Electronic Arts Returns to the Mac
TMO Reports - Electronic Arts Returns to the Mac
by , 1:15 PM EDT, June 11th, 2007
Long missing from the Mac platform, computer game developer Electronic Arts is officially making a comeback, and in a big way. EA CEO Bing Gordon joined the stage during Apple CEO Steve Jobs's keynote to make the announcement on Monday.
Mr. Gordon revealed that EA is bringing its biggest titles to Mac OS X, including Command & Conquer 3, Battlefield 2142, Need for Speed, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. All will be available in July.
Apple's WWDC keynote are still in progress. TMO will provide updates with additional information as it becomes available.
Observer Comments
Here is the EA North America site
http://www.ea.com/home.jsp
Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:40 pm Subject: There you go...
for all of you "Apple doesn't want Games on the Mac" people.. I guess that sums it up.
The main point is, any interest in Apple is good for Apple. 2 different companies got up on stage today and vowed Mac support. (ID software also got up there and showed an impressive demo). Even though I don't play games anymore, this is absolutely great news for the platform.
Although... I am just remembering a few years ago when Bungie got up on stage and demoed Halo... just before MS bought them out.. and held back the release.... Hope that doesn't happen again.
Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:11 am Subject: Re: Wouldn't it be great if ...
QuoteAnonymous wrote:
The fact that apple tv runs OSX that it would also be able to run these games - perhaps entering the console arena but without developing a new platform for games
Not necessarily. The Apple TV has a rather puny CPU. For showing videos, it doesn't need anything more, as most of the work is handled by the graphics card. For games, though, it would probably be too slow. I've read that it's slower than a Mac Mini, for example.
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