Four Top EA Games for Mac finally Shipping--Harry Potter, Need for Speed, Battlefield 2142 and C&C 3

Electronic Arts (EA) co-founder Bing Gordon announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June that EA would ship four of its top tier games for the Mac in July: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Need for Speed Carbon, Battlefield 2142 and Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. The games are a month late but a press release from EA states that the Apple Retail Stores will have two on Tuesday, August 21, (Harry Potter and Need for Speed) and two more on Tuesday, August 28, (Battlefield 2142 and C&C 3). They may be ordered from the online Apple Store now (3-5 days or 7-10 days to ship respectively).

Macs Only! was the first to note that the EA games for the Mac will run on TransGaming's Cider interpreter rather than being completely re-written for the Mac.

Two more EA games announced for summer delivery for the Mac, Madden NFL 08 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, are still under development. EA is now expecting to deliver them in the September/October timeframe. [Bill Fox]