Can People On Mac Play Steam Games With Pc

By AppleInsider Staff
Monday, March 08, 2010, 10:25 am PT (01:25 pm ET)

Valve officially revealed Monday that its Steam online gaming service, along with the Source engine that powers titles such as Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, is coming to the Mac in April.

Valve's library of games will be making the jump from Windows Machines, including Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series.
'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.'
Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve, said the partners who sell games through the Steam online service, are 'very excited' about embracing the Mac platform. The statement would imply that developers other than Valve intend to make their titles compatible with the Mac.
'Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge,' Holtman said. 'For example, Steam Play, in combination with the Steam Cloud, allows a gamer playing on their work PC to go home and pick up playing the same game at the same point on their home Mac. We expect most developers and publishers to take advantage of Steam Play.'
In addition, Valve confirmed that the forthcoming Portal 2 game will be the company's first simultaneous release for both Mac and Windows.
'Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step,' said Josh Weier, project lead for Portal 2. 'We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC. This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac.'
'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.'

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Steam is one of the most popular online gaming stores for gamers everywhere and it's not just for PC, you can enjoy Steam on your Mac too!

Here's how to install and download games using Steam for Mac.

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How to install Steam on Mac

In case you haven't installed Steam on your Mac already, here's how.

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  1. Go to steampowered.com in your browser.

  2. Click Install Steam.

  3. Click Install Steam Now.

  4. Click the show downloads button. Depending on the browser, this may open automatically when the file finishes downloading.

  5. Double-click on steam.dmg to launch the installer.

  6. Click on Agree button.

  7. Drag Steam into the applications folder.

  8. Exit the window.

How to download a Steam game onto your Mac

  1. Launch Steam from the Launchpad.

  2. Wait for Steam to update.

  3. Tap Create New Account or Log in into an existing account if you have one.

  4. Go through the necessary steps to create an account.

  5. Click Store.

  6. Browse the store for a game you want to download. You'll need to make sure it's compatible with Mac. You'll see the Apple logo on any game that can be played on Mac.

  7. Click on the title you want to download.

  8. Click Add to Cart.

  9. Click Purchase for myself.

  10. Select your payment method.

  11. Fill out your payment information.

  12. Click Continue.

  13. Click the checkbox to agree to the terms.

  14. Click Purchase.

From here your game will begin to download, and you can start playing as soon as it's done, so go nuts!

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