Counter-Strike Source (CSS) was released today for Mac users via the Steam client. Dubbed as the “Worlds #1 Online Action Game”, Counter-Strike features highly competitive multiplayer and team-play shoot-em-up action. Fire up the Steam app and you can download Counter Strike right now for $6.80, which is 66% off it’s standard $20 price tag. The … Read More
The wait is over, Team Fortress 2 has been released for Mac OS X. Often called TF2, Team Fortress 2 is a fun multiplayer first person shooter that has cartoony graphics and fast paced gameplay. TF2 System Requirements The system requirements to run Team Fortress 2 are similar to other Steam games; Intel processors only, … Read More
You might be asking yourself, what’s mouseĀ acceleration? Essentially mouse acceleration is anĀ algorithmĀ that is deployed in an attempt to make mouse movements feel “natural”. For many PC users, when you first use a Mac, it becomes quite obvious that the mouse is behaving very differently. It will feel sluggish, unpredictable and unresponsive (to varying degrees depending … Read More
The popular first-person shooter/action game Half-Life 2 is now available for Mac OS X. At the moment it costs $6.99, which is 30% off the regular $10 price. The expansions of Half-Life 2: Episodes One and Two are also available to download for $5.99 each. System requirements for running Half Life 2 on your Mac … Read More
It’s official: Steam for Mac is now available to download and there’s a lot of games available through the client, check the list at the bottom of this post for all of them. To have an even greater incentive to download Steam, Portal is free to download until May 24th. Portal is a unique puzzle … Read More
Well, Steam for Mac was supposed to be available in April, but with the month nearly over they missed that release target and have now set an official release date of May 12. According to JoyStiq, Steam sent them the following short message: “Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is … Read More
Blizzard has just announced via Twitter that the official StarCraft 2 Beta client for Mac is now available. At the moment, the beta is only available for testing on North American servers but that is expected to expand soon. Many game stores are offering free StarCraft 2 Beta keys with the pre-order of StarCraft 2, … Read More
If you’re a Mac user who is into gaming, you’ll probably be thrilled to know that Steam is available on the Mac OS ecosystem. But before you go jumping for joy for Steam on the Mac, you might want to make sure the Mac you have supports Steam. Here’s what we know about the basic … Read More
GameStop.com is offering a pretty cool promotion for those Starcraft 2 fans out there, if you pre-order the game on their site, they’ll email you a free key for the beta… this is particularly awesome since the beta is due out for Mac OS X very soon. According to Joystiq, Blizzard will be releasing the … Read More
If you’re interested in gaming on a MacBook Pro, pay attention. The new MacBook Pro with the Core i5 processor and GeForce GT 330M graphics unit performs significantly better than it’s predecessor with the GeForce 9400m. Check out the above performance comparison, Left 4 Dead on the new MacBook Pro with the 330m chip runs … Read More
Want to play Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Counterstrike, and some of the other sweet Valve games on your Mac? Apply to be an official beta tester for the upcoming Mac version of Steam. It’s a simple questionnaire that goes through your computing setup and gaming habits, and then you provide a copy of your System … Read More
DeSmuME is the best Nintendo DS Emulator for Mac OS X that I have found, it’s pretty full featured with save states, touchscreen emulation, movie creation, and more. My only complaint is the layout of the emulator being vertical, which is true to the DS, but it makes playing games sort of obnoxious particularly when … Read More
Looking for a PS2 Emulator for Mac OS X? Look no further then PCSX2, a full blown PS2 emulator for Mac OS X that works surprisingly well. I say surprising because it seems development work is a little infrequent and there are some features left to be desired, but it certainly works and the frame … Read More
Have a handful of games that require game discs to be inserted in order to play? This was common with a lot of Mac Blizzard games, like Warcraft 3 for example. Obviously Carrying around a stack of CD’s and DVD’s just so you can play games can be very annoying, adding unwanted bulk to your … Read More
