MacNN, a popular mac enthusiast site has posted an article inquiring as to where the Electronic Arts titles promised for mac have gone. Apparently EA was part of the June Apple conference (at which the iphone was launched) and announced that amongst others, Battlefield 2142 would be ported to mac.
From the information available we are under the impression that Electronic Arts has chosen "CIDER", a product of Transgaming (famous for using WINE to run games under linux), to run non-native games. These titles were also supposed to be launched no later then July of this year(?).
From the article
"Ea Games will use CIDER":
Cider is a
portability engine that allows Windows games to be run on Intel Macs "without any modifcations to the original game source code."
Gordon promised that the first titles to ship for Macs would include
Command & Conquer 3, Battlefield 2142, Need for Speed Carbon, and
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and that those titles would
ship in July. It's now more than a week into August, and none of the
promised titles have arrived, nor has Electronic Arts made any
announcements on the subject. Several calls and emails to EA's press
department by MacNN staff have gone unanswered.
For more information, check out "
EA Fails to Ship the Games". Hopefully EA will provide a community update addressing these questions.
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Friday, August 10, 2007