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It seems that developing games for the Mac OSX is becoming all the rage at the moment. Electronic Arts have just announced a number of their high profile games which will be ported to the Mac. The games will be ported using the TransGaming Cider engine, and the games include: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Madden NFL 08, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Need for Speed Carbon, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and Battlefield 2142.

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im still glad i dont have a mac

There is however, one serious problem with Apple's plan. It's dependant on Apple getting their act together regarding offering more video options and higher end video cards. The current generation iMac video cards (7600GT max) are a joke for high end games (like BF2142 at 1920x1200 on a 24" iMac for example). Here's hoping that the rumoured new iMac's offer far better....

lol wtf? New game, New game, New game, bf 1942?

In the Apple keynote at WWDC, EA said it would be BF2142 - not BF1942

Get the hardware to support the latest games, THEN port them.

That was my mistake. Typing 1942 was force of habit. I actually put the correct link in for 2142 but typed the old game.

My apologies.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

You already have 8600GTs in latest generation macbooks.

The Macbook Pro's now have the 8600GTs - which is good to see. The Macbooks only have the crappy Intel 950s - but they are not meant as serious games machines.

However, the current iMac's are decidedly stale now and are in desperate need of a major upgrade if Apple are serious about using Mac's for gaming.

heh, my friend rushed out and bought a brand new top-range iMac earlier this year. he had no clue about computers & gaming hardware but he still thought he had the best computer ever, until i told him about stuff all games will work and wont be able to play the latest ones on max settings etc. i still tease him all the time coz he spent thousands on it.

No BF2
No swap to Mac

From what I gather the plan is to create mac versions simultaneously in future. Its a lot easier now that its all X86. Theyre using this http://www.transgaming.com/?module=Cont ... ay&ceid=24

Comments like "Im glad i dont own a mac" really shows a low level of maturity. In the end its a means to an end. i have to use macs on a daily basis. i like em... I have less probs with em than my PC. You can play any PC game on them now using boot camp but its good to see there will be native versions coming.

I also look forward to smashing mac n00bs wen 2142 drops for them.

Personally i am more excited about the new id tech 5 engine... id returning to mac where they created the Q3 engine which served all well.

Give them a chance... they only have one mouse button

most do.... however... I used to play UT2K4 on my mac... but I was using a MS mouse... if apple actually get better gfx cards Ill probably buy one as my old mac is well.... old... and Ill run windows on it until I build my next PC.

OSX has supported two button mice for quite some time now