NCsoft and TransGaming Announce City of Heroes for the Mac
NCsoft and TransGaming Announce City of Heroes for the Mac
Battle of Good vs. Evil Now Available on Two Platforms
SEATTLE and TORONTO, Ontario, October 30, 2008 - NCsoft®,the world's premier
publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today
announced a partnership with TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG) to bring their
award-winning City of Heroes® franchise to the Apple® Macintosh®. The game has
been enabled for the Mac by TransGaming, a leading developer of portability
technologies for the electronic entertainment industry. City of Heroes for Mac
will be available for public beta testing with the release of the game's
thirteenth expansion, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility later this fall. The
official launch will occur pre-holiday this year with a special digital-only Mac
edition of City of Heroes, available across all NCsoft West consumer
territories.
"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 customization options, I think City of Heroes is a
perfect fit for the Mac gaming community."
In City of Heroes, the most popular comic book inspired MMO on the market,
players craft their hero or villain identities and join millions of other player
created characters in a constantly expanding universe. Unparalleled character
customization is a hallmark of the City of Heroes franchise. Players can choose
from hundreds of different powers and thousands of costume options, resulting in
near limitless personalization. Players may go it alone or band together with
others in super groups.
City of Heroes for Mac was made possible using TransGaming's CiderTMPortability
Engine, which acts as a "wrapper" around the game software, enabling it to run
seamlessly on Intel-based Macs. The partnership with NCsoft to develop and
publish City of Heroes for Mac offers the Mac gaming community its first
opportunity to do battle in the streets of Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™ in
a persistent universe with no differentiation between the PC and Mac. "NCsoft's
City of Heroes MMO is an incredible franchise and TransGaming is thrilled to
provide Mac gamers the ability to demonstrate their creativity by building their
own heroes and villains and immersing themselves in the battle between good and
evil," commented Vikas Gupta, CEO & president of TransGaming. "Through Cider,
the Mac version will parallel the developments of the PC version, providing all
game updates, new features, and storylines simultaneously on both platforms."
The City of Heroes Mac Special Edition digital product will be sold at the
PlayNC store and at GameTree Online. City of Heroes is rated "T" for Teen. For
more information about City of Heroes go to
http://www.cityofheroes.com.
About NCsoft
NCsoft, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is the world's premier publisher and
developer of massively multiplayer online games, including the critically
acclaimed Lineage®, Guild Wars® and City of Heroes® franchises. NCsoft West is a
division of NCsoft which holds operating responsibilities for North America,
Europe, South America and Australia/New Zealand. More information can be found
at http://www.PlayNC.com.
About TransGaming, Inc.
TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), is a leader in the development of unique software
portability products that facilitate the deployment of games across multiple
platforms. TransGaming's portability technologies significantly reduce the
time-to-market for and costs associated with multi-platform game releases.
TransGaming works with many of the industry's leading developers and publishers
to enable their games on the Mac and Linux operating systems, and currently
markets its products under four brand names: Cider (Mac Gaming), Cedega (Linux
Gaming), SwiftShader (Graphics Rendering) and GameTreeOnline.com (Digital
Retail). TransGaming is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and maintains a
research and development center in Ottawa, Canada. To learn more about
TransGaming's products visit
www.transgaming.com
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