Well, Valve has made good on their not-so-subtle teases by announcing it will bring its digital distribution platform Steam, along with the developer's acclaimed library of titles, to Macs this April.
Valve president Gabe Newell called the Mac "a great platform for entertainment services," adding, "As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients."
Not only will Mac users be able to enjoy the likes of Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal and Half-Life, but those players who previously purchased games on Steam for PC will be able to play them all for free on their Macs as well, thanks to the new Steam Play feature. Also, multiplayer (sharing servers, lobbies, etc.) will be cross-platform supported between the PCs and Macs.
"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,” said director of Steam development, John Cook in a statement.
Valve also announced that the recently revealed Portal 2 will be their first game to be released simultaneously on PC and Mac.
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GFY Red King
anyone know when in april this is supposed to drop? i mean we have 5 days left and the website says nothing about it.
TheRealBanana
So the question burning in my head is: Is there going to also be a native client for linux? I mean it would be the only logical continuation of this move to another platform since Mac and Linux share many commonalities. Mainly their unix-based kernel (Mac being quasi-bsd). Running games and steam under wine is fine and all, but its just not the same.
Also, orange box source engine for CS:S please!
cryfordawn
I dont buy any games that have steam installs. Tired of taking 60-90 mins to decrypt the game online and wasting my time. I bought the game I didnt steal it.
CamperHunter1
Nice, I always wanted to bench my Mac against my PC.
Can't wait :)
ODST chief
just got the orange box (late to the party i know) and it is awesome ifinaly understand there saying in valve we trust
Canid117
The question I have is, won't many of the games on steam be unavailable because they require windows to run?
Mr_Paisley
I'm calling it: Best, April Fools joke, ever.
BertSaxby
"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,
Wow! That is HUGE news. Could Mac finally be a legitimate gaming platform?
L33tcakes
YESSSS! I can't always use my pc so this is great!
djboogymonster
Wow, didn't expect that. Miracles do happen. Does this mean that Valve could eventually make nice with the PS3?
BKirckof
Oh baby! Can't wait to play L4D2 and not have Microsoft nickel and dime me for EVERY additional piece of content which Valve releases. I'm pumped for this as I've got my PS3 which lets me play online for FREE and now games on my MacBook. Things are looking up for me, now who wants to buy my XBox and all the RockBand crap I have lying around?
Andy.Warhol
This is pro, finally some games on my laptop.
zeropilot
YES
dj8002
Woot! been hoping to hear news of this. Can't wait! Now I can play my half life and portal games on mac! I wonder if the sdk stuff will work on macs...
mcgrottys
finally ill be able to play TF2 with my friend who has a mac. but honestly for gaming i think a mac is the biggest rip off i mean look at what you could get instead in terms of hardware specs for $200 less than a 13" macbook
http://www.dell.com/content/ products/productdetails.aspx/a lienware-m11x?c=us&cs=19&a mp;l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn
also i want to see a gadget pron review on it because it seems like an amazing deal
layzie45
MULTIPLAYER, MACS AND PC'S?????????
Now we can see who the better gamers are.
First!!
or not.
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