Aspyr Media Inc. Ships Call of Duty(R) 2 for Intel- and PowerPC-Based Macintosh.AUSTIN, Texas -- Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform. Inc. today announced that Activision Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute ) popular WWII WWII abbr. World War II WWII World War Two first-person action game, Call of Duty(R) 2, has arrived in retail stores in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for the Macintosh platform. Call of Duty 2, a Mac OS X Universal application, runs natively on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. Licensed from Activision and originally developed by Infinity Ward Infinity Ward, located in Encino, California, is a computer game developer founded by the former employees of 2015, developers of . The studio was acquired by Activision in October 2003. , the title was developed for the Mac by Aspyr Studios, the company's internal development team. Call of Duty 2 re-defines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to Call of Duty, the 2003 Game of the Year and winner of more than 80 awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to the stunning visuals of the new Call of Duty 2 engine. Call of Duty 2 provides an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. experience with all-new enhancements, ranging from stunningly realistic graphics to seamless gameplay, a new engine, groundbreaking AI, and choice-based innovations that allow players to experience the closest thing they'll ever get to real warfare. Beautifully rendered snow, rain, fog, and smoke, combined with dynamic lighting and shadows, make this the most intense WWII first person action title yet. More information on Call of Duty 2 can be found through Aspyr's site at http://www.aspyr.com/games.php/mac/cod2/, or fans can visit Activision's official web site, http://www.activision.com/en_US/game_overview/e6d75d1f-2f68-4be9-9257- 9a9a498593d4.html (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) Call of Duty 2 is rated "T" (TEEN -- blood, mild language and violence) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board . About Activision Inc. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, , Activision Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. 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