TransGaming Technologies

infobox company
company_name = TransGaming Inc
company_
company_type = Public
company_slogan = Broadening the Playing Field
foundation = 2001
location_city = Toronto, Ontario
location_country = Canada
key_people = Vikas Gupta, CEO
Gavriel State, Chairman
founders = Gavriel State
industry = Software
revenue = gain $2 million USD
operating_income = loss $0.25 million USD
net_income = loss $0.5 million USD
homepage = [http://www.transgaming.com/ www.transgaming.com]

TransGaming Inc. is a company specialized in video game portability technology. The company has its head office in Toronto and a research hub in Ottawa. It was founded by Gavriel State, who ran the Linux product division at the Corel Corporation. [ [http://www.transgaming.com/about/boardofdirectors/ TransGaming Inc ] ] The current CEO is Vikas Gupta.

Products

Cedega

TransGaming's flagship product, Cedega, is a proprietary fork of Wine for running Microsoft Windows games on Linux.

There are games that run on Cedega but not on Wine, and games that run on Wine but not Cedega. Users that want to play a specific game usually look for it on the databases that both projects keep. [ [http://appdb.winehq.org/ Wine Application Database] ] [ [http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/ Cedega Games Database ] ]

The source code for the program is available, but there are restrictions on redistribution that make it non-free software. The Gentoo Linux distribution, for example, has been compelled by Transgaming to remove from their package manager scripts to download the source and installing in an automatic manner.

Cider

The company has recently made available a new product called Cider which is a technology marketed towards developers that allows Windows games to run on Mac OS X. It shares much of the same core technology as Cedega but is designed for video game designers and publishers. Due to the increase in demand for Apple computers, the company is experiencing above average growth.Fact|date=October 2007

At the 2007 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC07), Electronic Arts announced their return to the Mac, publishing various titles simultaneously on both PCs and Macs, using Cider on the Mac. [ [http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/06/11/eas_new_mac_games_will_demand_intel_based_systems.html AppleInsider | EA's new Mac games will demand Intel-based systems ] ]

In a newsletter dated 2007-11-13, the company announced that Cider will be merging back into Cedega. [ [http://www.cedega.com/theden/?p=6 Cedega.com - Home of TransGaming's Cedega - Play Windows games on Linux ] ]

SwiftShader

SwiftShader is an advanced software renderer with Direct3D 8/9 class features, including shaders.

GameTree Online

GameTreeOnline.com was launched in Beta, March 2008, with a focus to offer the Mac gaming community an online retail distribution point for published Mac titles.

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

In a press release dated 2008-08-20, TransGaming announced that they "will utilize Sony DADC's SecuROM™ digital rights management (DRM) solution for all video game titles enabled through TransGaming's Cider portability engine for Mac games." [cite web | url=http://www.transgaming.com/news/?id=108 | title=TransGaming to Utilize Sony DADC's SecuROM Technology | date=2008-08-20 | publisher=TransGaming Inc. | accessmonthday=September 6 | accessyear=2008 ] TransGaming's use of SecuROM is notable because of the company's decision to use SecuROM technology for all Mac games enabled through Cider, irrespective of distribution channel (download vs. retail) and whether SecuROM was used for a game's Windows PC release. [cite web | url=http://www.developmag.com/news/30391/Cider-powered-games-to-get-SecuROM-DRM | title=Cider-powered games to get SecuROM DRM | date=2008-08-22 | publisher=Develop Magazine | accessmonthday=September 6 | accessyear=2008 ] [cite web | url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=16897 | title=TransGaming Adds SecuROM To Ciderized Titles | date=2008-08-21 | publisher=Inside Mac Games | accessmonthday=September 6 | accessyear=2008 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.transgaming.com TransGaming Technologies]
* [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070611006142&newsLang=en TransGaming to Develop EA Titles for MAC OS X]