The Death of Sprockets by Brian Greenstone Apple Showcases Games With many developers voicing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about Apple's commitment to Mac gaming, Apple seems to be continuing in their normal course of business - meaning, they continue to broadcast mixed messages. Apple has also organized these game trailers, along with the Sims and Halo trailers, on their Quicktime Movie Trailers Theater page. We assume Myst III needs no introduction. Exile trailer is available in three sizes, from modem-friendly 240x146 to whopping 480x276. These movies are in Quicktime Streaming format only, and require Quicktime 4 for viewing.
Evolution looks to be a spectacular driving sim, with great physics and gorgeous visuals.
This trailer was previously available, but now has been converted to several bandwidth-friendly sizes, determined by the setting of your connection speed in the Quicktime Settings control panel. Make sure you check out our E3 coverage of both of these titles for more details. While use of DirectPlay, Microsoft's closed networking standard on the PC side, will continue to be an obstacle to Mac vs PC online gaming, OpenPlay offers developers on both sides of the fence the opportunity to write their network code once and have it work on multiple platforms. Read on for more details on what the future might hold for Mac Internet and LAN gaming. For more details, head on over to our Subscription page.