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Aspyr bringing latest Civ 5 expansion to the Mac same day as PC

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2013)

Firaxis has announced a brand-new expansion pack for Civilization 5, called Brave New World. The expansion, coming later on this summer, will add new civs, units, buildings and wonders to the game, along with the ability to create trade routes that circle the world, and ideologies that can be ...

Aspyr Media charges on in the wild world of Mac gaming

by Mike Schramm (Jan 31st, 2013)

I've been vocal for many, many years now about Aspyr and their like, and exactly how I feel about them. I'm a big fan of gaming, of course, and a big fan of Apple and the Mac. And Aspyr sits right at the intersection of those two worlds: They're a company, based in Austin with about 50 ...

Mac Game of the Week: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

by Mike Schramm (Nov 29th, 2012)

Odds are that you may have played Knights of the Old Republic once before, but even if so, you may want to pick it up and go through it again anyway. These days, it's a classic, but back when we first heard Bioware (the company behind legendary RPGs like Baldur's Gate) was going to try and make ...

Borderlands 2 now available on Mac

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2012)

Odds are that you're seeing Borderlands 2 on sale all over the Internet today, as Black Friday goes down (and we head towards Cyber Monday next week). But we did want to let you know that just in case you were waiting for a Mac version, the wait ended last week. Aspyr has released the Mac port ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops to invade Macs on Sep. 27

by Dave Caolo (Sep 21st, 2012)

Get ready, Call of Duty fans. Aspyr Media has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available for Macs as of September 27. The hugely popular first-person military shooter has been available for Windows machines and consoles since 2010. Later this month it will debut in the Mac App ...

TUAW Giveaway: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 11th, 2011)

One thing I love about the Mac App Store is that, game-wise, it eliminates the need to insert physical media into your Mac to play games. Over the past few days I've been playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on my MacBook Pro, and without the need for a disc, the game just flies, which helps ...

Aspyr launches GameAgent online store

by Mat Lu (Sep 25th, 2008)

Mac games publisher Aspyr has thrown the switch on their online game store GameAgent. Somewhat similar to Valve's Steam, GameAgent allows buying and downloading games for your Mac. They seem to be starting slow with only Call of Duty 4 ($54.99) and a trivia / SAT prep game called futureU ($39.99) ...

Rock out at the Apple Store with Guitar Hero III

by Mat Lu (Mar 2nd, 2008)

Macworld is reporting that Aspyr is planning to hold Guitar Hero III tournaments at various Apple retail stores around the country. It looks like they'll be awarding iTunes gift cards to the winners, but surely that pales in comparison to the chance to become not just a Guitar Hero, but a Mac Guitar ...

Will Wright: Mac users will love Spore

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2008)

Well, who won't, right? If you haven't read a single gaming blog this week (you serious worker bee, you), then you may not have heard the big news: Will Wright's rumored-to-be-a-masterpiece Spore has gotten a release date. It's hitting stores (for both PC and Mac simultaneously-- now that's what I ...

Call of Duty 4 Mac-bound in May

by Mat Lu (Jan 16th, 2008)

Macworld is reporting that Aspyr is bringing the addictive Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to the Mac (apparently Aspyr is unfazed by Mike S's ardent condemnations). Having played the game extensively on the Xbox 360 I can say with confidence that fans of first person shooters on the Mac are in for a ...

Aspyr delays Guitar Hero III, they are now dead to me

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2007)

Man, remember how excited we were that Guitar Hero III was coming to the Mac at a reasonable time? Yeah, well, guess what. Aspyr has no love for Mac owners. Our friends at Joystiq say that while the PC version is sitting happily on shelves, we're still waiting on the Mac version. "Later this year," ...

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is fighting through enemy territory to get to the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Nov 8th, 2007)

Apple Insider has some shiny new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars screens for your drooling pleasure. I have to say-- the last few Quake games (and I'll include Doom III in that list) haven't really floated my boat much. As good as the graphics look, that old id charm just doesn't seem the same with ...

Guitar Hero III previewed, will release Oct. 28

by Mike Schramm (Oct 4th, 2007)

Gametap's got a quick look at the new Guitar Hero sequel, coming out for the Mac later this year, and the biggest news is that they've got a date: the PC and Mac versions are shipping simultaneously with the consoles on October 28. Rock on! Apparently you'll also be able to use the mouse and ...

Determine your gaming specs with Aspyr Game Agent

by Dave Caolo (Sep 25th, 2007)

Here's a cool freeware utility for Mac gamers (who love Aspyr especially). When you launch The Aspyr Game Agent (TAGA), it compares your machine's specs to the system requirements of their titles, and displays good matches. If you search for a game that won't run well on your machine (according to ...

Guitar Hero III coming to the Mac this year

by Mike Schramm (Sep 11th, 2007)

If you've never played Guitar Hero, you've been missing out. It's quite an experience - you play with a special guitar controller, and as notes fly towards you on the screen, you hit both fret buttons and a strum bar in time to real life rock music. I'm a huge fan of the series, having played the ...