CCP Games has sent word that they have gotten into an agreement with TransGaming Inc. to deliver its well-liked massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) – EVE Online, to Linux and Macintosh platforms later this year.
Halldor Fannar, CTO, CCP Games comments, “We are happy to expand our relationship with TransGaming, as the company’s expertise lets us to deliver the most innovative MMOG to more platforms. By integrating TransGaming’s excellent technology, we are able to keep our laser-focus on evolving EVE Online, while simultaneously expanding the EVE universe to even more players.”
Vikas Gupta is the chief executive officer of TransGaming Technologies. He explains, “EVE Online has always ranked highly with our Linux users and there is major demand for it among other platforms, including the rapidly growing Mac base. As EVE takes place within a single-server persistent universe, it’s very important that the game is the same in every way across different platforms. This challenge is what makes the partnership with CCP both important and rewarding.”
TransGaming is a tech company that specializes in deploying games across a variety of platforms without the need for redevelopment, while maintaining a high quality of gameplay. Many gamers who use Linux might be familiar with them as they had introduced Linux users to EVE Online through Cedega. Also, EVE Online and TransGaming will share quality assurance and technical support responsibilities.
EVE Online will release some time later in 2007. The Linux version of EVE Online will be released with Cedega directly integrated into the game while the Mac version will come with TransGaming’s Cider portability engine.