up the room structure a bit. I believe one thing you’ll see is regional rooms to go along with specific state rooms. Not sure if that’ll be in this update or a future one.