[OS X] Borderlands 2 Coming to Mac soon!

Dirtyharry50 · Nov 8, 2012, 02:18 PM

http://www.aspyr.com/games/borderlands-2

I am surprised they got this versus Feral though.

cluthz · Nov 8, 2012, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirtyharry50

http://www.aspyr.com/games/borderlands-2

I am surprised they got this versus Feral though.

Seeing that Aspyr did Duke Nukem for 2k/gearbox i'm not surprised that Aspyr got it.

The game has been listed under Mac in steam for a little while and listed under http://www.aspyr.com/games/tags?tag=Steam . hopefully this mean that it will be steam play and not the mac only multi played Black ops is.

It's not listed under Mac App Store on Aspyr: http://www.aspyr.com/games/tags?tag=Mac+App

Djevlen · Nov 8, 2012, 03:50 PM

Its a steam play title, had this confirmed by an Aspyr representative.

It also says if you click on "read more"; Play Online with Friends: Share your adventures with friends on both Mac and PC through a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game.

MacDav · Nov 8, 2012, 05:02 PM

I use steam on bootcamp. I tried it on OS X but it never worked well. Does it now work well on OS X? Just wondering.

Djevlen · Nov 8, 2012, 05:15 PM

Hard to tell since it hasn´t been released yet

Borderlands 1 worked/performed really well on my mid-2011 iMac, but it was ported by Feral and not Aspyr. Not that thats any worry because I´ve had no problems what so ever with their ports. So it´ll most likely run great depending on what kind of mac you have. It won´t run better than it does on Windows but i reckon it will be close.

TheGreatWumpus · 06:53 PM

This is SteamPlay and all Multiplayer will be all BL2 players, PC & Mac. The current DLC will also be available for launch. If you pre-order from GameAgent you some premier club stuff free.

It also supports a lot of graphics cards, unlike Black Ops, so people should be happy.

System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: 10.7.5 (Lion), 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
CPU Speed: 2.2GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 13 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2600
Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8800
Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard

Supported Video Cards:
NVIDIA GeForce® 8800, GT 120, 320M, 330M, 650M
ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 4670, HD 4850, HD 5670, HD 5750, HD 5770, HD 5870, HD 6630, HD 6490, HD 6750, HD 6770, HD 6970
Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4000
Gamepad support: Borderlands 2 supports the Xbox 360 wired gamepad only.

Recommended System Requirements
CPU Processor: Intel Quad Core
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Video Memory (VRam): 512MB
*Apple original CPU's only, CPU upgrades not supported.

Tucom · Nov 8, 2012, 08:06 PM

If you click on "READ MORE", it looks like it's going to be available November 20th?

Will be interesting to see how it performs, and what bugs exist.

Djevlen · Nov 8, 2012, 09:44 PM

Yeah, it´ll be out on the 20th of November, and Aspyr tends to keep quiet right up to a couple of weeks before they release a new port. I bet its going to be a good porting job, allthough there are some reported performance issues regarding the windows version.

Alag28 · Nov 8, 2012, 11:04 PM

cant wait to see a video review of its performance

cluthz · Nov 9, 2012, 04:29 AM

Hopefully this port will become great.
The work Aspyr did on Duke Nukem was very good. The game runs flawless maxed, although I never finished the game because it really got dull, but you can hardly blame Aspyr for that.

I haven't bought Black Ops, but I've heard mixed feedback on the performance on macs.

I hope Aspyr gets the finances they need and I'm gladly support them, but when games are released on PC I often preorder or buy at release, because I never know when a Mac version is available. Needles to say, I'd happily buy them as a Mac user if available, but when you don't hear anything about a mac port until after release chanties that I already bought the PC version is there.

MacGamerHQ · Nov 9, 2012, 06:25 AM

I was very exited to hear the news yesterday! I have been wanting to play this game since it launched on PC but didn't have time to try it on my bootcamp partition.

I was VERY impressed to hear the game is coming so "fast" to the mac. I mean, 2 months after the original release is more than respectable, hope we will see it more often!

Good work Aspyr!

iMacFarlane · Nov 9, 2012, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacDav

I use steam on bootcamp. I tried it on OS X but it never worked well. Does it now work well on OS X? Just wondering.

It works almost as well as a broken toaster does. Avoid.

labars · Nov 9, 2012, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacDav

I use steam on bootcamp. I tried it on OS X but it never worked well. Does it now work well on OS X? Just wondering.

Steam might just be in competition for the worst application ever written for OS X. A shame since they have a lot of great games.

