Oh Valve and your adorable marketing team -- is there anything you can't do? Taking a break from the absolutely insane Portal shenanigans, let's instead take a look at some swanky pictures that various game-covering outlets received today.
So far, this is what we've got: Gordon Freeman with an Apple logo (MacRumors), a Mac ad parody (MacNN), a Team Fortress 2-flavored iPod parody (Shacknews), Francis saying "I hate different" (Eurogamer), a faux old-school magazine ad for Steam (Rock, Paper, Shotgun), and finally, a recreation of Apple's memorable 1984 commercial (Joystiq).
What does it all mean? Based on prior rumblings of Steam on Mac sounding very plausible, I'd say Valve is gearing up to announce -- or, possibly even release -- the popular digital distribution client for our Apple-loving friends. How does next week at GDC sound?
Valve Leaks Teaser Images for Announcement of Steam (and Games) for Mac [Mac Rumors]
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4:20 PM on 03.03.2010
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Now we all know what the hold-up was on our favorite Valve franchises!
Possibly, but I've always felt it was a bit pointless them porting Steam across since next to none of the games on Steam support Macs.
OH VALVE <3
As Jon B said few games on Steam support Macs. I'm assuming, given that Valve is Valve, they've thought this out and have a strategy for it. Which makes them awesome.
Exactly my toughts. Although I hope the available of Steam on the Mac encourages more developers to make their games run on the platform.
You heard it here first!
Let's see, Half-Life, TF2, Portal, L4D, StarCraft II, WoW, Diablo...
No need to use Boot Camp anymore!!! XD XD XD
I probably will, though. Curses!
Still, I am liking this development.
FRANCIS IS AWESOME
Valve, I love you so hard.
Ponce!
Valve are going to make a lot more money.
EA - eat your heart out.
It can be fairly easy. Since newer Macs use Intel processors, developers can essentially "wrap a game in Cider". This typically results in lower performance (not drastically lower, but lower), but on the other hand, from what I hear it's super easy to do unless your game relies on a bunch of Windows specific APIs, .net framework, etc etc.
Actually developing a game for Mac . . . well, if you start with Mac development in mind it's a lot of work, but not like totally redoing the game or anything like that, especially with the whole Intel thing. Hell, Blizzard has been doing it for years, even when Macs were PowerPC only and you couldn't do the Cider trick.
I could be horrifically wrong, of course. I'm no developer. This is just based on what I've heard.
No more needing bootcamp! It sounds like Valve is trying to turn the Mac into a viable development platform, and porting over Steam is one huge step in the right direction. I hope this starts a trend, kinda like if the bigger company is releasing their games on the mac platform, why don't we? This is seriously good news.
:P
Thanks a ton.
its funny that you bring up itunes since it is on both mac and PC.
but I can conferm the fact that macs can run PC games, its all about software now.
Since I am currently dual booting on my 22inch imac and the main deference is that the mac is emulating the cmos chip that all macs lack. (besides that new macs are technically the same as an average computer )
I have also seen companies port all the new popular games onto macs with little to no problems.
so anything is possible.
yeah!!!! I might not have to dual boot anymore :)
@gee-man
trust me, dude, we've probably been running you around beforehand - now we can just do it on a superior OS lol
Mac has had 2 mouse buttons since the iMac, they just mask it under one big button that can be pressed down on both sides.