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GOG adds 10 games for OSX: Guilty Gear, Rise of the Triad and more

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:30:00 EST

GOG has added 10 more jams to its ever-growing list of OSX-compatible games, almost all of which have never been available on an Apple platform previously.

Mac folk running OSX 10.6.8 or newer can now partake in Syndicate Wars, Rise of the Triad: Dark War, Blade Stone: Planet Strike, Strike Commander, Slipstream 5000, Darklands and Litil Divil. Anyone with OSX 10.7 or newer can also pick up Evil Genius, the phenomenal Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and the experimental (for better or worse) Guilty Gear Isuka. As is typically the case at GOG, most of these games also include bonus goodies, ranging from digital manuals, to wallpapers and complete soundtracks.

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Half-Life now runs on Mac OS X and Linux, we assure you

David Hinkle — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:30:00 EST

Now with a Steam page that doesn't expressly list Mac as a supported platform, we understand your skepticism regarding the headline to this very post. Indeed Half-Life has been ported to both OS X and Linux today.

We tried it on OS X and it totally worked, though we've yet to try it on Linux. Odds are if you have a Steam account, you probably already own Half-Life - but if for some reason you need to purchase this iconic shooter, it'll set you back $9.99 on Steam right now.

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GOG launches Mac support, 50 games available now

Jessica Conditt — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:35:00 EST

Good Old Games is expanding to include not only Mac games, but PC games for Mac. Right now GOG has 50 games available for Mac, 28 of which are only on GOG. Games include: Syndicate, the Ultima and Wing Commander franchises, The Witcher 2 (all out for the first time on Mac today), Machinarium, FTL, Syndicate, Sim City 2000, Dungeon Keeper, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers and Crusader: No Remorse. Find the complete list of Mac games on GOG here.

GOG is hosting a Mac sale today, which includes The Witcher Enhanced Edition, Crusader: No Remorse, Theme Hospital, Little Big Adventure, Postal Classic and Uncut, and Simcity 2000 for half off.

All GOG games are hybrid, meaning both Mac and PC versions come for one price: Buy it for PC, own it for Mac and vice versa. GOG hosts a native OS X downloader app as well. There are eight free games available for Mac users to test out the system, including Beneath a Steel Sky, Tyrian 2000, Ultima 4 and Warsaw.

Thanks for not making liars out of us, GOG.

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Sanctum coming to Mac Aug. 13, beta now open

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:00:00 EST

Coffee Stain Studios' first-person shooter/tower defense game Sanctum will be making the jet boot-assisted leap from PC to Macs on Monday, August 13, by way of Steam. In preparation, a beta test of the Mac version has opened and anyone who currently owns the PC version of Sanctum should be able to download the Mac client from their Steam library and get poppin'.

People who don't own the PC version and yet are interested in the Mac version can apply for a beta key through this Google doc.

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Wasteland 2 will include the original Wasteland

David Hinkle — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:30:00 EST

While we imagine most who are eager to play Wasteland 2 have fond memories of playing the original RPG and might possibly still own it, InXile is still tossing it in free of charge with each copy of Wasteland 2. It is due in no small part to the aid of EA, the publisher of the original Wasteland.

InXile's Brian Fargo says including the classic PC game was the biggest request during Wasteland 2's Kickstarter campaign. "Fortunately EA has continued to support us on this project and has granted us the ability to bring the original to the players," Fargo said. "It is great to be able to make Wasteland available for those feeling nostalgic or who want to experience it for the first time. It certainly will not be a pre-requisite to understand Wasteland 2, but it adds some extra flavor if you did play the prequel."

Wasteland 2 is currently on track to launch sometime next year.

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PSA: The 7th Guest free on iOS and Mac App store today

Ben Gilbert — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:45:00 EST

In 1993, we were too busy getting our chat room trolling on to play classic adventure games like The 7th Guest. Thankfully for us, modern technology lets us revisit older works via new platforms. The 7th Guest, for instance, has been available for quite some time on iOS and OS X.

But hey, maybe you - like us - have yet to purchase Trilobyte's seminal work? You'll be glad to hear, then, that the OS X and iOS versions of The 7th Guest are totally free today in celebration of May Day. We're not second-guessing it either! Free game!

