Warhammer Online has announced
they are giving players a 10-day
Beta Trial of the new Mac version of Warhammer!
The Mac version of WAR
is scheduled for official release in the fall of 2009, when players on both
platforms will be able to battle and quest together on the same servers.
Here's the official announcement from Warhammer about supporting Mac players:
FAIRFAX, Virginia – July 30, 2009 – Mythic Entertainment™, an
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced
that the critically acclaimed MMORPG,
Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR),
is being developed for the Mac® computer
platform and is currently being offered in beta version. The Mac version of
WAR is scheduled for official release
in the fall of 2009, when players on both platforms will be able to battle and
quest together on the same servers.
The beta of the Mac version of Warhammer Online will allow
current players to download a client to their Mac computers and play with their
live game accounts. Players who do not have an existing live account, but are
interested in playing WAR on the Mac, will be able to participate in the
beta version of WAR on Mac by downloading a 10-day beta trial account.
As part of the WAR Mac beta event, players who participate will receive
an exclusive title and trophy reward for their characters within the game.
“The MMORPG audience continues to
expand, and that means gamers eager to experience WAR
aren’t all playing on a PC,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. “We want
as many players as possible to experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm combat,
and bringing WAR to the Mac makes this
an exciting reality.”
WAR for the Mac is
made possible using the CiderTM Portability Engine from TransGaming (TSX-V:
TNG) that acts as a "wrapper" around the game software, enabling it to run
seamlessly on Intel-based Macs. TransGaming’s Cider technology allows Mythic
Entertainment to rapidly enable and deploy WAR for the Mac, providing a new high
quality gaming experience to the ever-growing Mac gaming community.
“The availability of WAR
on Mac is an outstanding example of the caliber of games being deployed for the
Mac gaming community,” commented Vikas Gupta, CEO & President of TransGaming.
“Mythic Entertainment has created an incredible game and TransGaming is thrilled
they have chosen our advanced Cider technology to launch WAR
for the Mac.”
To download the beta version of WAR for Mac or the 10-day
beta trial, please visit:
www.warhammeronline.com/Mac.
