Valve teases a Mac release of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2
Oh Lordy. Looks like Valve is planning to make a Mac announcement, and while it might not be quite as far-reaching as bringing the whole platform over, they might as well start with all of their blockbuster games. It's also possible that this is related to the secret message hunt going on the PC version of Portal, which itself seemed to be hinting at an announcement of Portal 2 or even the long-awaited Half-Life 3.
Whatever the announcement, it looks like Valve will have something to tell us at GDC next week. I'll be there with ears open -- if we hear that Valve is bringing some or all of their catalog to our platform, you'll be the first to know.
Update: Our game-obsessed friends at Joystiq have gotten copies of five of the images (there appear to be six total, according to the dots on the image above), and you can see them all in the gallery below. The rest of the images show the Steam platform itself, and Francis from Left 4 Dead. Awesome.
Update 2: Looks like Macworld got the last image. You hurt us, Valve. But we still love you anyway -- how can we not after seeing that "rest of us" ad parody for Steam below?
Gallery: Valve Mac faux ads
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Michael said 3:41PM on 3-03-2010
Could this mean I don't have to switch to Windows on my PC to get some Half-life action on? I'm not exactly sure how I will be able to play this using my Magic Mouse??!! (I've got a wired optical as well, just thought it was a funny idea)
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Michael said 3:42PM on 3-03-2010
I meant to say on my MacBook Pro.
Tallest Skil said 3:59PM on 3-03-2010
I already don't have to switch. No, not virtualization, unauthorized Cider port, which will be no different than what Valve releases, anyway.
Will said 3:49PM on 3-03-2010
It's gonna be awesome to play CS:S and Half Life on my Macbook Pro!
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Michael B. said 4:04PM on 3-03-2010
Gordon's armor is modeled after the original Bondi blue iMacs and Power Macs.
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ElevatorHappyFun said 4:10PM on 3-03-2010
Dear Bootcamp,
You're Fired.
With Regards,
MacBook Pro
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David Chartier said 4:25PM on 3-03-2010
We just got what is presumably the final image at Macworld. Mail caught Valve's message in spam so I didn't see it for an hour or two.
http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.html
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LTsukasa said 4:32PM on 3-03-2010
That's not Louis. That's Francis.
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Will said 4:32PM on 3-03-2010
I think I just peed a little. TF2 is the best multilayer best game ever. I was so addicted on my PS3 but EA refused to fix all the glitches and it became unplayable. I have been considering buying crossover just to play it - but if they release a native mac version. Joy. Not to mention Portal.
Sweet.
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Fljotavik said 4:59PM on 3-03-2010
I think this is the best thing to happen to Macs in years.
This is what I hoped for when I kicked my Bootcamp Partition a month ago.
Goodbye messy Windows, you won't be missed.
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ToddFSU said 5:18PM on 3-03-2010
Wow, L4D, TF2, HL2... I can't even type a good comment I'm so excited. No more boot camp!
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I never really was on your side said 5:23PM on 3-03-2010
I can't belive this..... I just broke down and finally used bootcamp on my Imac to run windows 7 primarly because I wanted to play TF2. The PS3 version has gotten old and is super buggy! valve and steam you are my heroes!
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Mark said 5:31PM on 3-03-2010
Dammit. I just bought Portal for Windows on Steam this morning.
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Gaz Beirne said 5:37PM on 3-03-2010
Hopefully it'll be a buy-once-for-all-platforms type deal.
DJFriar said 5:33PM on 3-03-2010
This is awesome and so very huge for gaming on the Mac. This could be THE shot in the arm the Mac needs to get gaming seriously looked at on our side. Freakin' Sweet!
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moo083 said 5:36PM on 3-03-2010
I hope I can download games for Mac that I already bought in Bootcamp for PC. You think they'll allow that?
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Liquidmark said 6:32PM on 3-03-2010
Um, kinda late to the game Valve.
You were talking crap about Mac users that wanted to play your games a couple years ago and wanted to charge Aspyr a ton-o-cash for a license to port.
Sorry, not interested in your table scraps Valve.
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Ross M. W. Bennetts said 6:53PM on 3-03-2010
Interesting timing... I'm thinking maybe iPad games...
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Paul Herz said 10:10PM on 3-03-2010
I had a mini heart-attack when I read this. Good Lord, I've been waiting for this forever!
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Shunnabunich said 7:14PM on 3-03-2010
This is good news IF they're doing an honest-to-God native port of the Source engine, and not going anywhere near Cider.
That said, these are hands-down the best Apple spoofs I've ever seen, because they mean so much themselves. My favourites are the "1984" one with Alyx, followed by the turret one. (I wonder what they were thinking of when they designed the Aperture turret? Yeah.) This could be one of the most exciting things, or biggest disappointments, ever to hit the Mac platform. Knowing Valve, I can't help but hope it's the former.
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