http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/ Mac OS X downloads provided by Apple. en-us Copyright 2008, Apple Inc. downloads@apple.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:07:05 PST Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:07:05 PST Mac OS X - Demos & Updates In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/vendettaonline.html An open-ended massively multiplayer online role playing game with twitch-based combat, character development, and more. About Vendetta Online
In this MMORPG (massively multiplayer, online role-playing game), thousands of people will be able to play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe. Players take the form of spaceship pilots within this universe, flying to and fro between space stations and other locations in the galaxy. All combat within the game is fully real-time, based entirely on “twitch” skill (no “virtual dice rolling”). Players may fight one another, fight NPCs, participate in groups or, potentially, even engage in large-scale Guild combat.

Game Feature: Vendetta Online: Have Starship, Will Travel

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/eveonline.html Players take the role of spaceship pilots seeking fame, fortune, and adventure in a huge galaxy. Now EVE Online surges forward with the Quantum Rise expansion. About EVE Online
The universe is yours to own. Seek out fame. Seek out fortune. Seek out the most feared pirates and make your mark. With over 250,000 pilots existing within one persistent universe, create your own epic story – from the moment you enter the vast galaxy as a humble pilot commanding a small frigate to the day you command your own corporation against the tyranny of powerful factions. Grab the controls and set course toward your imminent destiny in EVE Online.

Game Features:
- EVE Online: As the Solar Systems Turn
- The Empyrean Age: War Drums Thunder Across the Galaxy

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/dominions3theawakening.html Leading one of over fifty possible nations in three different Ages, it is your goal to ascend to true godhood. About Dominions 3: The Awakening
Leading one of over fifty possible nations in three different Ages, it is your goal to ascend to true godhood using all the power at your disposal. In a world of magic and steel the options to attain victory are as numerous as the cries of mercy from your vanquished foes. Whether you use military might, eldritch power, or subterfuge (or more likely, a combination of all three) every turn is about options. Recruit troops (more than 1500 units found in the game), assassinate the enemy, scout territory, research magic (600+ spells and 300+ magic items), perform rituals, do a blood hunt, storm a castle, construct, pray, forge - the list goes on.

Game Demo 3.0
Download from Shrapnel Games, Inc. (121MB)
Note: The demo version is not a Universal Binary.

Genre: Strategy]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/worldofwarcraft.html An online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. About World of Warcraft
An online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. World of Warcraft is a “Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game” which allows thousands of players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory.

Game Demo
Download from Blizzard Entertainment (2.9GB)

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Game Feature: World of Warcraft: A Character’s Eye View of the Next Chapter in the Battle for Azeroth

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/footballmanager2009.html The most realistic football (soccer) management simulation ever. About Football Manager 2009
The most realistic football (soccer) management simulation ever, developed by the highly acclaimed and award-winning Sports Interactive studio.

Extra Version: Full Demo 1.0
Download from Sports Interactive (977MB)
Includes all player pictures and logos, with quickstarts for the world's biggest leagues. ]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/lineage.html Undertake epic quests in this massive multiplayer online role-playing game. About Lineage
A massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where you and thousands of others can adventure side-by-side in the vast fantasy Kingdom of Aden. Become an elf, knight, magician, prince, or princess, and form teams to fight evil and undertake epic quests.
Note: This version allows free play for seven days on a trial basis. Account activation required (see below).

Important Account Information:
- Accounts come with a seven-day free trial period.
- To apply payment to an account, visit the Account Management section of the Lineage website to update your payment information.
- To reactivate an inactive account, simply visit the Account Management section of the Lineage website and enter payment information.

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Feature: Welcome to Lineage: Massive Multiplayer Role-Playing on Mac OS X

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/tocaracedriver3.html Mixes several different racing modes together to create an experience unlike anything else on the Mac with up to 21 vehicles per race. About ToCA Race Driver 3
Mixes several different racing modes together to create an experience unlike anything else on the Mac with up to 21 vehicles per race. ToCA Race Driver 3 comes from the same supercharged stable as the Colin McRae Rally series, the Codemasters Software Company, who are responsible for more great racing games than any one other company.

Previous Demos
- 2006 Honda Civic Demo 1.0:
Download from Feral (288MB)

Game Feature: ToCA Race Driver 3]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/fate.html Live the adventurer’s life in FATE, a character-based 3D fantasy game. About FATE
The time has come to take the dare—to step forward and determine your FATE. An infinite number of levels and exciting battles await you.

In FATE you can play as a youthful boy or girl, always accompanied by a little dog or cat. You journey through limitless caverns, dungeons, mines, and tunnels in search of adventure. Each level is randomly generated with countless surprises, magical items, and weapons to discover. Combat more than 100 different monster types, with 400 item types in richly detailed 3D dungeon tile-sets. Gain fame by completing quests and defeating legendary creatures.

