Kotaku: Aspyr

Duke Nukem Forever Bringing Its 'Special Pain Cake' to the Mac This Summer

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:40:00 EDT

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Gamers who prefer their operating systems designed by Apple will also have a chance to take a bite of Duke Nukem Forever's "pain cake" this summer, when Aspyr brings 3D Realms, Gearbox Software and 2K Games' raunchy first-person shooter to Mac OS X this summer. More »

Mac Owners Can Feast On Civ V For Thanksgiving

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:30:00 EDT

The turn-based strategy game that turns adults into nation-building addicts, Civilization V, is making the leap from PC to the Mac in time for Thanksgiving (or by the end of this month, if you don't celebrate gluttony, annually). More »

Civ V Puts A Hex On Mac This Holiday

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:30:00 EDT

Sid Meier's deeply addictive Civilization series is coming back to the Mac platform later this year, thanks to publisher Aspyr. The company confirmed its plans to bring Civilization V to Apple computers "this holiday season." More »

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Still Loves Clones

Brian Crecente — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II's official website is now live bringing with it this fancy new art. More »

Rumor: Big Layoffs At Aspyr

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST

Aspyr, a publisher best known for porting games to the PC & Mac, is today instead best known for supposedly firing a whole bunch of employees. More »

Fighting Fantasy Follow-Up Preview: Fear My Stylus

AJ Glasser — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:20:00 EDT

It's been a little more than two months since I last saw Fighting Fantasy – the DS action/adventure RPG based on a choose-your-own-adventure book series of the same name. Here's what's changed since then. More »

Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback

AJ Glasser — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:20:44 EDT

Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a 1982 choose-your-own-adventure book written by now-game developers Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Now it's a 2009 DS action role-playing game. More »

Aspyr Confirms Layoffs, Sources Say As Much As A Third

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:59 EST

Aspyr today confirmed to Kotaku that yesterday's rumors of layoffs at their Austin-based studios are true. More »

Rumor: Aspyr Hit With Layoffs?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST

Austin-based developer Aspyr, best known for their work porting PC titles like Call of Duty 4 and Sims 2 to the Mac, were hit with layoffs this week, according to sources in the industry. More »

Treasure Troves - Augmented Reality DS WiFi Game

Stuart Houghton — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:20:00 EST

Gamasutra had a pleasant chat with Aspyr Software's Justin Leingang in which the publisher/developer revealed some details about their new game Treasure Troves, which uses local wifi signals to generate in-game objects. More »

The Ultimate DS Stocking Stuffer - FutureU SAT Prep

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:20:00 EST

Parents take heed! Does your teen want a Nintendo DS for Christmas, but you worry about it distracting them from their schoolwork? Aspyr Media and the test prep wizards at Kaplan have your solution with futureU SAT Prep for the DS. First announced back in April, the 'game' is now hitting stores, just in time for Christmas. It might not be the console edutainment Crecente craves, but it'll do in a pinch. More »

Aspyr And Kaplan Partner For More Test Prep Titles

Leigh Alexander — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:20:00 EDT

We heard back in April that Aspyr would be developing a Kaplan SAT prep game, but that collaboration has now developed into a multi-year agreement between the two parties. More »

360 Supreme Commander Pushed Back

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:30:00 EDT

Patience, 360 fans, is a virtue, one any of you waiting for the console version of Supreme Commander would do well to polish up on. Aspyr, who are publishing the game, have announced that the title's slipped to sometime later this year, with only a "spring or early summer" timeframe hinted at. More »

Guitar Hero III Rocks The Mac And PC

Mike Fahey — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:00:57 EDT

Rocking out with a big plastic guitar will soon no longer be purely the privilege of the console owning masses, as Aspyr announces an exclusive deal with Activision to develop and publish Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PC and Mac platforms this fall. Not only does this open up the game to a whole new segment of players, but if you've got a nice gaming laptop it essentially makes this the first portable version of Guitar Hero. On top of all of the regular features of the game, Aspyr's version will allow PC and Mac users to battle against each other in online multiplayer, perhaps allowing us to settle the Mac versus PC debate once and for all in glorious rock combat! Bring it on! More »

Clip: Made Man Dev Diary

Brian Crecente — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:05 EST

Last year we talked with author David Fisher about his work on mafia game Made Man by Aspyr. This video gives you a taste of gameplay and has a bit more from Fisher. The game looks sorta crap generic, but if the storyline was just amazing would it make up for it? Another vid on the jump. Brian Crecente More »

Feature: Made Man Q&A

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:00:59 EST

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Civilization 4 Comes Out for OS X

brownlee — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:40:35 EDT

There probably aren't too many Mac gamers here, but I've been eagerly awaiting a Mac port of Civilization 4 — a game, alongside of Nethack, I could spend practically the rest of my life idly playing in between writing posts — so I'm pleased to see that it's now finally available for anyone using OSX. More »