Sony Online Entertainment have announced that Free Realms is now out for Macs. just head to www.FreeRealms.com. and sign up for free. Mac users will have full access to the marketplace and forums.
Press Release
WHAT: Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), in collaboration with TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), today released Free Realms for the Macintosh® Platform. Mac® users can now enjoy the family-friendly online world, integrated into synchronous gameplay on the same game servers as PC players. Free Realmsplayers on the Mac platform will experience consistent controls and functionality and will have full access to the existing Marketplace and community forums.
Free Realms is a free-to-play, online game that has more than fourteen million registered players engaged in its expansive virtual world. In Free Realms, players can customize their characters and play a wide variety of mini games in a safe, online environment, packed with stunning visuals, distinctive environments, and social networking capabilities.
WHEN: Free Realms is now available for the Macintosh platform. To play, visit: www.FreeRealms.com.Free Realms is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up with content descriptors of Crude Humor and Fantasy Violence.
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold LegendsTM, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars GalaxiesTM, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Tucson, AZ and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge games in development.
About TransGaming, Inc.
TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), is a leader in the development of unique software products that facilitate the deployment and distribution of games across multiple platforms. TransGaming's portability technologies significantly reduce the time-to-market for and costs associated with multi-platform releases of games. TransGaming works with many of the industry's leading developers and publishers to enable and distribute their games for the Mac and Linux/CE platforms, and currently markets products under: Cider (Mac Gaming), GameTree (Game Publishing & Distribution Platforms), Cedega (Linux Gaming), and SwiftShader (Graphics Rendering). TransGaming is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, maintains an R&D center in Ottawa, Canada, and has a new subsidiary – TransGaming Digital Home in Atlanta, GA. To learn more about TransGaming visit www.transgaming.com.
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This weeks Zero Punctuation is on Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Will Yahtzee be able to look past the Journey To The West inspired Story, will the combat hold up, is it as good as uncharted with climbing...watch and find out.
Sony's EU Playstation Blog has detailed the comics coming out today on the Digital Comic store. there does not appear to be any free comics out this week.
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