Sometimes it is good to see things not done by amBX as it shows the development community embracing the technology for themselves. As the title suggests there is a new patch for Turning Point: Fall of Liberty and it has been released by Codemasters with the premise of adding full amBX effects to the retail version of the game.

There are a number of mirrors already out there for the file and I have listed a few below for you in case you want to hope straight on over and get it for yourself. Thumbs up to Codemasters for this.

- Games.On.Net Download Site
- Gamers Hell Download Site

Enjoy.

I have just received a press announcement stating that in early 2009 (January 12th) amBX will be releasing a free SDK to the entertainment industry to help them integrate amBX effects with their products. Certainly sounds like a good move for amBX and for us gamers may mean that more new titles are released with full amBX capability. A short extract from the press release is given below:

The amBX SDK enables developers across the whole of the entertainment industry to get up and running quickly with test tools and example applications to guide the way to enhance games with immersive amBX effects. A support forum provides advice and best practice information as well as a complete tool box that will unlock the most advanced features of amBX. Up to now the amBX SDK has been available on a project by project basis but the new developer programme has opened it up to the development community free of charge.

“The amBX SDK provides developers with everything they need to get quickly up to speed and at no charge. It makes amBX very approachable and this will be a major step forward for us as we take the amBX proposition to wider markets and sectors. The whole point of amBX is to immerse the player deeper into the game and the amBX SDK now makes a rather complex operation very simple and extremely low cost.” commented Neil MacDonald, CEO of amBX.

If there are any budding developers out there you can go and register your interest for the SDK by visiting http://developer.ambx.com. Sounds like amBX is going to make a good start to 2009 so I wish them luck and can’t wait to see how many studios and developers embrace this.

Finally it is here and hurrah is all I can say. I managed to have a sneak peak of this a while ago but now that amBX have decided to officially release it I should be able to get a video up over the next few days (along with the FarCry2 one I promised). Incase you are wondering what i’m actually rambling on about it is the amBX Creator; a piece of software that allows you to customise your PC system and desktop with different amBX effects.

For example, from the initial play I had with it I made it so that everytime I maximised FireFox my amBX lights would turn yellow, and when I loaded a certain program the fans turned. The great part is that you can customise all the parts of the amBX kit together rather than just single components at any given time. So if I wanted a rainbow effect as I did something (loaded, closed, maximised, minimised etc) I could set the positions of the lights, the intensity and the colours and then load that effect.

With the video I will also write up a mini-guide on how it works and the type of thing you can do with it as I know you are all eager to see and read.

UPDATE: I have now added a page that provides a video showing the amBX Creator in action and a brief summary of what it can do and how to use it. You can visit this page by clicking THIS link.