 Interplay Entertainment released the Windows version of the game on December 7 , 2000 . Planet Moon later created a special version of the game optimized for the GeForce 3 graphics card to display water reflections , soft @-@ edged shadows , and weather effects . This version was not sold as a standalone commercial product but as a part of certain GeForce 3 graphic card package deals . MacPlay announced on November 1 , 2000 , it was publishing the Mac OS X version of the game . The Omni Group was responsible for the porting of the game ; they rewrote the game 's software to take advantage of the symmetric multi @-@ processing capability of Mac OS X. Eleven months later , MacPlay released the port . Multiplayer mode was initially disabled in the retail release but was re @-@ inserted in a later patch . Giants was also ported to the PlayStation 2 ( PS2 ) , a process overseen by Interplay 's division , Digital Mayhem , who posted updates of their progress on IGN . Their greatest challenge for the PS2 port was converting and storing the special effects of the Windows version onto the lesser storage space of the PS2 . LightWave 3D was used by the team to convert the graphic resources . Although they had to reduce the image resolution , Digital Mayhem increased the number of polygons that composed the player character models , making them smoother and more detailed in shape . Due to the limited capabilities of the PS2 as compared to the Windows platform and the addition of a save feature , the team focused on enhancing the action gameplay , streamlining the interfaces , and tweaking the Reaper ski races , level designs , and game balance . They redesigned the controls for the PS2 's controller , and after finding the analog sticks less easy to aim with than a mouse , implemented a feature to help the player 's aim . Digital Mayhem originally intended to retain the multiplayer mode , but discarded it , believing the PS2 environment could not generate the same multiplayer atmosphere as the Windows platform . Interplay released the PS2 port on December 21 , 2001 . They also announced plans for an Xbox port but nothing resulted from this . 
