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So is Space Giraffe the only controller enabled game in that pack?
LovingSteam said:
gregor7777 said:So is Space Giraffe the only controller enabled game in that pack?
brain_stew said:Grid Runner is, dunno about the rest.
My girlfriend would like that but how would it work with older games? Will future games be forced to work on mac and PC. It essentially splits the steam community.LovingSteam said:
gregor7777 said:Someone on the previous page said it didn't support the controller. Perhaps I should start downloading demos.
I'm assuming Valve is just announcing that their stuff (presumably just Orange Box and maybe L4D) will be ported to Mac. Other pubs would be free to have Mac versions also.Fox318 said:My girlfriend would like that but how would it work with older games? Will future games be forced to work on mac and PC. It essentially splits the steam community.
Doytch said:I'm assuming Valve is just announcing that their stuff (presumably just Orange Box and maybe L4D) will be ported to Mac. Other pubs would be free to have Mac versions also.
Doytch said:I'm assuming Valve is just announcing that their stuff (presumably just Orange Box and maybe L4D) will be ported to Mac. Other pubs would be free to have Mac versions also.
I would assume that if they included the store component on Mac it would be completely separate to the PC. I'm not expecting to be able to download portal on Mac because I already have it on my PC account for example.Fox318 said:My girlfriend would like that but how would it work with older games? Will future games be forced to work on mac and PC. It essentially splits the steam community.
Yeah I just said maybe because I've only seen Portal, TF2 and HL refs in those pics. From how Valve's acted as a company, I'd be really surprised if they made you repurchase.brain_stew said:Wonder if it requires a repurchase or not. If they're porting Source over anyway, I don't see why they'd leave out the L4D games, it'd just be leaving money on the table.
Yeah...OGL has different priorities than DX, so that's why it's behind on gaming features. But a lot of games do get ported to Mac...I think EA is pretty good at putting them out, albeit a few months post-launch. Popcap has mac versions. Telltale is planning on porting to Mac.panda21 said:the problem with mac is no directX, so it requires a whole new port of the game (and most people with macs have laptops/minis/imacs with shitty mobile video cards), and last i heard opengl wasn't close to keeping up with direct x feature wise any more.
panda21 said:the problem with mac is no directX, so it requires a whole new port of the game (and most people with macs have laptops/minis/imacs with shitty mobile video cards), and last i heard opengl wasn't close to keeping up with direct x feature wise any more.
gregor7777 said:So is Space Giraffe the only controller enabled game in that pack?
Doytch said:Yeah...OGL has different priorities than DX, so that's why it's behind on gaming features. But a lot of games do get ported to Mac...I think EA is pretty good at putting them out, albeit a few months post-launch. Popcap has mac versions. Telltale is planning on porting to Mac.
Firestorm said:We've known a Mac version of Steam was coming since we saw the OSX files in the new UI update.
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Interesting. When you say virtualised, do you mean it includes a user-space 'Windows' API like Wine/Codeweavers?brain_stew said:It should be noted that EA don't actually port games to Mac anymore. Their Mac releases just run virtualised PC code.
OpenGL is definitely behind DirectX but then Source is hardly at the cutting edge either and is strictly a DirectX9 based engine, so its a non-issue.
Valve humour > *
I wonder if this is inadvertently good news for PS3 owners.panda21 said:the problem with mac is no directX, so it requires a whole new port of the game (and most people with macs have laptops/minis/imacs with shitty mobile video cards), and last i heard opengl wasn't close to keeping up with direct x feature wise any more.
crimsonheadGCN said:http://i.imagehost.org/0918/image-o-matic_x.jpg
Confirmed?
There's still a few leftover DX9.0c features that don't have a proper OpenGL equivalent and it's all made worse by Apple's shitty drivers: several features past OpenGL 2.0 have implementation issues and their GLSL compiler is full of bugs. Some of which can take the entire system down, BTW.Big Chief Crazy Cone said:Isn't OpenGL 3.0 supposed to see some improvements in 10.6.3? If they require that version, they'd be shutting out a lot of the community, since according to some stats gathered a few months back, most people still use 10.5.
M3d10n said:There's still a few leftover DX9.0c features that don't have a proper OpenGL equivalent and it's all made worse by Apple's shitty drivers: several features past OpenGL 2.0 have implementation issues and their GLSL compiler is full of bugs. Some of which can take the entire system down, BTW.
diss said:I'm bracing myself for epic disappointment in the form of a half assed Aspyr port of the Orange Box.