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PSA: Bastion now available on the Mac App Store

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:00:00 EST

If you don't have access to a PC or an Xbox 360 or Google's OS-independent Chrome browser, and yet your need to play Bastion simply cannot be satiated or forgotten, your hope for a narration-filled future is probably starting to wear pretty thin. What other possible form of digital distribution could placate your need for tonics, shards and acoustic guitars?

Rest your weary head, traveller - there's light at the end of your remarkably specific tunnel: The Mac App Store has what you need, all for $14.99.

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Witcher 1: Enhanced Edition now on OSX, Witcher 2: EE gets free backup on GOG.com

Jordan Mallory — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:15:00 EST

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is now available for OSX via Steam for $9.99, CD Projekt has just announced. The port requires OSX 10.6.8 or newer, an Intel Core 2 Duo (or better) and roughly 11 gigs of free space. Since it's a SteamPlay title, users who have purchased The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut from Steam on PC will automatically receive the OSX version, and vice versa.

CD Projekt also announced that every copy of The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition includes a complimentary, DRM-free backup copy at GOG.com, regardless of where the game is actually purchased. Said backups also include any extras that may have been included with whatever version of Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition you purchased, such as art books and soundtracks.

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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition getting OSX version, cross-platform multiplayer

Jordan Mallory — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:00:00 EST

OSX users looking to get their nostalgia on with Overhaul Games' Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition won't have to resort to Boot Camp black magic. The game will be natively OSX compatible, according to Beamdog creative director Trent Oster.

All three ports will reportedly "play similar," despite the fact that the iPad version uses a touch interface. Oster also announced cross-platform multiplayer for the title, which does exactly what it sounds like by allowing PC, OSX and iPad users to all Baldur around together in the same games. Console players, however, may never get chance to join in all these reindeer games, as Beamdog is "pursuing a non-console strategy."

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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter passes $1.5 million, game coming to OS X and Linux

David Hinkle — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:30:00 EST

When Brian Fargo revealed his Kickstarter project to fund Wasteland 2, he laid out some goals. One of those tiers was $1.5 million, which at the time seemed kind of ridiculous. It has since been pledged by backers, meaning Wasteland 2 will also be available on Mac OS X and Linux at launch.

Wasteland 2 has well exceeded its original goal of raising $900,000 on Kickstarter, and there are still 24 days to go. We don't expect it'll beat Double Fine's current record-level of pledges, but we're certainly ready to be surprised again.

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Next OS X update blocks unsigned apps by default, unless security adjusted [update]

Jordan Mallory — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST

[Update: The original version of this article incorrectly conveyed the restrictiveness of the default security in this OS X update, and has been edited to reflect the scope of software affected. Joystiq apologizes for the error.]

Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, which just started its "Developer Preview" period and will be released to the populous sometime this year, features a security protocol called Gatekeeper, which prevents unsigned applications from running, depending on user preferences. Gamasutra reports Gatekeeper is set to only allow applications from the Mac App Store and from developer who've registered with Apple.

This means that, for any games and apps made by designers who have not registered with Apple, you will have to adjust Gatekeeper's initial restrictions.

Since you can allow content from unidentified/non-App Store sources, it doesn't seem like the system itself is inherently malicious or anti-gaming. It is, however, prohibitive, and may affect off-store apps downloaded by users unfamiliar with Gatekeeper.

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PSA: Ubisoft server migration means temporary offline time for some games

Jordan Mallory — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:45:00 EST

Beginning February 7, Ubisoft will transition all of its data from one third-party server farm to another, and as a result online functionality in most Ubisoft titles will be disabled during that time. Some Ubisoft games won't be playable at all, but that list is rather short and will only affect Mac and PC gamers.

Ubisoft's most recent triple-A titles will thankfully be unaffected: Anno 2070, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Driver: San Francisco, and Just Dance 3 will all remain playable (both online and offline) during the transition. The OSX version of the original Assassin's Creed, however, will be completely unplayable, as will the OSX version of Splinter Cell: Conviction and the PC versions of Might and Magic: Heroes VI and Tom Clancy's HAWX 2.

The online portions of all other Ubisoft games will be disabled during the transition, although offline modes should still function normally. Ubisoft has yet to provide an estimated completion date for the move, recommending instead that people follow its official Twitter account for updates.

