Feral Interactive to ship Eidos’ Battlestations: Midway for Mac on June 27th
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 02:44 PM EDTFeral Interactive today announced Friday, June 27th as the release date for "Battlestations: Midway," Eidos’ top-rated action strategy game for the Mac.
Created by Eidos Studios Hungary, the game invites you to take command of the greatest battles of the war in the Pacific. Players will experience every aspect of combat in a superb blend of action and strategy as they lead a host of US and Allied air, sea and underwater units through intense, action-packed missions in hotspots from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway itself.
"Battlestations: Midway offers a compelling experience,” said Feral Interactive’s David Stephen, in the press release. “It’s an unusual mix of action and strategy with a sophisticated multiplayer mode, and we are confident that the Mac audience will find it an excitingly different take on World War II gaming.”
"We are delighted to have Feral bring Battlestations: Midway to the Mac platform," said Trevor Burrows, Brand Manager, Eidos, in the press release. "It's a game that delivers a new type of game play experience, and one that deserves to be seen and played by as wide an audience as possible."
The game will retail in the U.S. for $49.95, £29.99 (inc VAT) in the UK and 39.95 Euros throughout Europe. It is currently available for pre-orders from Feral's online store here.
Minimum system requirements call for a 1.83GHz Intel-based Mac, 512MB RAM, 128MB graphics card and Mac OS X v10.4 or later.
More details and selected trailers of the game are now available here.
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See I knew that Druids needed to be nerfed. Now the Ferals are writing their own games.
just my $0.02