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TransGaming and NCsoft are teaming up to bring the ultimate battle between superheroes and supervillains to the Apple Macintosh. Using TransGaming’s Cider Portability engine, the City of Heroes franchise will be available for public beta testing with the release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility later this fall, with an official launch expected sometime before the holidays. “Players will soon be able to join the battle of good versus evil in the most popular comic book MMO on both the PC and Mac platforms…and in the same game world,” commented Brian Clayton, executive producer of City of Heroes for NCsoft West. “Given Mac’s fame as a platform for creative people and City of Heroes’ unprecedented character customisation options, I think City of Heroes is a perfect fit for the Mac gaming community.”
I don’t need to be able to play Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on anything else, okay? It’s already eaten away at my life on the DS, PSP, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, mobile phone, and PC to the point where every month I have at least one Puzzle Quest-related dream. Now TransGaming has announced their expansion into the Apple portable space with Puzzle Quest for the iPhone / iPod Touch. “It has been a wild and exciting ride for us at D3Publisher to watch Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords progress from a unique release on handheld platforms to one of the most beloved puzzle game franchises of today, raising demand from gamers everywhere to be able to play it on their platform of choice,” said Yoji Takenaka, President and Chief Executive Officer of North America and Europe, D3Publisher.
Gah! I just want to hug this man and punch him at the same time, but not as much as Crecente, who actually contacted both companies and harassed them about making the port. Thanks, Brian. Look for Puzzle Quest to hit the iPhone and iPod Touch later this fall, at which point I will begin spending all my time in the bathroom.
TransGaming has just announced that they are now collaborating with Ubisoft to bring their PC games to the Mac via the Cider Portability Engine. The multi-title agreement will see Ubisoft PC titles appearing on TG’s digital distribution platform GameTree Online throughout the summer and into fall alongside Windows platform releases. So what games do Intel-based Mac users have in store?
“Ubisoft is extremely excited about the partnership with TransGaming to bring our titles to the Mac”, said Jay Cohen, senior vice president of publishing at Ubisoft. “This is the perfect opportunity to reach the growing Mac community so they can enjoy games such as CSI: Hard Evidence and our Petz franchise with Catz and Dogz”.
Oh. That’s…nice? Finally Mac gamers will be able to experience the titles PC gamers have been raving about for ages! I assume we’ll see something a bit more meaty (yes, I know Petz have meat) as the partnership continues.
