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You may remember our preview of the upcoming point and click adventure game, Machinarium. The game has now been submitted to Apple with a specific release date revealed.

According to Amanita Design’s website, it will be coming out on September 8, and it will be exclusive to the iPad 2. The reason for this are the hardware limitations of older devices.

“Unfortunately, the game needs quite a lot of memory and fast CPU so it works well only on iPad 2. However there are no compromises in this version and it looks great on tablet. (sic) We apologize to all iPad 1 owners!” according to Amanita Design.

Machinarium is a surreal and steampunk adventure game that will make you use your logical puzzle solving skills. Gameplay revolves around flicking on various objects and finding ways to make them work together in order to advance.

Look for Machinarium on September 8, on the App Store.

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When World of Goo came to the PC with no DRM, it eventually turned out that 90 percent of the people who played the game did so by pirating it. Now it looks like Machinarium—an excellent point-and-click adventure game from Czech developer Amanita Design—is sadly suffering the same fate.

"We released the game DRM-free which means it doesn’t include any anti-piracy protection, therefore the game doesn’t bother players serial codes or online authentication, but it’s also very easy to copy it," Amanita's Jakub Dvorsky explained. "Our estimate from the feedback is that only 5-15 percent of Machinarium players actually paid for the game."

In an attempt to give those 85-95 percent of players a chance to make amends, Amanita is having what it's calling a Pirate Amnesty sale. Until August 12, the game—which is playable on PC, Mac, and Linux—and its soundtrack will cost just $5, which is 75 percent off the regular $20 asking price.

Of course, this sale doesn't just apply to pirates. So if you happened to miss out on the game the first time around, now is your chance to experience one of last year's best titles for an absurdly low price. You can try the demo and purchase the game here.




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When World of Goo came to the PC with no DRM, it eventually turned out that 90 percent of the people who played the game did so by pirating it. Now it looks like Machinarium—an excellent point-and-click adventure game from Czech developer Amanita Design—is sadly suffering the same fate.

"We released the game DRM-free which means it doesn’t include any anti-piracy protection, therefore the game doesn’t bother players serial codes or online authentication, but it’s also very easy to copy it," Amanita's Jakub Dvorsky explained. "Our estimate from the feedback is that only 5-15 percent of Machinarium players actually paid for the game."

In an attempt to give those 85-95 percent of players a chance to make amends, Amanita is having what it's calling a Pirate Amnesty sale. Until August 12, the game—which is playable on PC, Mac, and Linux—and its soundtrack will cost just $5, which is 75 percent off the regular $20 asking price.

Of course, this sale doesn't just apply to pirates. So if you happened to miss out on the game the first time around, now is your chance to experience one of last year's best titles for an absurdly low price. You can try the demo and purchase the game here.




Read the comments on this post

The studio responsible for last year's indie adventure/puzzle hit Machinarium says six months of talks with Microsoft ended with no progress on bringing the Indie game to the Xbox 360, because Microsoft doesn't want to support games that aren't Microsoft exclusives.