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EA Games On The Way To Apple Stores
It was big news this year when EA Games made the decision that their games would be made compatible with Macs. Well, the first wave of new games is scheduled to hit a brick and mortar Apple store near you soon, and to be in the online Apple store also.
The first four games are Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Need for Speed Carbon, Battlefield 2142 and Command and Conquer Three. Next up for release will be Madden NFL 08 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08. The plan is to release as many old titles as possible on the Mac platform, and all of the new titles on both Mac and Windows platform.
In response to an inquiry about the delay for Madden NFL ‘08, an EA representative said “we’ve shorted the gap between the Mac launch and other platforms to just a few weeks. This is a huge leap compared with past launches. Over time, as EA gains experience in completing and shipping Mac games, the gap will narrow.”
Tags: ea games, madden nfl, tiger woods pga tour, need for speed
Get Your Hot Little Hands On A Hot Little iPhone
So, much like me, you haven’t finished saving up to buy that iPhone yet. Never fear, AppleGrrl is here! This post will list all validated places you can win an iPhone right now, and it will get updated as time goes on to add more. There are plenty of scam artists out there trying to con you into exchanging personal information for an imaginary iPhone that will never surface. This means that we may list fewer contests, but they will all be from verified, bonafied companies and you will really win an iPhone if you qualify. Let the contests begin! Good luck, and if you win one from one of these contests, please let AppleGrrl know.
Profy: Your Source For All Things Web 2.0, is having a contest here.
Gizmodo: Home Of Gadget Geeks Extraordinaire, is having a contest here.
LoopRumors contest info is here.
AppleiPhoneShow contest is here.
iLounge contest is here.
Insanely Great Tees contest here.
If you are having a contest to win an iPhone, let us know in the comments!
Tags: Win iPhone, iPhone Contest, Free iPhone, iPhone Giveaway, iPhone Sweepstakes, iPhone
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Free Games You Can Download
I’m not sure how many of these are Made For Mac, and how many are PC exclusive. Either way, who can pass up a hundred titles of legal, free, downloadable computer games? If you can’t play them on your Mac without having Windoze installed, send the link to a friend. (I know, I should know how many are for Mac. It’s been a busy Monday. I haven’t had time to go through the entire list yet.)
100 Free Computer Games You Can Download here.
the website claims that each version is the full copy of the game, and that each are in the public domain and free of copyright issues. Happy downloading!
Tags: download free games, free games, mac games, games for mac, games for apple, free apple games
Mac and EA Getting Their Game Faces On
Good news for Mac users who want more game selection. Because of the high numbers of staff members, family and friends who have switched to Mac, EA’s head honcho has decided to expand EA Game’s Mac focus to include all of their titles. There is no mention of how many of the games currently in their portfolio will work with the older 950 GMA video card models, but it’s a start.
EA hasn’t announced when the first titles will be available yet, but from the tone of the interview it sounds like they will be aggressively pursuing this. I would suggest looking for EA Games on the Mac OS platform with the year.
Executives from game publisher heavyweights Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) Latest News about Electronic Arts (EA) and Id Software joined Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) Latest News about Apple CEO Steve Jobs onstage at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco to announce that both companies would port their popular games to the Macintosh Latest News about Macintosh computer platform.
“I have two teenage daughters. They live on MacBook. I have friends in the music business, in the movie business, in the photography business, in the graphic design business. They live on OS X. Our CTO at Electronic Arts lives on Mac, and we’re seeing EA technologists move to Mac in droves,” Bing Gordon, EA cofounder and chief creative officer, explained.
“And what do they all want … in addition to a cinema display? They want to go into an Apple store and they want to see all the latest EA games, simultaneously released with all of the other platforms. So I’m here today to announce we are going to rectify the situation. Starting in July, we are going to bring four of our biggest titles to run on OS X.”
Mod Your Mac Contest Results
The results of our first contest ever, the Mod Your Mac Contest, were underwhelming at best. Here is the breakdown:
257 emails about the contest. 256 asked legitimate questions about deadlines, submission methods, where to get the skins, etc. which I answered both in email and by making a post dedicated to user questions. 1 of the 257 emails told me the prizes were “stupid”. In reply to that, based on the number of entries I got, I’m glad I didn’t spend more on prizes now. So there was interest, and the contest was promoted everywhere online, by myself and many other people, link sites and forums. Lesson learned: interest is not the same as participation. (more…)
Endgagdet Scuttlebutt vs Apple Stock (POLL)
Please take this Twiigs poll regarding the Endgadget / Apple fiasco from earlier this week. Get some preliminary background first by reading these:
The original breaking news on MacWorld is here.
Follow stories are here and here.
The Poll (Courtesy of Twiigs Poll Creator):
DON’T FORGET TO ENTER THE MOD YOUR MAC CONTEST!!
[tags]Poll, Apple Stock, Endgadget[/tags]