Press Releases

TransGaming Releases Cedega 5.0 to Meet Global Demand for Triple-A Windows Game Titles on Linux

TORONTO, ON - November 8, 2005 - TransGaming Technologies, the global leader in the development of software portability products for cross-platform gaming, today announced the immediate availability of Cedega™ 5.0, the industry's most comprehensive Linux gaming portability product. Cedega 5.0's broad range of new and improved features boosts game graphics and delivers greater levels of usability, specifically meeting the demands of the established gaming market, and opening doors to bring more gamers to the Linux platform. Cedega allows games originally created for the Windows platform to run on Linux, straight…
November 8, 2005 Press Release

TransGaming Launches SwiftShader, the World's Fastest Shader-Enabled 3D Rendering Software

TORONTO, ON - October 18, 2005 - TransGaming Technologies, the global leader in the development of software portability products for cross-platform gaming, today launched SwiftShader™, a software-based rendering product that enables the use of 3D graphics in games and applications, without the cost and complexity of dedicated graphics hardware. SwiftShader empowers developers and publishers by allowing graphics-intensive titles to run on older PCs, expanding the potential buying market size for games and applications. SwiftShader also provides new opportunities for operating system and embedded system developers to bring high-performance 3D graphics…
October 19, 2005 Press Release

TransGaming Releases Latest Cedega Portability Technology for Linspire Operating System

SAN DIEGO and TORONTO, June 22, 2005 - Linspire, Inc. and TransGaming Technologies today announced the release of Cedega for the Linspire desktop Linux operating system, allowing Linspire users to play hundreds of popular Windows-format games right out of the box. TransGaming's innovative Cedega portability technology combined with the Point2Play graphical front end offer equivalent game-play experience and performance, making it possible for avid Linux gamers to play titles like Half-Life 2, World of WarCraft and Battlefield 1942 on their machines. The product, which can be downloaded and installed through…
June 23, 2005 Press Release

TransGaming Technologies Announces Linux Support For Half-Life 2 With Cedega

Toronto, Canada - November 18, 2004. TransGaming Technologies, the world's leading developer of software portability products, today announced unprecedented Linux support for this year's most highly anticipated video game, Valve Software's Half-Life 2. On the heels of its commercial debut, TransGaming's Cedega product will run Half-Life 2 on the Linux operating system, right out-of-the-box. Half-Life 2 is the anxiously awaited sequel to Valve's debut title that won more than 50 game-of-the-year awards. Half-Life 2 is poised to repeat or even break historic records for video game sales. This sequel picks…
November 18, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Announces Cedega Time Limited Demo

Toronto, Canada - November 2, 2004. TransGaming Technologies, the world's leading developer of software portability products, today released a time limited demo of its flagship Linux product, Cedega. The Cedega Time Limited Demo will be available only for a two week period, from November 2nd to November 15th and can be downloaded at http://www.transgaming.com. Cedega allows hundreds of the top triple 'A' PC titles to run on the Linux operating system, seamlessly, transparently, and out-of-the-box with equivalent game-play and performance as the original PC version. Some of the blockbuster video…
November 2, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Technologies Ranks 20th in the Fifth Annual PROFIT HOT 50

Toronto, Canada. - September 21, 2004. TransGaming Technologies, a world leader in cross-platform portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry, announces that it has been ranked in the fifth annual PROFIT HOT 50 in 20th position, with 495% two year revenue growth. PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada's first national magazine geared to entrepreneurs, executives, investors and the business community. The PROFIT HOT 50 is the definitive ranking of emerging Canadian growth companies. Published in the September issue of PROFIT and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT HOT 50…
September 21, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Technologies Appoints Sean Wise as Chairman of the Board of Directors

Toronto, Canada. - September 14, 2004. TransGaming Technologies, a world leader in cross-platform portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Wise as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Sean is a respected entrepreneur and expert in raising Venture Capital in Canada with an outstanding track record of success in leading, managing, and growing companies. Sean is the leader of Wise Mentor Capital, a boutique firm that partners with early stage companies to bring knowledge, strategy, experience and connectivity to the table to…
September 14, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Technologies And Aspyr Media Bring EA's James Bond 007®: Nightfire™ to the Apple Mac OS X

Toronto, Canada - June 29, 2004 - The ultimate secret agent is back and, for the first time, available on Mac. TransGaming Technologies, the leading developer of software portability products for the video games industry, and Aspyr Media bring Mac gamers their first taste of Bond adventure in Electronic Arts' James Bond 007: Nightfire. This ground breaking release includes sophisticated technology advances with the inclusion of vertex shaders for Mac OS X. TransGaming's CTO, Gavriel State, explains, "While Apple has recently released several new systems with full support for vertex…
June 29, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

Toronto/Ottawa -- June 22, 2004 -- TransGaming today unveils the milestone release of version 4.0 of its flagship product, WineX, which has been renamed to Cedega. Cedega allows Windows ® games to seamlessly and transparently run under Linux, out-of-the-box, with outstanding performance and equivalent game-play. Cedega 4.0 includes support for Microsoft ® DirectX ® 9.0, significantly broadening the scope and availability of the latest triple "A" titles for avid Linux gamers. The landmark release of Cedega 4.0 adds support for new blockbuster DirectX 9.0 titles such as EA's™ Battlefield Vietnam™,…
June 22, 2004 Press Release

TransGaming Technologies and Lindows, Inc. Partner to Bring Access to "Triple A" PC Games to Linspire Customers

Toronto, Canada / San Diego, California- April 22, 2004 - TransGaming Technologies and Lindows, Inc. announced today an agreement to distribute TransGaming's WineX to Linspire customers through Linspire's software Warehouse. WineX is a unique portability product which provides users with the ability to play “triple A” blockbuster PC games on their Linspire desktops seamlessly and transparently. TransGaming and Lindows have been strong supporters of each other's initiatives for some time. TransGaming is a leading cross-platform software portability specialist. Lindows is the developer of Linspire, a Linux-based operating system bringing affordability…
April 22, 2004 Press Release