Quake 4 Dual Core Patch Coming Soon from Aspyr and More Universal Patches Too

In a note to us, Aspyr Media wrote that they are very close to releasing an SMP patch for the just-released Quake 4 which will add dual core support to the game. We complained about the lack of that capability in the initial Mac release which we were first to review on Monday this week. Aspyr's benchmarks on an Intel-based iMac, showed 20-40% speed increases in frame rate with the extra processor.

Other updates to Aspyr's existing games include the Sims 2 Mac Universal patch, which is available now, and a patch for Civilization 3 Complete Mac to make it Universal as well. Hmmm...no news on the Call of Duty Universal patch.

Development has also continued progressing with Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. Aspyr told us to look for both of these titles to be released for Mac in the next few weeks. Both will be Universal applications out of the box like Quake 4--and dual core as well, we hope. We are really looking forward to playing Call of Duty 2 on the Mac! [Bill Fox]