Valve bringing in Steam support for Macintoshers

[Firis]

Valve bringing in Steam support for Macintoshers

March 8, 2010 - Valve confirmed this morning Mac users will finally be able to use Steam, the company's digital distribution service, and Source, its proprietary game engine this April.

"As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients," said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. "The Mac is a great platform for entertainment services."

Valve's Steam library, which includes Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series, will all be available. The recently announced Portal 2 will also be Valve's first simultaneous release for both Mac and Windows. No release date has been made official for the title, however.

"Checking in code produces a PC build and Mac build at the same time, automatically, so the two platforms are perfectly in lock-step," said Josh Weier, Portal 2 Project Lead. "We're always playing a native version on the Mac right alongside the PC.

"This makes it very easy for us and for anyone using Source to do game development for the Mac."

 

[Steve]

Re: Valve bringing in Steam support for Macintoshers

Hurrah! Just a shame I went with a Windows 7 build instead of a OSX build... still, good news for the Mac users.

 

[sfroggy1]

Re: Valve bringing in Steam support for Macintoshers

Yes ! Games for my Mac. Pure awesome-sauce ! Can't wait to play left 4 dead 2, portal, etc