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Battlestations: Midway Fully Ported to Mac

Popular online tactical action game now available for the Macintosh

By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor

15th of August 2008, 08:11 GMT

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Back in May, Feral Interactive was confirming that Battlestations: Midway was due out for the Mac this summer. In a press release issued yesterday, Robosoft announced that Battlestations: Miday had been fully ported to Mac.

The complete version of the game packs around 60 war machines including
bombers, battleships, destroyers, carriers, planes and submarines for massive air, sea and undersea battles in WWII's Pacific theatre. Players commanding multiple warships, planes and submarines have to step up to the controls of the war machines whilst commanding the entire fleet, offline or online in huge multi-unit battles with up to eight players. Up to 100 Warships, Aircraft and Subs face off over the Mac multiplayer gaming service that is GameRanger. Battlestations Midway is a blend of action and strategy, featuring memorable battles, from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway.

The official report claims Battlestations: Midway reinforces Robosoft's commitment to being a market leader in porting AAA titles from PC and Consoles to the Mac. The Robosoft engineering team has managed to bring this popular title to the Macintosh using a combination of OpenGL and some of Apple's own developer tools.

"Our collaboration with Feral Interactive has been an extraordinary experience," said Rohith Bhat, MD and CEO, Robosoft Technologies. "Battlestations was one of the graphics intensive AAA titles handled by us with extensive use of vertex and fragment programs. Our experience with XCode, in-depth knowledge on both Windows and Mac technologies has enabled us to successfully map the advanced game features from Windows and optimize performance for the Mac."

Battlestations: Midway minimum system requirements call for a 1.83GHz processor, 512MB RAM, a 128MB graphics card, 4.3GB HDD space, a DVD drive and mouse. For the optimum gameplay experience, you will need: Processor - 2.4GHz, RAM 1.5GB, Graphics - 256MB, Hard Disk - 4.3GB, Drive - DVD, Input - Multi-button Mouse.

NOTE: Battlestations Midway does not support GMA graphics cards with shared RAM.

Robosoft has previously ported games to the Mac. Some of the titles include The Movies (winner of a prestigious BAFTA award), Eidos' Tomb Raider Anniversary, Fable: The Lost Chapters and LEGO Star Wars II. The company is now focused on developing casual games for the iPhone, but also for the Mac.

A demo of Battlestations Midway is available HERE.

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