Developers Ubisoft Shanghai have released a new third person post-apocalyptic game using the Unreal Engine and I think they've outdone themselves. This game has all the hallmarks of a AAA title yet comes at an indie price of $18 AUD on Steam.

You play the unnamed male and without giving too much of the story away you're looking for your family in a dust-filled desolate world with shady characters and dark, bleak situations. The game takes place one year after America has gone through a massive disaster included earthquakes that destroyed most cities and areas known only as "The Event".

As a PC gamer, it plays like a console game, however I didn't find the camera or controls to be frustrating. Being a dust-filled world, there is a grainy filter applied to the video, which helps to immerse you into this dire world. Whilst, it's may fall into the "nothing new" category, I would argue that most games don't need to do something new every time and still be an enjoyable play. This is where I Am Alive fits in.

7/10

The guys from PrimerLabs write "We are recovering physically from PAX and nailing down all the bugs that cropped up with the new level creator that syncs what you build to the server. We're going to ship the new Code Hero Alpha to everyone this Friday.

Full PAX report and announcement coming also this week! Here is the trailer of the new Code Hero for you to enjoy till more updates and the Alpha release this Friday."

On the 19th August, 2012, the 5th Annual Australian Haiku Users and Developers Conference was held at The University of Queensland.

A conceptual design submitted to this year�s James Dyson Awards by Andrey Kokorin, would have cooks placing food in a spherical pod to be cut into custom segments using lasers.

Check out the cool concept video.

MacMixing.com shows a hands-on review of the iCade Core, the 2nd generation iCade device, that is a bluetooth joystick controller for your iPad. This model supports landscape mode too ... I wonder if the joystick and buttons are better quality than the previous version though.