Post: Steam for Mac announced *Beta Included*
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04-10-2010, 09:53 PM
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VALVe, the company behind hit games such as Left 4 Dead and Half-Life has announced it will add support for it's revolutionary game-distribution service named Steam to the Apple operating system.
All games using the Source engine will be natively playable on Mac OS X for the first time. (Unfortunately this will not be the case for linux users, hopefully their support will be added soon)
Connors explained:
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“If there’s anything like iTunes on the PC right now for games, it’s Steam, so you’ve got two great leaders in digital distribution coming together.”
Steam is singlehandedly responsible for 70% of all PC game purchases. Huge games such as Modern Warfare 2 and Just Cause 2 are simultaneously released on Steam as in stores.
However, Steam for Mac bodes good news for all gamers. Mac steam users will be able to play online multiplayer with PC users with no hindrances. Custom material will not be a problem and SDK kits will be available for mappers and modders.
Steam Play is a new feature allowing those with pre-purchased PC games such as Left 4 Dead 2 to be able to play them on mac at no extra charge. Steam Cloud walks hand in hand with Play as it allows saved data and player details to be stored on VALVe's servers. While playing a Half-Life campaign on your at home PC you could then switch to your Macbook Pro and play it on a journey with no lost progress.
Macintosh is being treated as a 'Tier 1 platform' and all future releases and updates will be released simultaneously. Portal 2 has been confirmed to be the 1st simultaneous release on PC, Xbox 360 and Mac.
Valve are porting their game engine: Source to mac. This means all games and programs utilising this engine will be usable.
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Most importantly Steam will hopefully trigger an avalanche of developers adding support for mac. Telltale games is porting their popular Sam and Max game series to the mac. Currently only large companies such as Microsoft and Adobe co-release their programs on both operating systems.
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A beta has been confirmed and will most likely hit later next week as the full version will be available late this month. Apply below.
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04-10-2010, 09:58 PM
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The release date still hasn't been confirmed but my guess is 23rd - 30th
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04-10-2010, 10:07 PM
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Mikeisking
Let The Games Begin!
Would i be able to play with people that are on PC? (Noobie question lol)
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04-11-2010, 12:29 AM
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FuzzaMuzza
NGU Master
This is great news for Mac Users! Thanks so much for Sharing this 
04-11-2010, 03:39 AM
#8
cool... but what games will be on steam for the mac? Chess???
lol
lol
04-11-2010, 03:53 PM
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Shepleklet
u mad cuz ur ***git
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04-12-2010, 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by Omni
Would i be able to play with people that are on PC? (Noobie question lol)
Yes, the multiplayer servers are shared with PC and mac, we can also fully use mods. Also Omni i'd advise you to talk to King Jamie about a steam acc
- Steam play let's you get games you already own for pc free on your mac. Let's just say Jamie could hook you up as he did with me.
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