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Catan app adds Seafarers expansion with in-app purchase Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:19 AM PST The great Catan iOS game has added in its first expansion, available via an in-app purchase, and it’s based on the Seafarers of Catan expansion from the original German board game. The expansion introduces ships and shipping routes to the kingdom-building simulation, and it includes 10 different scenarios to build ships in, as well as pirates, a Gold River tile and some extra victory cards with different bonuses. The expansion content is US$3.99 inside the app, but even if you don’t want to shell out the extra four bucks, one of the scenarios is included, so you can at least see how it changes the game. The Catan app itself has been critically acclaimed, and I really like this model of releasing content — it seems like a nice solid way of both making sure that content updates are significant improvements to an app, as well as allowing developers to get their own reward for releasing that content. Hopefully we’ll see some more apps, outside of the board game model, take this approach in the future.

Next week is Macworld! Are you coming? Posted: 14 Feb 2011 06:19 PM PST We’ll be manning booth 1012 at Macworld Expo next week (and we’ll post our streaming schedule in advance this year), but the Conference kicks off on the 26th with a plethora of awesome events for attendees to check out. With a special discount ($15 Expo pass or 10% off conference registration) available here, we’re dying to know: Are you going? Let us know in the comments if you do plan to attend, and/or what you’re interested in seeing us cover if you won’t be there. This year we’ll be paying special attention to anything we can get our grubby little hands on. So look for a lot of breakage as we rampage the show floor, testing equipment and posting videos or text and galleries. Of course, this is a trade show as well, so there will be panels, special events and more, but the real focus for us is a chance to try out all the stuff we’ve heard about leading up to the Expo itself. Look for some announcements next week detailing where you can catch our coverage, meet the team and win some prizes! Oh, and expect some awesome surprises to be announced during our daily livestreaming coverage.

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