Rogue v.1.1 Launches Featuring Improved Stability and Auto-Updater
Today, GotGame launched a new version of Rogue, the world’s first in-game web browser. Rogue v.1.1 features improved stability relative to its predecessor and incorporates an automatic updater.
Rogue was originally released on November 20th of last year to critical acclaim from around the web, including reviews by IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, and TechCrunch, along with viral circulation on the front pages of Digg and Reddit.
Rogue v.1.1 includes a more stable, in-game performance for the majority of users; greater in-game CPU efficiency; and several fixes to the application’s keyboard inputs.
Moreover, it incorporates an automatic updater, so that Rogue’s users know that every time they launch the application that they are using the most up-to-date version of the application.
According to Randal Crookes, Rogue’s lead developer, “We’ve focused on improving the stability of the application in this version of Rogue. Given the improvements that we’ve made to Rogue in version 1.1, we feel comfortable saying that the game overlay should now work for over 90% of World of WarCraft players. In subsequent updates, we hope to get our in-game solutions working for close to 100% of users across every popular PC game title.”
You can download Rogue v.1.1 here and see the application in action on YouTube here.
Rogue’s Notable Features:
• Game overlay for Windows XP & Vista
• Full CSS, JavaScript, and Flash support
• Editable homepage and bookmarks
• GotGame Search powered by Google
• Hot key to open/hide browser when in game
• Configurable transparency settings
• Optimization toggle for faster/slower computers
About GotGame
GotGame enables gamers to access the content and community they crave through a variety of in-game applications and Internet content portals. Through the LIVE and Rogue downloadable applications, GotGame offers gamers advanced communication, browser, and content delivery tools they can use inside of the most popular PC games. GotGame also operates the GotGame Network, which includes one of the most exciting gaming video-sharing sites, a widely-read gaming news site, and the largest syndicated radio show about gaming in the world. GotGame is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Interactive, Inc.
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This add on is great so I won’t have to switch between wow and my browser. I really get to play now!
A great update for a great app. Snoogans.
I installed this and brought up Windows Task Manager to see how much cpu usage there would be compared to the original Rogue. Have to say, this one is unnoticeable.
How Rogue works, vs CPU usage. First off CPU usage is not a bad thing.
1. Your game users a certain amount of CPU, but is constantly fluctuating during gameplay.
2. Rogue is designed to utilize the remaining CPU, if needed. The CPU is not actually being utilized at 100%. Rogue claims it if needed.
3. Rogue never takes CPU from the Game itself. If the game is using 62%, then rogue has dibs on the remaining 38% for it’s operations.
4. CPU usage indicators do not give you a realtime view of Rogue’s memory usage.
The three video optimization options at the bottom of Rogue effect how the system utilizes your CPU. If Rogue has 38% of the CPU to use on the Video setting, it will use what is needed to keep the frame rate at the desired level. For some this will be 5% of the 38% of the total it has allocated. For others with lower end machines it will be higher.
the CPU graph is an indicator only and does not accurately show how Rogue processes information.
I wasn’t complaining in any way, just my personal experience using the first version of Rogue compared to this new one. I think it’s a great improvement.
Just installed it.
So far, so good.
I’ll check back in after I’ve logged some more WoW time.