More Mac games forthcoming

TransGaming today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to bring top-tier video games to Intel-based Macs using its Cider portability engine in conjunction with NVIDIA's CgFX graphics system. TransGaming’s Cider technology aims to simplify the migration and deployment of triple-A video games for the Intel Mac by eliminating the time and expense of porting Windows games, and the collaboration between TransGaming and NVIDIA allows Cider to run high-level shaders created for Microsoft’s Direct3D platform using the NVIDIA CgFX framework.

"The collaboration between TransGaming and NVIDIA is an important step for Mac gaming. Our collaborative efforts with Cg provide a sophisticated alternative implementation of Direct3D compatible high level shaders on the Mac; this is important because Microsoft restricts the distribution of Direct3D on non-Microsoft platforms. We look forward to releasing many blockbuster titles this year with Cg," said Vikas Gupta, president and CEO of TransGaming.

"NVIDIA's work with TransGaming has greatly accelerated the development of the CgFX graphics system. TransGaming's cross platform experience has allowed us to make CgFX more compatible with developer's existing shader systems, and opens the door to a consistent developer model for deploying shader effects in different environments. The combination of Cider and Cg will give Mac gamers the best gaming experience possible and we're pleased to be working with TransGaming to change the Mac gaming landscape," said Roy Taylor, vice president of Content Engagement for NVIDIA.

by MacNN Staff