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Aspyr set to ship Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Apple Mac
Friday, September 05, 2008 - 02:14 PM EST

Aspyr Media, Inc. today announced Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Macintosh will begin shipping September 15th to retail stores throughout North America. Developed by Infinity Ward and licensed by Activision, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was developed for Mac by Aspyr Studios, Aspyr’s internal development team.

Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special effects, including rim-lighting, depth of field, texture streaming and character self-shadowing, players are enlisted into one of the most photo-realistic gaming experiences imaginable.

The community-oriented Call of Duty 4 multiplayer gameplay features a robust leveling system, variety of unlockable perks, hot-join and matchmaking, as well as create a class and party capabilities to ensure that players of all skill levels can join in the fun. Additionally over 100 challenges and a host of new game environments and modes deliver unlimited possibilities. Infinity Ward has also included Kill-Cam, a fan favorite feature that they created in Call of Duty 2, which allows for spectator instant replays.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is available for preorder now through Aspyr's website for US$54.99 here.

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Sep 05, 08 - 01:20 pm Comment from: McIntosh

This is going to sound stupid to a lot of people, so spare me the ridicule in advance : ) How does a game like this work on a Mac? Do I need a joystick or something to play this on my MBP? I liked CoD: Big Red One for PS2, so I'm actually very interested by this news...

Sep 05, 08 - 01:35 pm Comment from: Olternaut

@McIntosh

I'm sorry but I must ridicule. You play it like a PC game you dolt! Mouse and keyboard....the best way to play a FPS!

Sep 05, 08 - 01:40 pm Comment from: Wandering joe

Looks like they got some inspiration from the old Rainbow six series. Looking forward to this one.

Sep 05, 08 - 01:42 pm Comment from: Spark

I've been playing this some time on my iMac booted in Vista. Good game. I have Vista for two reasons: games and SolidWorks. Hey, PCs are good for games, what can I say. They run great on the iMac. I still run WOW in Mac mode.

Sep 05, 08 - 01:49 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

Poor, sad little Reality Check mumbled something about "playing games".

If Reality Check would only take his name to heart!

Ineffectual Reality Check?

Every Mac currently sold by Apple runs every Windows game on the market.

Really!

Now please, crawl back under your rock with your OS limited computer, and continue living in the past.

Your ego will live longer there, trust me.

Sep 05, 08 - 01:52 pm Comment from: iPhone is cool

this is a great game but games are for windows not macs. Also play this on a 360. The only great pc is crysis. (not for mac haha)

Sep 05, 08 - 02:13 pm Comment from: dfgd

@Sixvodkas

Are you retarted? Can you not see the title? Why would they make a game already for windows for the mac if mac can already play them? You sir are an idiot. Now why don't you get get a bit more common sense?

Sep 05, 08 - 02:36 pm Comment from: G4Dualie

@iPhone is cool...

The only great pc is crysis. (not for mac haha)

Crysis is a PC, huh?

Idiot.

Sep 05, 08 - 02:38 pm Comment from: G4Dualie

@dfgd

retarted?

Spellcheck is your friend. Loser.

Sep 05, 08 - 02:51 pm Comment from: madgunde

@Reality Check
I thought Macs had no games?

See what I did there? Pretty clever, no?

Sep 05, 08 - 02:54 pm Comment from: madgunde

@dfgd
Every Intel Mac CAN run Windows and every Windows game (assuming specs are met) as Sixvodkas said. The reason they're bothering to release a Mac version is because most Mac users aren't willing to put up with Windows just to play a game. I'm one of them.

Sep 05, 08 - 03:01 pm Comment from: iPhone is cool

@G4Dualie

chill, I wrote that on my iphone and does it matter, or does everything have to be perfect.

Call of Duty 5 comes out in 2 months anyways, this is way too late to be getting COD4.

Sep 05, 08 - 03:28 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

The responses sound just like the game chat on multi-plater Call of Duty UO game servers. Testosterone poisoned adolescents. UGH

This is supposed to be a good game.

Why would I want to run Windows on my MacBook Pro, anyway? Just the thought f it gives me a creepy feeling.

Sep 05, 08 - 03:45 pm Comment from: joe

FYI, iPhone is cool

Call of Duty World at War comes out in 2 months. That is not Call of Duty 5, but a WWII game using the COD4 engine.

A COD5 is in the works but is further off.

Sep 05, 08 - 05:17 pm Comment from: jcw3rd

Refuse to buy games that force you to keep the media mounted to play the game!

Sep 05, 08 - 08:49 pm Comment from: Peter

Intel only. It's now definitely time to get a new Macintosh Procho.

Sep 05, 08 - 11:01 pm Comment from: @All of you

Actually, the reason they port it to the Mac is that it uses DirectX 10 in Windows, which many video cards in Macs don't support. Sure, it will run, but not as well as with a DirectX 10 card. So, the Mac version has been ported over to use OpenGL, which the Mac cards do support.

Of course, in a Mac Pro, you can put any Windows video card in there to use in Windows, even if there are no Mac drivers for it. But, most people don't have Mac Pros. This release is for those using iMacs, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros (and I suppose Mac minis, but those are pretty anemic for gaming).

Sep 05, 08 - 11:58 pm Comment from: Danno Bonano

Lame. COD4 - Been playing through bootcamp for 12 months.

Call of Duty: World at War (basically COD5) is coming out imminently for PC.

Way too late. Sad. I appreciate what Aspyr is doing but waaaay too late.

The only good use right now for Windows is simply to play the most current games. Let's hope that changes soon! smile

Sep 06, 08 - 02:26 am Comment from: Bento

"Infinity Ward has also included Kill-Cam, a fan favorite feature that they created in Call of Duty 2" - the killcam was already in the first version of Call of Duty, also the map Carentan. Great game on PC, let´s wait and compare the performances with OpenGL!

Sep 06, 08 - 05:48 am Comment from: Simcity 4

It's time for Aspyr to release a more competent patch for Simcity 4 UB Version!!

Sep 06, 08 - 07:23 am Comment from: Mark S.

As a vet and long time Mac gamer, I'll be sure to check this game out.

I can't wait for Diablo III.

Sep 06, 08 - 10:13 am Comment from: Rick

It's nice that there's a mac version now, but this game is coming out a bit late all the same, so I'm not sure it's going to sell all that well. I've been playing it on my 360 since it came out last November and still play it to this day (the multiplayer is amazing).

I can't find anything on the Aspyr site about whether the map editor from the pc version is included. That's really the only real benefit of buying the pc version over the 360 or PS3 versions.

Sep 06, 08 - 12:57 pm Comment from: Late

Yeah, this was supposed to be out last April/May. I held off on the PC version in February, thinking I'd wait 2 months. I never did end up buying it, and now I probably won't. Thanks Aspyr for the effort, but you lost a sale because of the 5 month delay.

Sep 06, 08 - 10:59 pm Comment from: @@All of you

doesn't the macbook pro's 8600 support DX10?

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