City of Heroes is Mac Bound (PC)

MMO publisher NCsoft today announced a partnership with TransGaming to bring its popular City of Heroes franchise to the Apple Macintosh platform. The game will be offered for public beta testing on Mac this fall with the release of the thirteenth expansion, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. Then, the official launch is slated for the "pre-holiday" period. A digital-only Mac edition of City of Heroes will be made available across all NCsoft West territories.

"Players will soon be able to join the battle of good versus evil in the most popular comic book MMO on both the PC and Mac platforms...and in the same game world," commented Brian Clayton, executive producer of City of Heroes for NCsoft West. "Given the Mac's fame as a platform for creative people and City of Heroes' unprecedented character customization options, I think City of Heroes is a perfect fit for the Mac gaming community."

"NCsoft's City of Heroes MMO is an incredible franchise and TransGaming is thrilled to provide Mac gamers the ability to demonstrate their creativity by building their own heroes and villains and immersing themselves in the battle between good and evil," added Vikas Gupta, CEO & president of TransGaming. "Through [our Portability Engine] Cider, the Mac version will parallel the developments of the PC version, providing all game updates, new features, and storylines simultaneously on both platforms."