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Bioshock for Mac on October 7th
I can personally attest to Bioshock being a terrific game, but the problem is that probably, many of you can as well. Let's be honest -- it actually came out for PC and consoles a full two years ago. At this point, a Mac port is probably useless, but it's coming out anyway. Feral Interactive has announced that they'll be releasing the port on October 7th of this year, so those of you Mac diehards who refuse to play games on any other platforms can finally get your fix. The game will be released for $49.95 in the US, and can be preordered on Feral's store right now. Or, you know, you can run out to Best Buy, pick up a copy for $20 and run it in Boot Camp, it's up to you.
If you are going for the Mac version, however, you should know that the game doesn't support the Intel GMA integrated video cards, so you'll need a dedicated video card in your Mac to play it. Bioshock is a great game, as I've said, and if you really stretch it out, it might give you a good six months of free time entertainment -- just in time for you to pick up the Mac port of Hellgate: London, a game released in December of 2007. Oh wait.
If you are going for the Mac version, however, you should know that the game doesn't support the Intel GMA integrated video cards, so you'll need a dedicated video card in your Mac to play it. Bioshock is a great game, as I've said, and if you really stretch it out, it might give you a good six months of free time entertainment -- just in time for you to pick up the Mac port of Hellgate: London, a game released in December of 2007. Oh wait.
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ElevatorHappyFun said 8:41PM on 9-24-2009
I JUST picked up a copy of 'Oblivion' and 'Bioshock' double pack for $30 at BestBuy.
$50.00 is way to much for a 2-3 yr old game. I say $30.00 would be fine.
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ElevatorHappyFun said 8:46PM on 9-24-2009
For those wondering (in Boot Camp)
I have the original Unibody Macbook, 2.0 Ghz, 2.0 GB RAM, GeForce 9400M
Oblivion runs well with "High Settings" (long draw landscape + bloom lighting + 4x AA)
with good settings it runs super fast
BioShock is about the same.
joeybeast said 10:02AM on 9-25-2009
What resolution are you running?
The 9400m is a lot more powerful than I thought.
Aaron said 11:53AM on 9-25-2009
You're right -- $50 is far too much money for such an old game. People were pissed that Bioshock took so long to get to the PS3, and that was about a year ago!
I wonder when we will get BioShock 2? 2019?
ElevatorHappyFun said 7:49PM on 9-28-2009
Joey,
I run it 1280x720 or 1280x800 i forget which.
Yes i know one is 16x9 and the other is 16x10.... when emersed in the game i dont notice often.
adam said 8:44PM on 9-24-2009
serious facepalm...
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Chroma said 8:44PM on 9-24-2009
marketing/development fail
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Maccadude33 said 9:11PM on 9-24-2009
And yet the sequel is just coming around the corner...
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BOK said 9:47PM on 9-24-2009
Can't wait to play the sequel in 2012. Or, you know, next February.
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Martin said 10:23PM on 9-24-2009
I can't wait to upgrade to a Macbook Pro and ditch integrated graphics.
At least Blizzard had the wherewithal to get WoW onto every computer possible, including ones with integrated graphics.
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kanebake said 11:10AM on 9-28-2009
That is still considered integrated graphics. Just better. Until you can swap out graphics cards in and out in laptops integrated is all you will get.
There was a movement lead by nVidia i think to make a standardized graphics card port for laptops.
alex cutter said 10:32PM on 9-24-2009
2 years late = BitTorrent
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Shunnabunich said 10:55PM on 9-24-2009
Yeah, why? Anyone who wanted to play Bioshock has played it on Windows or whatever other platforms it's available on by now. Aside from being priced straight out of the market, it's guaranteed to run like complete ass compared to any other platform because they're not going to go through any more effort than some dude sitting in his bedroom with a copy of Crossover Games. I suppose, though, that as long as Apple continues to be ice-cold to the idea of games on the Mac, this kind of tripe is inevitable.
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KarlW said 10:59AM on 9-25-2009
I haven't. I was hoping the Mac port would tone things down a bit to get it running on the GMA machines.
Doh!
Josiah said 10:59PM on 9-24-2009
I just picked up Bioshock for Windows for $5 from Direct2Drive.com
http://www.direct2drive.com/2/4645/product/Buy-BioShock-Download
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Paul D said 12:31AM on 9-25-2009
Actually, I'll probably buy it. :) I don't run Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro.
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ghostshadow said 2:30AM on 9-25-2009
Just in time for Bioshock 2. I doubt we'll see bioshock 2 for another 5 years. I sure do wish they would release an update to Soldier of Fortune 2. I know it's never going to happen, but I can dream.
This is very very frustrating. I wish more companies followed the path of Blizzard. They make fantastic games and they release them on multiple platforms. Take WoW for example. It's on PC and Mac! The install discs have the same version for each operating system. There should be no reason for developers to not release mac binaries.
Yeah, I know. PC / Windows gaming market dominates the Mac gaming market. Probably always will. Also, just saying that means the market will always be small because no one has the guts to release their games on the Mac platform. The games are guaranteed to sell, people want current games on the mac. There is no reason not to put them out there.
I think it hurts business more when they have third party companies porting over these games, because twice as many resources and twice as much manpower has to go back into the game to re-release it on another platform. You would think they would cut costs if they'd just release it for both platforms, mac and pc. I mean hell, half of the new games now are out on most consoles, handhelds, and what not. The Mac is the only one that isn't getting any gaming love.
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notworksafe said 2:53AM on 9-25-2009
There's a Mac port of Hellgate: London coming? I thought the servers for that game already went down...
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Ulug Tarkan said 5:57AM on 9-25-2009
Hmm.. Thought it was Bioshcok2 coming up. Unfortunately not. Then what the hack am i gonna use this game for when i already have completed the game 1 year ago on PS3?
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N I T E said 7:06AM on 9-25-2009
I wants it..My precious! :)
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