[REDMIRAGE via Shutterstock]

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Psychonauts comes to Mac, gets Steam update and iOS app

David Hinkle — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:00:00 EST

If your allegiance to the Mac platform was the only thing holding you back from playing Psychonauts, then today is your day: Double Fine has announced the game is available for Mac OSX. The Mac port is currently available on the Mac App store and Steam, along with other digital distribution channels. Accompanying it is a free iOS app that allows you to view all of the game's Memory Vaults right on your iDevice, along with new commentary from Tim Schafer and Scott Campbell.

The PC version of the game has also been updated to allow for achievements and cloud saves on Steam, plus it scales down the difficulty of the Meat Circus. Additionally, we'd like you to do a us a favor and not google "meat circus."

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The New York Times examines Dwarf Fortress

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:30:00 EST

Dwarf Fortress is an ASCII roguelike/city-building game for Windows, OSX, and Linux. The New York Times wrote a six-page magnum-opus about the game and its creators.

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Mac App Store opens its doors on January 6

Griffin McElroy — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:30:00 EST

The Mac App Store, the OS X software distribution platform which was announced during Apple's late October press conference, has been stocking up on app submissions for over a month -- today, the company announced these apps will be available for Mac owners' perusal on January 6, 2011. We still have plenty of time to digest this news, because 2011 is still ... let's see ... three weeks away? Jeez. That's another year of our lives, siphoned away, like so many grains through the hourglass' unforgivingly wide channel.

There's no telling how strong of a contender the new storefront will be in the gaming space -- especially now that Steam is catering to Mac users. However, considering developers still be making that mad money on the iOS App Store, the new platform should be given the benefit of the doubt.

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Mac App Store coming to OS X 10.6 and 10.7 'within 90 days'

Christopher Grant — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:34:00 EST

During Apple's "Back to the Mac" press event (happening now!), Steve Jobs introduced the Mac App Store, a Mac OS X variant of the hugely successful iOS App Store seen on its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad products. Like the portable counterpart, the Mac App Store offers an app clearinghouse ("the best place to discover apps," in Apple's words), one-click downloads, both free and paid apps (which will share the same 70/30 revenue split between developers and Apple as the iOS App Store), and automatic installation and app updates. Apps you purchase from the Mac App Store will be licensed for use on all your personal Macs - we imagine you'll be required to authenticate with your Apple ID on each system.

While the Mac App Store will be arriving with copies of OS X 10.7, dubbed "Lion," this summer, Jobs revealed that Apple would be releasing this feature early. "We don't want to wait for Lion," Jobs said. "We're going to put it out on Snow Leopard, and will open within 90 days."

For any game developers who want to get in on the desktop-oriented gold rush, Apple is accepting app submissions beginning in November. At least for now, there doesn't appear to be any reason to worry about the relatively "open" confines of Mac OS becoming any more iPad-like ... Let's at least wait and see how this Mac App Store does first.

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Source SDK being patched for mods on Mac

Ben Gilbert — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:20:00 EST

Since Steam launched for Mac earlier this month, those of us enjoying the service have been seeking the answer to one crucial question: Will we ever be able to shoot Nazi dinosaurs like everyone else? It appears our answer is "yes, eventually," as one Valve employee took to the publisher's forums to respond to fans questions about whether Source mods would be available on Mac, saying, "We are working on a code update so you can compile your mods for OS X."

The employee doesn't go into specifics, but MacStories guesses we could see the update as soon as WWDC. Frankly, it's possible that the update will arrive around then, but we'll probably be so ensconced in news about the new iPhone that Nazi dinosaurs will be far from the top of our priority list. Oh, who're we kidding? Killing Nazi dinosaurs is always near the top of the priority list.

[Via MacStories]

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OSX and Balance Board play nice, have fun together

David Hinkle — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:27:00 EST

Filed under: Peripherals, Tech stuff, Controller, Video, Homebrew

If you're a Mac user, this video is likely to interest you. An aspiring individual hacked the program Wiiji (which is designed to allow Wiimote integration with Macs) to recognize the Balance Board as a joystick, allowing the use of Nintendo's peripheral with games that allow for joystick control. In the video above, you can see it in use through games Neverball and Extreme Tux Racer. Looks fun, if we may say so.