Features:
- Quick AND Immersive gameplay! Play for 15 minutes or for hours
- Richly detailed 3D graphics
- Journey through limitless caverns, dungeons, mines, and tunnels in search of adventure!
- Each level is randomly generated with countless surprises, magical items and weapons to discover
- Combat: Over 100 different monster types to encounter and battle!
- Cast Spells: Defend, attack, heal or escape using countless magical spells
- Collect: Buy/Sell gathered treasures to improve capabilities, or dare to gamble large sums on items that may contain special powers
- Choose your pet! Select a dog or cat to join you on your quests and transform it into powerful creatures
- Gain fame by completing quests and defeating legendary creatures]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/callofduty4modernwarfare.html Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. About Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special effects, including rim-lighting, depth of field, texture streaming and character self-shadowing, players are enlisted into one of the most photo-realistic gaming experiences imaginable.

The community-oriented Call of Duty 4 multiplayer gameplay features a robust leveling system, variety of unlockable perks, hot-join and matchmaking, as well as create a class and party capabilities to ensure that players of all skill levels can join in the fun.

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Game Feature: Level Up to Modern Warfare in Call of Duty 4]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/flatout2.html Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track. About FlatOut 2
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. And if anyone, including you, gets caught up in a big smash sit back and watch as the driver gets catapulted through the windscreen in spectacular effect. With over 5000 destructible objects on each track and 40 deformable pieces on every car sparks are guaranteed to fly increasing the mayhem with every lap!

As the different races progress youíll recognise which of the AI characters are your closest rivals. How you decide to take them out is up to you, like slamming them into a bridge, stealing a lead through an alternate route or Nitro boosting your way past them in the final moments.

And with the ever popular Rag Doll mini-games from the original FlatOut making a welcome return and better than ever with 12 Rag Doll events, a Rag Doll Championship as well as online support for Rag Dolls, FlatOut 2 is set to be the biggest, brashest and most destructive action racing game of 2008 on the Mac.

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Game Feature: FlatOut 2: A Smash ’em Up Race to the Finish

Genres: Sports]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/hordesoforcs.html A “Tower Defense” game in which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village from the Orcs. About Hordes of Orcs
A “Tower Defense” game in which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village from the Orcs emerging from, what the village elders call, “The Glowing Portal of Really Bad Things That We Should Have Bricked-Up a Long Time Ago.” Sadly, the Portal is un-bricked and the Orcs are very, very hungry. If 20 Orcs make it to your village, you’re toast.

To kill the Orcs, buy some Towers. Arrow Towers are cheap and weak, Radiation towers are expensive and deadly. Each Tower has its own unique abilities, and each tower can be upgraded to do more damage or to have more range. Click on a tower to see its stats and upgrade cost. Should you build lots of Arrow Towers? Or a few Fire Towers? Well, that’s where the strategy comes in!

Game Feature: Hide Your Valuables: Hordes of Orcs Have Arrived

Genre: Strategy ]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/starcraft.html Lead a small group of human exiles doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. About Starcraft
In the distant future a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. As resources run short however, these Confederate nations find themselves looking towards the rich worlds of their alien neighbors, the enigmatic Protoss. To further complicate matters, it seems that a previously unknown and deadly species, known only as the Zerg, has entered Protoss space and is destroying everything in its path. The time for war has come…

Other Resources:
- Mac OS X native installer 1.1 (9.3MB): Allows one to install StarCraft without Mac OS 9 or Classic support installed.

Genre: Strategy]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/starcraftbroodwar.html Continue the award-winning saga of galactic warfare as the Zerg, Protoss and Terrans struggle for their survival. About Starcraft: Brood War
Continues the award-winning saga of galactic warfare as the Zerg, Protoss and Terrans struggle for their continued survival. With the shattered Zerg hive torn apart by fierce in-fighting, the Protoss seek to reunite with their Dark Templar brethren and begin the rebuilding of their homeworld, Aiur. Terran Emperor Mengsk I, having achieved his goal of total power over the human colonies, must now turn his attention to both the rising power of the woman he betrayed — Kerrigan, the infamous Zerg Queen of Blades — and a conspiracy deep within his own ranks.

Other Resources:
- Mac OS X native installer 1.1 (9.3MB): Allows one to install StarCraft without Mac OS 9 or Classic support installed.

Genre: Strategy]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/xplane.html The world’s most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator — the most realistic flight model available for personal computers. About X-Plane
The world’s most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator — the most realistic flight model available for personal computers. Welcome to the world of props, jets, single- and multi-engine airplanes, as well as gliders, helicopters, and VTOLs such as the V-22 Osprey and AV8-B Harrier.

