Ubisoft Titles Coming to the Mac
by Dillon Andrews at Jul 2, 2008 9:10am
TransGaming Inc, has announced that video game publisher, Ubisoft, is collaborating with TransGaming to distribute video games on Mac via TransGaming’s CiderTM 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, their 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 is extremely excited about the partnership with TransGaming to bring our titles to the Mac,” said Jay Cohen, senior vice president of publishing at Ubisoft. “This is the perfect opportunity to reach the growing Mac community so they can enjoy games such as CSI: Hard Evidence and our Petz franchise with Catz and Dogz. To expand our business position and serve the growing Mac gaming community, additional key titles will follow later this year, including several day-and-date releases this Fall.
Ubisoft ranks among the top three independent publishers of video games in the world and has chosen to leverage TransGaming’s technology to deliver multiple Mac titles each year. All titles for Mac are being made possible using TransGaming’s Cider Portability Engine, that acts as a “wrapper” around the game software, enabling it to run seamlessly on Intel-based Macs. This collaboration by two industry leaders will serve to provide the Mac gaming community with a significant increase in the availability of video games, while simultaneously improving the timeliness of Mac games on sale to the consumer market, a dual benefit rarely possible prior to TransGaming’s Cider Portability Engine.
“We are delighted to offer consumers Ubisoft’s titles through our digital distribution portal, GameTree Online, and at traditional Mac retail locations over the next few years. Ubisoft has been creating award winning games for Windows-PC and I have no doubt that Mac consumers everywhere will be thrilled to have access to this great content,” commented Vikas Gupta, CEO & President of TransGaming Technologies. “Leading publishers continue to recognize the value of TransGaming’s Cider Engine to bring their high quality content quickly and efficiently to the growing Mac community. The addition of Ubisoft titles further broadens the Mac games market and provides further evidence that TransGaming is the partner of choice for Mac enablement.”
Ubisoft’s Petz 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.
