Macworld's Game Room has posted a new Peter Cohen article focusing on what Mac gamers can expect in the new year. In addition to discussing new titles from companies like Aspyr, Freeverse, and MacSoft, the article also mentions the impact of Boot Camp and virtualization options like Parallels.

Aspyr’s also working on Star Wars: Empire at War, a real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe during the period immediately before the events that took place in the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope. You can command squadrons of X-Wings, AT-ATs, Star Destroyers and the other vehicles you’ve seen in the movies as you square off for control of locations like the jungle planet Dagobah, Yavin 4 and the desert wastes of Tatooine.

Aspyr has pushed back the release of its game e-commerce system, first announced as “Gamerhood,” to sometime in 2007. That system promises to resolve long-simmering issues with retail shelf space for games by making it possible to download full versions of Aspyr’s titles, including titles in the company’s back catalog you haven’t seen in stores for a while.

Macworld Game Room: Mac Games, What To Look For In 07

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