Doytch said:Interesting. When you say virtualised, do you mean it includes a user-space 'Windows' API like Wine/Codeweavers?
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Acidote said:I'm sure this will be announced along with a new title. Well, I hope :lol
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/03/valves-big-fat-hint-steam-for-macs/Rock Paper Shot Gun said:Oh, Valve: theyre playing us like a harp this week, and frankly we dont mind a jot when its this much fun. While everyones busy nattering about the Portal 2 (OR IS IT?) ARG, they slip a little something extra into the RPS inbox. Thatll be the picture above, then. Which youll want to click on right away, in order to admire it in its full bigness. The instant response from all of us, aside from excited and grateful cooing noises, was guh? But what does it mean? Were not very clever sometimes.
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/03/valve-teases-upcoming-half-life-release-for-mac/MacRumors said:MacRumors today received a teaser image from Valve appearing to show Gordon Freeman, protagonist of Valve's Half-Life video game series, with an Apple logo on his chest. The image was accompanied with the following explanation: "In anticipation of an upcoming announcement from Valve."
http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/03/03/teaser.hints.at.portal.team.fortress.2/MacNN said:Valve is indeed planning to port some of its most popular games to the Mac, confirms the developer's marketing VP, Doug Lombardi. A teaser image (seen below) makes reference to Apple's famous "Get a Mac" ads, and the characters of Mac and PC played by Justin Long and John Hodgman. Standing in their place are turrets from Portal and Team Fortress 2, implying that these will be two of the first games to be ported.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62617Shacknews said:A mysterious image from developer Valve--the company behind hits like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal and Team Fortress 2--just hit the Shacknews inbox: 04_Heavy_Sandvich.jpg
"In anticipation of an upcoming announcement from Valve," was all we were told.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/valve-teases-forthcoming-announcementEuroggamer said:Valve has sent Eurogamer a teaser image for something to do with Left 4 Dead.
Check it out below. It was accompanied by a note that said: "In anticipation of an upcoming announcement from Valve."
The Apple-esque stamp in the top right, complete with "I hate different" tagline, suggests we may be seeing something Mac or iPhone-related.
http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.htmlMacworld said:A source at Valve shared the screenshot below with Macworld in anticipation of an upcoming announcement, and it couldnt deliver this news to anxious Mac gamers in any better way. To make sure were all on the same page when reading this image: it depicts Alyx Vance, a key character in Half Life 2, reenacting Apples famous 1984 commercial by throwing a crowbar (the trademark weapon of Half Life protagonist Gordon Freeman) at series villain Dr. Breen (not to be confused with our own not-at-all-villainous Senior Editor).
Awesome news, more people deserve to find out how great Shatter is.Mario said:We just announced Shatter for PC which will be released via Steam.
Mario said:We just announced Shatter for PC which will be released via Steam
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand March 3, 2010 Sidhe, New Zealand's largest game production studio, today announced that award-winning its original title, Shatter® is coming to PC. Shatter PC will feature new PC-exclusive game modes including Endless Mode, Endless Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack, and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer.
Shatter PSN won IGNs Best PlayStation Store Game of 2009, and the Best Downloadable Award at the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) Game Developers Awards 2009. Now, PC gamers will have the opportunity to play the game, which will be available on Steam in the coming weeks and also feature Steam achievements and leaderboards.
Bringing Shatter to new audiences has always been our goal, said Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe. Following the warm reception we received for the PlayStation 3 version, taking Shatter to PC on the Steam platform was a natural next step.
About Shatter® for PC
Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.
Key Features:
- Innovative controls, physics effects, power-ups, special attacks, and boss battles which combine to provide an experience that is always interactive.
- Story Mode, Boss Rush, Bonus Mode, and all new game modes Endless Mode, Endless Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack Mode and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer
- A Vibrant 3D Style presented across 10 distinct worlds in high resolution.
- A fully scored soundtrack featuring over 90 minutes of award winning original music
- Steam Leaderboards and Achievements for all modes
For more information on Shatter, visit: www.shattergame.com
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Note for anybody with the PSN version looking to double dip for the new modes, we are planning to roll the new modes back into the PSN version.
Mario said:We just announced Shatter for PC which will be released via Steam
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what was that?celebi23 said:Damn, was going to make the Steam Mac topic & then saw this one. Anyhoo, here's the images with links to the original stories
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/03/valves-big-fat-hint-steam-for-macs/
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/03/valve-teases-upcoming-half-life-release-for-mac/
http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/03/03/teaser.hints.at.portal.team.fortress.2/
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62617
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/valve-teases-forthcoming-announcement
http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.html