TransGaming Enables BioWare's Jade Empire Special Edition for The Mac
August, 2008
Jade Empire: Special Edition Now Available for Download At GameTreeOnline.com
Toronto, Canada - August 18, 2008 - TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), today announced an agreement with leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), to enable the award-winning title, Jade Empire™ Special Edition, for the Mac. TransGaming's digital distribution portal, GameTree Online (www.gametreeonline.com), will make the title available immediately to the Mac community for purchase via direct download.
TransGaming to Bring Ubisoft Titles to Mac
July, 2008
Ubisoft® Games for Mac Now Available for Purchase and Download at GameTreeOnline.com
Toronto, Canada – July 2, 2008 – TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), has announced that video game publisher, Ubisoft (PARIS:UBI.PA), is collaborating with TransGaming to distribute video games on Mac via TransGaming's Cider™ Portability Engine. TransGaming, a leading developer of portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry, has signed a multi-title agreement with Ubisoft that will bring titles immediately to the Mac community via gametreeonline.com, TransGaming's digital distribution portal. The partnership extends TransGaming's publisher network and offers both parties a revenue-sharing model in addition to TransGaming's Cider licensing fee.
Ubisoft's Petz(R) series will be available immediately for consumers to purchase and download at www.gametreeonline.com. Other Ubisoft titles that have never been available on Mac before will be deployed throughout the Summer, and simultaneously in the Fall with the Windows-PC platform releases.
Will Wright Appears at the Apple Store in San Francisco
Spore and Spore Creature Creator with Will Wright.
The legendary creator of The Sims, gives a sneak peek of his latest creation, Spore, at the Apple Store in San Francisco on June 21, 2008. Hundreds learned first-hand how to prepare their own creations for Spore using Spore Creature Creator... Build a Better Being!
Does Your Spore Creature Know How To Boogie?
June, 2008
If your Spore™ Creature knows how to Boogie, you could win a trip to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. Registration Ends August 1, 2008.
Leverage iMovie and iTunes to edit, add music, and more for your submission. Create a creature and animate it with the best dance moves. Upload your videoto YouTube and register your creature's dance video. Ten finalists will be choosen by August 18, 2008. The YouTube community will vote for the top videos to determine the winner and two runners up.
SPORE CREATURE CREATOR COMING SOON TO GAMETREE ONLINE!
June, 2008
SPORE™ Creature Creator from EA is coming soon as a Digital Download for Mac at GameTree Online!
www.gametreeonline.com/ea/spore
The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes Coming to GameTree Online in June
June, 2008
Legacy Interactive announces today that The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, their top selling downloadable game for the PC, is now available at retail as a hybrid CD-ROM for the PC and Mac. The game will also be available as a Mac download at gametreeonline.com. TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG) made the game Mac compatible using their Cider Portability Engine.
The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is available for purchase across the U.S. and Canada at retailers including Best Buy, Fry’s and online at Amazon.com for $19.95. The Mac downloadable version of the game is available at gametreeonline.com.
SPORE CREATURE CREATOR JUNE 17, 2008
May, 2008
Electronic Arts and Maxis have announced that the complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator will be available starting June 17, 2008. The Spore Creature Creator gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species and share it with their friends.
All creatures designed with the Spore Creature Creator can be imported into the full retail version of Spore for PC and Mac when it launches on September 5, 2008 in Europe and September 7, 2008 in North America.
“We are thrilled to finally be putting the creative tools of Spore into the hands of players around the world,” said Will Wright, chief designer, Maxis. “The amazing creations players design this summer will help populate the game universe we all enter when Spore ships this September, so in a sense, the Spore Creature Creator is the birth of Spore.”
A complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator (PC and Mac) will also be available in North America for $9.99 and most European territories for €9.99, which gives players access to all the creature-making parts in the game.
Puzzle Quest XBLA expansion
April, 2008
D3Publisher has announced the winning entry in its recent competition to name the first Puzzle Quest XBLA expansion.
More than 500 people came up with suggestions, but in the end D3 went for Revenge of the Plague Lord. Runner-ups were Sorceress of Malbec and The Scourge of Antharg.
(Computerworld) Apple Inc.'s continued retail success translated into a boost in its share of the U.S. computer market to 14% last month, up from 9% in the same month last year, a research firm said today.
Wondering
what other Mac gamers are doing, where they live, what they
like? Stay in touch with other Mac users by joining the new Mac Gaming Facebook group.
By joining our growing Mac Gaming community you will be able to interact
with other Mac gamers from around the world. Swap stories, share
hints, find people to play with online and help each other out. This community will also convey interesting information
about Mac games coming soon, news, and much more. This is
a great way to stay connected!
Remember to spread the word, invite your friends and show everyone just what Mac Gaming is all about!
iPhone Game Demonstrations
March, 2008
The release of the iPhone SDK
enables gaming to go mobile.EA shows a
demonstration of SPORE™, SEGA demonstrates Super Monkey Ball, and Gameloft confirms
its intention to develop over 15 mobile games for iPhone.
TransGaming Makes Games Digital For Mac
March, 2008
TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a leading
developer of portability technologies for the electronic entertainment
industry, continues to expand the Mac gaming market by announcing that
consumers can now purchase and download games at www.gametreeonline.com.For Beta launch,
TransGaming has obtained exclusive rights to the Mac release of the
award-winning video game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords™, and is also offering consumers access
to The
Tuttles Madcap Misadventures, a Starlight
Starbright Foundation project.
Defining a new level of gaming experience for the
Mac community, TransGaming's new consumer portal will offer award-winning
titles to consumers through a simple Pick, Click and Download transaction.TransGaming has partnered with several
leading publishers and developers, making it even easier for Mac consumers to
enjoy the games they love.
EVE Online Puts The MMO in Mac
EVE Online, the award-winning
massively multiplayer Online (MMO) game from CCP, is available for Mac.
Every
ship, station, and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring
sights.
Join
today, and GameTree Online is pleased to offer a 14-Day trial of EVE Online.
EA Reveals SPORE™ For The Mac
January, 2008
TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a leading developer of portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry, continues to build on its relationship with Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) with the announcement that SPORE™ will be available for the Mac later this year. From Will Wright, creator of the mega-hit The Sims™ comes Spore, the only game that allows creative personalities to explore the depths of their own personal galaxy.
Spore is your own personal universe in a box. In this universe you can create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations and even sculpt entire worlds. In Spore you have a variety of creation tools at your disposal that allow you to customize nearly aspect of your universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even spaceships.
Spore for the Mac will be made possible through TransGaming's Cider Portability Engine.
