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Apple Gaming News - Call of Duty 4 Embarks for Macs on September 15

by , 3:30 PM EDT, September 5th, 2008

Aspyr Media announced on Friday that its game "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" will ship for Intel Macs on September 15. The game was originally scheduled to be released earlier in the year.

"Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special effects, including rim-lighting, depth of field, texture streaming and character self-shadowing, players are enlisted into one of the most photo-realistic gaming experiences imaginable," Aspyr Media said.


Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will ship to retail stores in North America on September 15. It is priced at US$54.99 and has an ESRB rating of "M" (Mature). Accordingly, the Website asks that visitors enter their birthdate.

Karri Scott with Aspyr Media supplied the full system requirements to TMO.

Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (Leopard)
CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 8.0 GB + 1 GB Swap File
Video Card (ATI): Radeon X1600
Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 7300
Video Memory (VRam): 128 MB
Media Required: DVD-ROM
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard

Multiplayer Requirements:
Internet (TCP/IP) or LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
Internet plays requires broadband connection

Supported Video cards:
NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
NVIDIA GeForce Quadro FX 4500
ATI Radeon X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600

Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5.4
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
Video RAM: 256 MB

NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk drives.

NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported.

NOTICE: Apple Intel Chipsets only. Power PC Processors (G4 and G5) are not supported.

NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).

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Close Name:Guest
Subject: Installation

NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).

So... seeing as most Mac users are going to have formatted their hard drive as HFS+ where exactly are we supposed to install the game?????

Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3144 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Subject:

The key is "case sensitive". That is not the default format.

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