X-Plane comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, sporting aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic Concorde and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie. X-Plane comes with about 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the Internet.

X-Plane even has FAA-certification for flight training and logging actual flight time, when used with a flight instructor and the proper hardware.

Game Feature: A Lot to X-Plane

Genre: Simulation]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/halocombatevolved.html Join the battle. Live the epic adventure yourself. You are the last of your kind. Bred for combat, built for war. About Halo: Combat Evolved
Join the battle. Live the epic adventure yourself. You are the last of your kind. Bred for combat, built for war. You will fight on foot, in vehicles, in the air and beneath the surface of a mysterious alien ring orbiting in the depths of space.

Recognized as one of the greatest achievements in video game entertainment. The Macintosh version adds 16-person online multiplayer, new vehicles, new weapons, new maps, customizable multiplayer games, the precision of playing with a mouse and keyboard, and more (as opposed to the Xbox version.)

Universal Binary Release 2.0
A Universal Binary for the retail version of the game is available from MacSoft. This allows the game to run natively on Intel Macs.

Game Demo 1.5.2
Download from GZ Downloads (122MB)

Game Update 1.5.2
Networking security fix. The Mac code is now in sync with version 1.07 of the PC code (Build 613).
Download from MacSoft (3.6MB)

Feature: Halo: Combat Evolved: Beyond Fragging

Additional Resources
- MacDev: Learn about how to create MODs for Halo and download the new Quagmire map.
- Halomods.com: Many MODs built by players.
- Halo Timer: Multiplayer game utility for Halo.
- clanhalo.net: Tournaments, clanwars, and more.

Genre: Action]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/battlefield2142.html You must coordinate the efforts of your teammates to win the war for Earth's last fragile pieces of livable land. About Battlefield 2142
Armed with a devastating arsenal of futuristic weaponry and gear, including active camouflage, EMP grenades, and sentry guns, plus Battle Walkers and vast airborne bases called Titans, you must coordinate the efforts of your teammates to win the war for Earth's last fragile pieces of livable land. With extensive improvements to the groundbreaking Battlefield 2 ranking and upgrade system and the new Titan gameplay mode, Battlefield 2142 brings award-winning online warfare into a harsh and desperate future.

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Game Feature: The New Cold War Heats Up in Battlefield 2142

Genre: Action]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/ageofempiresiiithewarchiefs.html Play as one of three new civilizations - Aztec, Iroquois, or Sioux - each with unique units, buildings and abilities that will test your strategic mettle. About Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Play as one of three new civilizations - Aztec, Iroquois, or Sioux - each with unique units, buildings and abilities that will test your strategic mettle. Use upgrades for the European civilizations from the original games to earn civ-specific bonuses, build units at a new mercenary saloon, collect new Cards, and battle toward victory with the new Revolution feature. Explore the new single-player Campaign and follow the continuing tale of the Black family as they witness the birth of a new nation.

Game Feature: Age of Empires III Meets a Brave New World With The WarChiefs

Genre: Strategy]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/battlestationsmidway.html Prepare for a totally new combat experience as you fight massive air, sea and undersea battles in WWII's Pacific theatre. About Battlestations: Midway
Prepare for a totally new combat experience as you fight massive air, sea and undersea battles in WWII's Pacific theatre in direct command of multiple warships, planes and submarines in this epic solo and online tactical action game.

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history.

Game Feature: One if By Air, Two if By Sea: Battlestations: Midway Recreates the War in the Pacific

Genre: Strategy]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/ageofempiresiii.html Command one of eight mighty powers grappling to conquer the New World in this new generation of the landmark Age of Empires series. About Age of Empires III
Command one of eight mighty powers grappling to conquer the New World in this new generation of the landmark Age of Empires series. Experience the Age of Discovery through amazing 3D graphics. Crush your enemies with devastating cannons and rifled infantry. Navigate your naval fleet to claim strategic waterways. Build cities with towering cathedrals, and forge a thriving empire with a booming economy.

Game Demo 1.0.1
Download from MacGameFiles (420MB)

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Game Feature: Age of Empires III: Real-Time Strategy Reaches the Next Level

Genre: Strategy]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/demos_updates/ageofempiresiigoldedition.html Update to the popular real-time strategy game. About Age of Empires II: Gold Edition
Rome has fallen. The world is up for grabs.

Lead one of the most powerful civilizations of the Middle Ages to greatness. Raise your armies. Forge alliances. Grow a thriving market economy. Build wonders to stand the test of time. There are many paths to power, but only one civilization will reign supreme.

Feature: Age of Empires II Conquers the Mac

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Genre: Strategy]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST