"The technology wrapper goes around (the software), and traps the (code) calls native to the Windows environment, and converts them to the correct calls for Mac," McCombe said.
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That's why EA is fine-tuning its relationship with Toronto-based TransGaming Technologies, a company that has developed a technology that makes it relatively easy for publishers like EA to develop Mac-or Linux-versions of a game side by side the PC versions.Īccording to David McCombe, director of technical design for EA's strategic platforms group, TransGaming's technology effectively creates a "wrapper" that goes around a piece of software developed for the PC, allowing it to run on a Mac.
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The company was not able to meet that standard with any of the games it released for the Mac last year each Mac version ended up missing the PC launch date by weeks or months-something EA would very much like to avoid in the future.
The news that Spore will be one of those titles and that it will hit Macs at the same time as PCs is a big move for the company. In a joint announcement last year at Apple's developers conference, it was revealed that the video game giant would be bringing some of its biggest franchises to the Mac.
At the convention, EA will show Spore running on Macs. The announcement is timed to coincide with the Macworld Expo, which begins Tuesday in San Francisco. In its early stages, Electronic Arts' forthcoming and much-anticipated game Spore was code-named Sim Everything, a play on its heritage as the newest game by The Sims creator Will Wright.īut now, "sim everything" has another meaning for the company: EA is set to announce Tuesday it will release Spore later this year simultaneously for PCs and Macs.
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