Steam for Mac Release Date!

[iphoneprogrammer]

Steam for mac is slated for a May 12th release date!!!!

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/04/30/valve_confirms_steam_for_mac_release_date

[KGameLover1]

Steam for mac is slated for a May 12th release date!!!!

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/04/30/valve_confirms_steam_for_mac_release_date

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I'M SO FRICKING EXCITED!

L4D2, and Portal! And Half-Life! And everything!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

[superbad]

Fist meet air!

[Kamazar]

yes.

[The Bat Outta Hell]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I'M SO FRICKING EXCITED!

L4D2, and Portal! And Half-Life! And everything!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I'll be waiting for you newbies on L4D2 and TF2 when it comes out.

[iphoneprogrammer]

I'll be waiting for you newbies on L4D2 and TF2 when it comes out.

i will rape you in L4D2

[worldcup1100]

That is so much sooner than I expected... it's gonna be awesome.

[d1]

[Insert link to Jizz in my pants] Lol

[Hmar9333]

I don't really care. Good for you guys, but I think macs are kinda lame....

Buy a PC, catch up with the times!

Gotta love them iPod Touches and iPads though ;)

[Rocketman919]

I don't really care. Good for you guys, but I think macs are kinda lame....

Buy a PC, catch up with the times!

Gotta love them iPod Touches and iPads though ;)

Isnt that statement backwards? Im pretty sure that the number of Mac buyers increases every year.

[d1]

I don't really care. Good for you guys, but I think PCs are kinda lame....

Buy a Mac, catch up with the times!

Gotta love them iPod Touches and iPads though ;)

Fixed that for you.

[Hmar9333]

Isnt that statement backwards? Im pretty sure that the number of Mac buyers increases every year.
Mmm.... but I'm still talking about gaming here.

Anyway, I don't think Macs are inherently bad but.... I think this picture best describes my opinion of computers:

http://x41.xanga.com/396f1747d2d30234018840/b184716392.jpg

[kcur]

Mmm.... but I'm still talking about gaming here.

Anyway, I don't think Macs are inherently bad but.... I think this picture best describes my opinion of computers:

http://x41.xanga.com/396f1747d2d30234018840/b184716392.jpg

Some how I just can't see a blue collar employee working on a skyscraper in his cubicle living off of doughnuts and coffee riding that.

[Hmar9333]

Some how I just can't see a blue collar employee working on a skyscraper in his cubicle living off of doughnuts and coffee riding that.
Neither can I. What does that have to do with anything?

[kcur]

Just that most people that I had described use PCs

[iphoneprogrammer]

PCs are like assholes, everyone's got one but they don't want to admit it. Any who i will be playing L4D2 and UT3 Black edition as soon as i install steam!

[MidianGTX]

PCs are like assholes, everyone's got one but they don't want to admit it. Any who i will be playing L4D2 and UT3 Black edition as soon as i install steam!

I'll admit it. I'll also admit that my MacBook f***ed up the other day by resetting it's time and date which in turn killed the airport somehow and also stopped me accessing Adium, Dropbox and a ton of other apps even after I'd managed to get it back to normal. Can't remember the last time my PC went wrong.

[Hmar9333]

PCs are like assholes, everyone's got one but they don't want to admit it. Any who i will be playing L4D2 and UT3 Black edition as soon as i install steam!

....

So essentially you're saying "PC's are like assholes, everyone hates them... I can't wait to install this PC spawn (faeces) on my Mac! Who wants to play with me!"

Mmmm....

[sureshvs]

BTW, I've seen these articles about Valve bringing Steam to the Mac. But, have they confirmed that it means all their titles are coming to the Mac too? As in, is it a "Steam client for Mac", or is it "Steam and Valve games for Mac"?

[oldskooler81]

"- It will be Intel only, PowerPC will not be supported.
- Source games will not run are not supported on the X3100 or 900-series Intel chipsets. An anonymous source in the Beta program told me that while the X3100 and 900-series GMAs are not officially supported, you can still run Mac Portal, and get 10-15 FPS on lowest settings on the X3100.
- An anonymous source in the Beta program told me that while the X3100 and 900-series GMAs are not officially supported, you can still run Mac Portal, and get 10-15 FPS on lowest settings on the X3100.
- Steam Play mean[s] that you do not need to purchase separate Windows and Mac versions of the same game. Implementation will probably depend on the publisher. ]
- The Steam Overlay will require "Enable access for assistive devices" checked in System Preferences -> Universal Access.
- (Some?) games will require the Windows Media Components for Quicktime.
- Mac games will get their own category automatically.
- The Steam Store may sell Mac-exclusive games.
- It will not be released on Monday the 26th, but will come later. GameInformer allegedly pins the release to May, despite Valve announcing April.
- Steam and Source will run natively, not through Wine/Cider/Crossover/etc.
- Source will run on OpenGL.
- Mac OS X will be treated "as a tier-1 platform."
- Mac OS X and Windows users will play on the same servers, join the same lobbies, etc.


Found this and it may be just what betas say but it clears some things

[iphoneprogrammer]

BTW, I've seen these articles about Valve bringing Steam to the Mac. But, have they confirmed that it means all their titles are coming to the Mac too? As in, is it a "Steam client for Mac", or is it "Steam and Valve games for Mac"?

It is a Steam Client for mac. Soon they will have all of the games available for mac, but only a certain amount on the release date (I think this is the case.) The PC versions of games will be released simultaneously alongside the Mac versions. So I can finally play MW2 on my Mac....sometime in the future.

[sureshvs]

Thanks oldskooler and iphoneprogrammer. Then it's definitely something to look forward to! Oh well ... only 12 more days. 288 hours. 17,280 minutes .. aaaargh. Can't wait! :D

[oldskooler81]

Thanks oldskooler and iphoneprogrammer. Then it's definitely something to look forward to! Oh well ... only 12 more days. 288 hours. 17,280 minutes .. aaaargh. Can't wait! :D

I know Portal is my most favorite game and I cant believe there is a two and its coming for mac
I am so happy
but then there is CS5 getting released the 11th so not sure whats more anticipation

[KGameLover1]

I know Portal is my most favorite game and I cant believe there is a two and its coming for mac
I am so happy
but then there is CS5 getting released the 11th so not sure whats more anticipation

I bought Portal for PC one day, and Cider'd it (which took about a week's time of work). I could finally play it on my Mac, however, the bonuses don't work. So glad that I can finally get them.


You know what we need next? Steam for iPad! :p

[sureshvs]

I wish the Source tools come over too. I know that's probably asking for too much, but nothing wrong in wishing, right? :)

You know what we need next? Steam for iPad! :p

Heh, right ... that'll be the day.

[oldskooler81]

You know what we need next? Steam for iPad! :p

You know there will be a hack for that
lqtm

[synther]

Now Mac users can discover that Apple lies about their GPU's, wich aren't as fast as Apple tells us(well, you Mac users) at Apple.com.

[sureshvs]

Now Mac users can discover that Apple lies about their GPU's, wich aren't as fast as Apple tells us(well, you Mac users) at Apple.com.

Well, it runs the game just fine in Bootcamp, so ...

[iphoneprogrammer]

Now Mac users can discover that Apple lies about their GPU's, wich aren't as fast as Apple tells us(well, you Mac users) at Apple.com.

Of course apple lied to us....its their totalitarian "customers believe what we tell them or else" attitude