TF2, L4D2, Portal, and Steam comin to mac in april
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[URL]http://kotaku.com/5488375/left-4-dead-2-team-fortress-2-portal-and-steam-coming-to-mac-in-april[/URL]
[QUOTE]After much speculation and some not-so-subtle hinting, Valve has officially announced a Mac version of popular gaming service Steam coming in April, and its bringing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series with it.
While rumblings of Steam coming to the Mac platform have been stirring for quite some time, the first solid indicators came last month, when Mac-specific graphics were found in the beta test files for the new Steam service. Then Valve took things a step further, teasing Mac users with a series of images featuring popular Valve games integrated with Mac themes.
"As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients," said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. "The Mac is a great platform for entertainment services."
The Mac version of Steam will include all of the features of its PC counterpart, as well as a new feature called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the game on one platform to download and play it for the other at no additional charge.
While it remains to be seen how many third-party developers will jump on board the Mac train, Valve is full-steam ahead on supporting the platform, eschewing popular emulation techniques to deliver native Mac games, day and date with the PC versions from here on out.
"We looked at a variety of methods to get our games onto the Mac and in the end decided to go with native versions rather than emulation," said John Cook, Director of Steam Development. "The inclusion of WebKit into Steam, and of OpenGL into Source gives us a lot of flexibility in how we move these technologies forward. We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360. Updates for the Mac will be available simultaneously with the Windows updates. Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth. We fully support a heterogeneous mix of servers and clients. The first Mac Steam client will be the new generation currently in beta testing on Windows."
Valve's first simultaneous release for Mac and PC will be Portal 2, announced earlier this month.
And now Mac users will be able to experience the joy of a large Steam release. I can't wait to share that with you guys.
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hehehehehe a built in emulator to play pc versions on mac
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[QUOTE=Wii60;20631888]hehehehehe a built in emulator to play pc versions on mac[/QUOTE]
[quote]"We looked at a variety of methods to get our games onto the Mac and in the end decided to go with native versions [b]rather than emulation[/b],"[/quote]
You didn't even read your own quote.
[QUOTE=Shugo;20631957]You didn't even read your own quote.[/QUOTE]
i wasn't talking about that i was talking about steam play
[QUOTE=Wii60;20632002]i wasn't talking about that i was talking about steam play[/QUOTE]
[quote]The Mac version of Steam will include all of the features of its PC counterpart, as well as a new feature called Steam Play, [b]which allows customers who purchase the game on one platform to download and play it for the other at no additional charge[/b].[/quote]
It isn't an emulator; it just means people who bought Valve games on PC will be allowed to download the Mac versions at no cost and vice versa.
oh ok thanks for clarifying i thought it ment emulation but i realized i was a idiot when thinking that.
"The first Mac Steam client will be the new generation currently in beta testing on Windows."
WHAT ?
I worked for Mac users ? daaaaaamn.
Anyways, cool for them, there'll be less flamers "MAC IZNT FOAR GAMIMNG LULZ".
but there will be more faggots going "SEE GUYS MY MAC CAN RUN YOUR GAMES TOO THIS PROVES MAC > PC"
[QUOTE=Wii60;20644068]but there will be more faggots going "SEE GUYS MY MAC CAN RUN YOUR GAMES TOO THIS PROVES MAC > PC"[/QUOTE]
If anything, it proves that they are equals.
So how do you fire yellow portals in Portal 2?
Will they develop a mac-exclusive campaign with the one-portal gun?
[QUOTE=ProWaffle;20644170]So how do you fire yellow portals in Portal 2?
Will they develop a mac-exclusive campaign with the one-portal gun?[/QUOTE]
you can easily change your apple mouse's right click to right click instead of left click. :eng101:
[QUOTE=ProWaffle;20644170]So how do you fire yellow portals in Portal 2?
Will they develop a mac-exclusive campaign with the one-portal gun?[/QUOTE]
News flash: Macs have natively been able to use multi-button mice for years.
SHOCKING, I know.
[quote] Valve is full-steam ahead on supporting the platform [/quote]
Oh, valve.
[quote]which allows customers who purchase the game on one platform to download and play it for the other at no additional charge.[/quote]
Wai a minute... Does it mean that i can install Steam on my brother's MacBook, download TF2 and play without paying?
YAY!
[QUOTE=halfer;20644452]Wai a minute... Does it mean that i can install Steam on my brother's MacBook, download TF2 and play without paying?
YAY![/QUOTE]
No, because you already payed for it on your account. And it's just like PC Steam, so if you log in on the MacBook, then it will log you out on your PC. Same Steam. Same policy.
So we can have fights in TF2 about whats better, a pc or a mac?
Cool!
[quote]So we can have fights in TF2 about whats better, a pc or a mac?
Cool![/quote]
On the red team we have the pc's!
On the blue team we have the MAC's!
Ready,set, FIGHT TO THE DEATH
time to get fighting! oh wait... it's just march.
[QUOTE=Wii60;20631888]Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth.[/QUOTE]
Instead of kids, you now get pretentious douchebags.
Wow, this saves me 5 minutes for rebooting my mac into windows with bootcamp, also makes my dad shut up (he's a mac-fan.).
[QUOTE=ToXiCsoldier;20647171]Wow, this saves me 5 minutes for rebooting my mac into windows with bootcamp, also makes my dad shut up (he's a mac-fan.).[/QUOTE]
Won't that mean you'll never hear the end of it since your dad will just keep on bragging about how mac is superior in games?
No, he keeps saying games ruin computers and bring virusses
Because you can totally download viruses from games made by a very well known company.