Enjoy this kind of thing? Then you'll definitely get a kick out of our Revolutionary feature, where the extremely talented Mike Sylvester tinkers around with all kinds of things. Aside from making his own homemade Balance Board, he helped us train with the Wii Wheel and also showed us what is really crappy about our favorite console.

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Todays hottest game video: World of Wiicraft

Kevin Kelly — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Hacks, Nintendo Wii, RPGs, Video, MMO

The Nintendo Wii may have a complete list of second uses once it runs through its life cycle. In this video, the Wiimote is doing double-duty as a mouse here in World of Warcraft on Mac OSX. So far that means we have replacement mouse, game controller, TV smasher, web browser, whiteboard, weather forecaster and doorstop. What other uses will people unlock in the coming months? No one can say.

For now, sit back and enjoy the Wiimote in Warcraft, for once on a Mac before a PC. In fact, you can go buy a Wiimote on its own, no Wii required, and WoW it up in style. Video is after the jump, unfortunately without Wii-sword slashing action.

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Wiimote as WoW controller

Alisha Karabinus — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST

Filed under: Controller, Video, Homebrew

Wii plus WoW may end up resulting in some pretty heinous puns, but on the homebrew front, they play well together. Thanks to the folks at WiiLi.org and Darwiin Remote, now we've got videos of folks "naviigating" (couldn't resist) the streets of Azeroth. Or video, at least, singular, but just give it time.

Darwiin Remote interfaces the Wiimote with Mac OSX for real point and click action. See this nifty app doing its thing after the jump.

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How to share your Mac's internet connection with your Xbox

Conrad Quilty-Harper — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online

If, like me, you have your Xbox 360 placed near your wifi-enabled computer, but away from your wireless router or modem, then you'll want to take advantage of the Xbox's ability to "borrow" your computer's internet connection. For Windows users, this process is simple; it's just a matter of "bridging" your computer's wifi connection to your PC's ethernet port which is plugged into your Xbox. For Mac users, the process ain't so easy. What follows is a guide for getting your Xbox 360 to accept Mac OS X's internet sharing option.

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Live stats widget for OS X

Ken Weeks — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:10:00 EST

Filed under: Xbox Live, Fan stuff

Here's an OS X widget that displays not only your gamercard, but stats like the last game played and total time. It seems like an improvement over the 360-related widget we pointed out last December, but I can't be sure on my dog-chewed PC. As always, we can't be held responsible if this stuff nukes your machine.

[Thanks Nick M.]

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More integrated graphics from Apple

Conrad Quilty-Harper — Tue, 16 May 2006 12:00:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Business

Apple released the MacBook, its new consumer laptop, today. The full tech specs -- which are over at Apple's site -- mention that the MacBook features an Intel GMA950: in other words, an integrated graphics chip identical to the Mac mini. Previously we've summarized the disadvantages of integrated graphics and we've moaned about the poor graphics performance of Apple's line-up in an attempt to force someone at Apple to listen, but it was all in vain.

Apple's supposed "gaming solution" (Windows) is hardly a solution now that Apple's consumer line-up (MacBook, Mac mini) doesn't have a dedicated graphics card, the prosumer line-up (MacBook Pro, iMac) features a low- to mid-range mobile chip and the remaining top-of-the-range machine (PowerMac) is stuck with PowerPC processors, crappy default GPUs (GeForce 6600s, yuck!) and a largely unobtainable price.

If Apple one days wakes up and realizes that there are a load of potential gaming switchers sitting on the fence it would either: tell, no, force Intel to make some integrated chips that aren't "virtually unplayable for anybody that cares about gaming" or provide the option of dedicated graphics cards for gamers, even if it costs us more.

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Give Windows a touch of Mega Man class

Christopher Grant — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:57:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Retro

Sure, Windows users (used to) get all the games but until now there was one major advantage to Apple's Mac OS X operating system: Mike Zornek's Mega Man Effect. The legion of Windows users have waited long enough; Levi Wolfe has done the grunt work and ported the handy* little app over to the Windows platform for the rest of the computer-using world to enjoy.

*By "handy" we of course mean "of no discernible value." The program duplicates the music, parallax stars, and name banner shown before every boss battle in Mega Man by showing the same effect every time you launch an application. To be fair, sometimes those Excel spreadsheets are worse than Dr. Wily and company.

[Thanks, Sense]

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