Comments on: Steam and Valve Games Headed to the Mac

By: Byron

Byron — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:39:16 +0000

L4D2 for Mac? Epic win.

By: Digital Roar

Digital Roar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:17 +0000

It seems like the question that comes up a lot is what non-casual games are on the Mac. Beyond the ports of AAA games that came to the Mac much later than their Windows counterparts, there have been some companies who do support Mac and PC right out of the box natively, Blizzard being one of the more notable.

Utilizing the power of the Unity game engine, you can quite easily port a game to both platforms without much “tweaking” at all. With Unity gaining popularity (http://unity3d.com/gallery/game-list/) you’re likely to see more cross platform titles being developed. For example, we are and indie developer, but we are making what we consider to be a AAA quality game that will be for Mac and PC right out of the box. You can check it out at http://www.ascensionwar.com or look us up on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ascensionwar

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:19:10 +0000

Speaking as someone with a great collection of games in my steam account I don’t care how they do it I just want the best of these games to be playable on my 13″ MacBook Pro without me having to run windows on it. I have a Win7 beast wired into the wall so what do I need another PC for?

It’s too much to hope that all steam games will work, but the valve games based on the HL2 engine? That would be sweet

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By: chrish

chrish — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:30 +0000

Most 3D games are designed to run at 100% CPU all the time; a “true” port wouldn’t change this.

By: chrish

chrish — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:51:33 +0000

Cider works really well… check out the Mac version of City of Heroes, for example. I was getting better framerates somehow under Mac OS than XP on the same hardware (my MacBoo Pro).

Also note how the City of Heroes folks keep the client up to date on both platforms, unlike, say, Dragon Age: Origins. :-(

By: Richard W

Richard W — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:51:19 +0000

I’m hoping its a true port, and not a wrapper like Cider. It uses up so much processing power even on a the heavier machines.

By: Twist

Twist — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:17:41 +0000

The real question is: are they really porting these games or just using something like Cider? Either way I might just have to jump on this if I can finally show my PC gaming friends Counter-Strike running on Mac OS.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:07:06 +0000

Um…

YES