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Crazy summer Steam sale includes some fantastic Mac games

by Chris White (Jun 28th, 2010)

The PC gaming community has long enjoyed the ridiculously awesome Steam sales Valve loves to break out during holidays and at other fun times of the year. The sales deliver game bundles for crazy cheap prices, even on AAA current titles. Steam's summer sale kicked off a couple of days ago. For ...

TUAW's Daily App: Leap Sheep! HD

by Mike Schramm (Jun 28th, 2010)

I'm actually writing this post very, very, very late on Sunday night. I was up far too late working and playing video games, so a game like Leap Sheep! HD turns out to be perfect for this time of day. Leap Sheep is the first iPhone game from Turtle Rock Studios, a company that's worked with Valve ...

Counter-Strike Source out for Mac

by Mike Schramm (Jun 24th, 2010)

Just in case you missed it yesterday, Counter-Strike is now available ... wait for it ... for the Mac. Yes, possibly the most premiere PC game of all time is now playable (specifically the Source version) natively on the Mac, thanks to Valve's own Steam distribution service. And it's another Steam ...

OS X grabs 8% share on Steam

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2010)

Valve has released the first Steam Hardware Survey since their Steam platform released for the Mac, and OS X has gained 8% of the market share already in its various iterations. Most of the Mac users are running 10.6.3, not surprising, given that those most likely to have the latest operating ...

Steam for Mac: Uses OpenGL, Intel-only, 10.5 or higher

by Chris Rawson (Apr 26th, 2010)

Details have emerged regarding Valve's release of its Steam games platform for the Mac. Forum sleuths at Steam's site have put together a list entitled "What we think/know about Steam for Mac" that gives us some information about the forthcoming release of Steam for OS X. Among the more ...

Waiting for Left 4 Dead on the Mac? Wait a little longer

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 26th, 2010)

Back in March, the Mac gaming world got excited when Valve announced their Steam gaming software was coming to the Mac -- along with Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half Life series. The same day, Valve said Steam would ship in April, to be proceeded by a beta test in ...

Valve calls for Steam for Mac beta testers

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 27th, 2010)

Several readers tipped us off yesterday that Valve has put the call out to Mac beta testers. To be considered for the Steam for Mac beta you simply need to go to the Mac beta page and log in using your Steam account user name and password. If you don't have one, you can quickly register. Once ...

Valve: Coming to the Mac is "biggest event in Steam's history"

by Mike Schramm (Mar 18th, 2010)

The good folks at Joystiq got to sit down and talk with John Cook, the director of Steam at Valve, and he says there's probably no comparison to the news about Steam coming to the Mac -- it is "the biggest event in Steam's history." He says that not only is it big news for the company and its ...

Valve on Mac piques interest from other game developers

by Chris Rawson (Mar 10th, 2010)

Now that Valve has committed to offering full support for the Mac for both its in-house games and Steam, its digital game delivery system, other developers are expressing interest in the Mac as a gaming platform, too. Gas Powered Games, creator of Supreme Commander 2, Kings and Castles, and ...

Valve: Steam, games coming to Mac in April

by Dave Caolo (Mar 8th, 2010)

Valve announced on Monday that several of its popular titles, and both Steam and Storm, will be coming to the Mac in April. We anticipated this, based on the upcoming Gameinformer issue report, but now it's official! Game titles we can expect to see include Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, ...

Gameinformer: Portal 2 confirmed for Mac, Steam on the way for May

by Chris Rawson (Mar 7th, 2010)

Scans from the April 2010 issue of Gameinformer have confirmed that Portal 2, the sequel to Valve's wildly popular and critically acclaimed game Portal, will be released in fall of 2010 for the Xbox 360, PC, and Mac (as reported on MacRumors). No, your eyes do not deceive you: Portal 2 is coming to ...

Valve teases a Mac release of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2

by Mike Schramm (Mar 3rd, 2010)

Even I was dubious about the rumor the other day of Steam coming to the Mac, but now here's something straight from Valve hinting that it might actually happen. MacRumors got an image of Half-Life's Gordon Freeman via email... with an Apple logo on his chest. MacNN got another picture, this one ...

Rumor: Steam coming to the Mac?

by Mike Schramm (Feb 26th, 2010)

Telltale Games recently held a Mac revolution, and that was a nice piece of news for Mac gamers, but this would be a "game-changer": Valve may be considering bringing their Steam platform over to the Mac. They released the beta version of the new UI for their digital game delivery system, and a few ...