Virtual Programming has announced X3: Terran Conflict for Mac, available today:
The X Universe story embarks on a thrilling final chapter with Virtual Programming, Ltd.’s release of X3: Terran Conflict for Mac OS X. A new standalone game that’s more expansive and open-ended than previous entries in the series, X3: Terran Conflict features stunning graphics and spine-tingling audio that make players feel as if they’re really exploring deep space. They’ll undertake dangerous missions, become economic powerhouses, and engage in conflicts ranging from dogfights between small spacecraft to massive battles involving fleets of ships.X3: Terran Conflict continues the X Universe’s story of human, alien, and machine races vying for power — players choose between several different characters, with their selection slightly altering the plot. The X Universe has made contact with the Solar System, but Earth is a much different place than it was centuries ago, when a calamity cut the planet off from a small group of humans.
Interestingly, X3: Terran Conflict isn’t using Transgaming’s Cider technology and instead has gone for the fruit juice option - a straight port! Mark Hinton, Virtual Programming’s CEO:
Cider was used in X3, unfortunately it didn’t deliver the performance Virtual Programming and its customers required.
I’ve had issue with Cider since BF2142 for Mac, what with performance being on par with a one-legged racing dog that’s fallen down a well and has spontaneously caught on fire.
It looks like Luis will be braving the dark skies of X3: Terran Conflict, hopefully finishing before the one-legged, burned demon dog of Cider turns up on his doorstep demanding a reinstall.
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