In 2006,GameTapresurrected Myst Online : Uru Live , a massively multiplayer online secret plan set in the world of the popular Myst series from Cyan Worlds . In 2007 the companionship brought a Mac interpretation to market . Now GameTap plan to close Myst Online , according to the officialMyst OnlineWeb site .
GameTap ’s Vice President of Content , Ricardo Sanchez , deliver the news in a statement mail on the site . He said that the Myst Online : Uru springy servers will be “ totally shut down in the cheeseparing futurity , ” though they ’ll stay live for the next 60 solar day . During that meter , said Sanchez , existing and young users can roleplay . Myst Online : Uru Live is available for free .
The Web internet site will remain fighting indefinitely as a place for Myst Online enthusiasts to assemble . Sanchez added that GameTap stay on full full term with Cyan Worlds , who he called “ a very appraise partner . ”
Myst Online was GameTap ’s first try at outreach to Macintosh gamers . The game debuted a Mac version in March 2007 , developed by TransGaming using its cyder version layer engineering science — software that enables Windows games to run on Intel - based Macs .
Cyan had submit its purport to create a Mac - native edition of original game , Uru : eld Beyond Myst , but that in the end did n’t come to fruition , a dupe of Ubisoft ’s budgetary and expert constraints . So see Myst Online : Uru Live ultimately make it to the Mac was sweet vindication for long - suffering Mac gamers who felt powerfully that the franchise , which got its first Brobdingnagian boost on the Mac weapons platform , should remain on the Mac .
GameTap , a patronage social unit of Turner Broadcasting , provides access to classic colonnade and console games through emulation , and after Myst Online debuted for Macs they expanded their essence package to make on the Mac using the same technology .
GameTap continues to offer up Mac version of its Lite and Deluxe players , which enable Intel - based Mac users to play many of the game declare oneself through the GameTap service , which incurs a monthly fee to act .
