News and Announcements

Jon Parshall

I wish I were going to the Game Developer's Conference this year. It's as simple as that. I mean, as any of you who keeps up on our corporate blogs will have deduced, there are a fair number of gamers within our four walls. Jeremy Newman and Vince Lund are first-person shooter types. I'm mostly a turn-based strategy guy,…

2015-02-25

The Promise of the ‘Cloud’

James Ramey
President

Remember three years ago when EVERYONE in tech was talking 'cloud'? IBM was the loudest voice in the cloud-based conversation. Microsoft and Google were openly demonstrating tools for controlling the cloud. Amazon was projecting how the cloud would impact the lives of all consumers. Yahoo, Apple, and Salesforce.com were…

2015-02-18

You Can’t Pick Your Family, but You Can Pick the Platform You Research Them On.

Jana Schmid
Marketing Director

Tomorrow, three of CodeWeavers bravest souls are starting their trek to Salt Lake City, Utah to represent CrossOver Mac at the family history and technology conference, known as RootsTech. Our Mac laptops are locked and loaded with software like, RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, Family Historian, Ancestral Quest, Ancestral…

2015-02-10

"Microsoft Reeling: Why Don't We Feel Happier?"

Jon Parshall

Last week, the news was announced in the New York Times(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/business/how-and-why-apple-overtook-microsoft.html)that Apple's market capitalization is now double Microsoft's: $683 billion to $338 billion. Riding the wave of strong iPhone 6 sales, Apple is also insanely profitable, generating $30…

2015-02-03

Has Technology ‘Jumped The Shark?'

James Ramey
President

You know what has me on edge a bit lately? All of these newfangled tech gadgets. It seems now that ANYTHING connected to the Internet is considered a useful device. How did we get to the point in the evolution of technology where we think a fitnesstracker is somehow a novel and useful device? having a cooler that can tell…

2015-01-20

The Top 3 Reasons We Let Kids of CodeWeavers Play Wizard101

Jana Schmid
Marketing Director

A few of us at the CodeWeavers Ranch have been playing…er…testing… Wizard101 since 2011. Since the beginning of our"testing" of Wizard101, an exclusive group (those of us with kids) has happily introduced our children to the game. So when I was asked to write a blog post about our upcoming promotion…

2014-12-02

How to Manually Uninstall and Reinstall Pirate101 on your Mac

Caron Wills

It happens, sometimes an update goes terribly wrong and any number of strange things begin to happen. A fresh install of Pirate101 may be the fastest way to get back to playing. Before starting these steps, get the latest version of Pirate101 here! Locate Pirate101 in your Applications folder and drag it to…

2014-11-24

"10 Years of World of Warcraft" or "How /Played made me want to /Wrists..."

Jon Parshall

We're coming up to the launch of "Warlords of Draenor", the latest World of Warcraft expansion. We're also drawing closer to the 10-year anniversary of the launch of WoW itself (November 23, 2004). And now seemed like a good time for me to reflect on my history as a WoW player.You see, World of Warcraft wasn't an…

2014-11-11

"You’re only as good as the world allows you to be!" - A Reflection on the Release of CrossOver 14

James Ramey
President

It’s been almost two weeks since CodeWeavers released CrossOver 14 for Mac and Linux. James Ramey, President of CodeWeavers reflects on the trials and tribulations of getting a new release of our CrossOver software out the door. "Why so serious?" One of my favorite movies…

2014-10-29

How to Get Hearthstone Running on Utopic Unicorn with CrossOver 14 Linux

Caron Wills

All too often the release of a Linux distribution leaves CrossOver broken and we are left scrambling to find a quick fix for our customers. Fortunately for us, Ubuntu 14.10 is truly Utopic. CrossOver 14 runs right out of the box and supported Windows applications like Hearthstone run seamlessly. For…

2014-10-23

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