While Steam seeks to allow cross platform compatibility via PC and Mac games, and in some instances PS3 consoles, Gaikai was attempting to attract a wider audience.
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Oct 2, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first Software titles have launched via Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games.
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In fact, he plans to start his own game company to develop iPhone, iPad and Mac desktop games.
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The 8 free games for Mac gamers include retro-cool point-and-click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky, action-packed top-down shooter Tyrian 2000, legendary RPG Ultima IV, and multiplayer FPS Warsow, among others.
ENGADGET: Good Old Games now supports Mac, kicks off with approximately 50 games
Digital Distributor GOG.com now sells games for Mac.
ENGADGET: Good Old Games now supports Mac, kicks off with approximately 50 games
He is opening his own company in Santa Cruz, Calif, and making games for the Mac and iOS devices.
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The result: a deal to move PC games to the Mac.
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It's now available on OS X as well as iOS X, and even makes it possible for programmers to write games that let Mac owners compete against iPhone and iPad users.
Even today, few big games are released for Mac.
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Other Mac developers -- the ones who build games rather than mundane useful stuff -- will want to get to work on supporting Game Center, Apple's social network for gamers.
Sega released it to Mac users first to take advantage of Apple's newfound love of games.
OnLive gives you the latest games instantly, anytime, anywhere on HDTV, PC, Mac, as well as iPad, Android tablets.
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The download service for a veritable smorgasbord of videogames, Steam games could be played only on a PC running Windows and occasionally a Mac.
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GOG.com has worked for more than a year on getting these games ready for release--more than half of which are available on Mac OS for the very first time today, including greats like Syndicate, the Ultima series, or the Wing Commander games.
ENGADGET: Good Old Games now supports Mac, kicks off with approximately 50 games
Games purchased can all be unlocked on Steam and each game is compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
This also menas that the games are going to need adaptation for various controllers, even for the promised PC, Mac and Unix versions after the opening PSN launch scheduled for Fall 2013.
People have described Guild Wars 2 as a possible World of Warcraft killer, and while I think the two games are different enough to make this a non-issue, bringing the game to Mac is almost certainly a shot fired across the bow at Blizzard.
So far, only 17 Android developers, including Handy Games, Creative Mobile and Pulse, have signed up to make their apps available to run on a Mac.
BBC: Android apps to run on Apple Macs via Bluestacks program
London, UK - August 11, 2011 - OnLive, the pioneer of cloud gaming, today announced its breakthrough instant-play video game service will launch on 22nd September at the opening of the 2011 Eurogamer Expo London, with over 100 top-tier games instantly available for play via almost any broadband Internet connection throughout the UK on HDTV, PC, Mac, and iPad and Android tablets.
ENGADGET: OnLive crosses the pond, lands in the UK September 22nd
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