Today, October 30th, 2008, NCsoft announced a partnership with TransGaming, Inc. to bring the award-winning City of Heroes franchise to the Apple® Macintosh® computer platform for the company's western territories. The Mac version will be available for public beta testing with the release of the game's thirteenth free expansion, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility this fall. The official launch of the Macintosh version is planned to follow shortly thereafter via a special digital-only edition.

For more details, please click here to read the full press release. Here's an excerpt:

"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 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."

For anyone interested in pre-ordering the Mac version of City of Heroes, please visit Gametree Online.

Additionally, If you are interested in getting an early look at the Macintosh version of City of Heroes by taking part in the open beta test, click here to sign up!

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