Ubisoft and TransGaming are bringing games to the Mac using Cider engine

[Ou grote]

Some good news
http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=21885

Ubisoft makes Mac migration
Ubisoft and TransGaming are bringing games to the Mac using Cider engine
Jonny Evans

Ubisoft has reached a deal with TransGaming to bring a number of its games across to the Mac using the Cider Portability Engine.

The first games to make the switch will include Catz, Dogz, and CSI: Hard Evidence. All the games will be made available for purchase through TransGaming's Gametree Online service.

TransGaming's Cider engine has been used to bring numerous games to the Mac, including EVE Online, Madden NFL 08 and Need for Speed: Carbon. Cider has also been used to bring EA's Spore Creature Creator to the Mac.


"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. "To expand our business position and serve the growing Mac gaming community, additional key titles will follow later this year, including several day-and-date releases this Fall," he added.

Vikas Gupta, CEO and president of TransGaming Technologies said: "Ubisoft has been creating award winning games for Windows-PC and I have no doubt that Mac consumers everywhere will be thrilled to have access to this great content. Leading publishers continue to recognize the value of TransGaming's Cider Engine to bring their high quality content quickly and efficiently to the growing Mac community. The addition of Ubisoft titles further broadens the Mac games market and provides further evidence that TransGaming is the partner of choice for Mac enablement."

Other Ubisoft titles that have never been available on Mac before will be developed for release this autumn, and future titles should ship for Mac at the same time as Windows.

 

[Ou grote]

Here's their upcoming games, don't know what will appear on the Mac yet.

Upcoming games

2008
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360)
Far Cry 2 (PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360)
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon - Special Edition (PlayStation 2 and PSP)
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (Nintendo DS)
Harvest Moon Online (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii, release in late 2008)
Red Steel 2 (Working Title, Wii, release in late 2008)
Rune Factory 2 (Nintendo DS)
Tom Clancy's EndWar (PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, and Xbox 360)
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (PC and Xbox 360)
Prince of Persia (PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360)
Shaun White Snowboarding (PC, Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360)

2009
Avatar
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

[Lydon]

Good on them They've got quite some work ahead of them though!