AlyseM · Nov 9, 2012, 11:07 AM

lookin forward to this.

NostalgiaLane · Nov 9, 2012, 01:21 PM

So if its 'steam play' it will come to Steam right?

AspyrRyan · Nov 9, 2012, 01:53 PM

Yes, BL2 will be on Steam on Nov 20.

lewdvig · Nov 9, 2012, 03:35 PM

its been on steam for a while - was leaked a week or two ago.

I can 'download' it on my Mac.

All i get is a very OSX icon and no app.

This is going to be great but those system requirements are optimistic.

IMO will not run well on less then a 650m. The first game was ported well but ran like ass on my 15 MBP with 6770m I just could not get the frame rate as smooth as in bootcamp. And it was a slideshow on HD3000.

Maybe Aspyr has some magic to make BL2 run better.

tredstone · Nov 9, 2012, 04:22 PM

The first one runs rather brutally at 1280x720 res with mostly high settings on my 2011 Mini with a discrete GPU, so I'm not too optimistic about how this will run...

TheGreatWumpus · Nov 9, 2012, 09:47 PM

If you have an integrated card you should not expect to run it above low or medium settings.

Sambo110 · Nov 10, 2012, 01:55 AM

I wonder if it'll support PhysX? Wouldn't mind playing BL2 on my Macbook along with my PC.

arashb · Nov 10, 2012, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacDav

I use steam on bootcamp. I tried it on OS X but it never worked well. Does it now work well on OS X? Just wondering.

Steam works perfectly for me, games runs almost just as good on OS X as they do on Windows side for me.

Blackberryroid · Nov 10, 2012, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirtyharry50

http://www.aspyr.com/games/borderlands-2

I am surprised they got this versus Feral though.

I want it on Mac App Store!!!!

Dirtyharry50 · Nov 10, 2012, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackberryroid

I want it on Mac App Store!!!!

I would like to see it there too.

MacDav · Nov 10, 2012, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arashb

Steam works perfectly for me, games runs almost just as good on OS X as they do on Windows side for me.

Hmm.."Almost just as good as they do on Windows" doesn't work for me.
Thanks for the input though.

Aspyr-Blair · Nov 12, 2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirtyharry50

I would like to see it there too.

Fear not Dirty, we are hard at work on the MAS version. Details to come soon.

Nov 8, 2012, 02:18 PM	#1
Dirtyharry50 macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2012	Borderlands 2 Coming to Mac soon! http://www.aspyr.com/games/borderlands-2 I am surprised they got this versus Feral though.
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MacDav macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2004	I use steam on bootcamp. I tried it on OS X but it never worked well. Does it now work well on OS X? Just wondering. __________________ "99.9% of things people quote me as having said..I never said..This is another of those things"...Albert Einstein. Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. Phillip K Dick
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Nov 8, 2012, 06:44 PM	#6
TheGreatWumpus macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vermont	This is SteamPlay and all Multiplayer will be all BL2 players, PC & Mac. The current DLC will also be available for launch. If you pre-order from GameAgent you some premier club stuff free. It also supports a lot of graphics cards, unlike Black Ops, so people should be happy. System Requirements Minimum System Requirements Operating System: 10.7.5 (Lion), 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) CPU Speed: 2.2GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 13 GB Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2600 Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8800 Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce® 8800, GT 120, 320M, 330M, 650M ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 4670, HD 4850, HD 5670, HD 5750, HD 5770, HD 5870, HD 6630, HD 6490, HD 6750, HD 6770, HD 6970 Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4000 Gamepad support: Borderlands 2 supports the Xbox 360 wired gamepad only. Recommended System Requirements CPU Processor: Intel Quad Core CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Video Memory (VRam): 512MB Apple original CPU's only, CPU upgrades not supported. __________________ Mac Mumble Server! Join the fun! Address: macgamecast.mumbleserverhost.com Port: 32438 27" iMac, Core i5 Quad 2.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB, 1TB Hard Drive Last edited by TheGreatWumpus; Nov 8, 2012 at 06:53 PM.*
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Nov 8, 2012, 11:04 PM	#9
Alag28 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	cant wait to see a video review of its performance __________________ 13" Macbook 1st Gen Intel Core Duo, 2GB, 80GB HD, Shared Graphics Iphone 4 16GB
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Nov 9, 2012, 04:29 AM	#10
cluthz macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway	Hopefully this port will become great. The work Aspyr did on Duke Nukem was very good. The game runs flawless maxed, although I never finished the game because it really got dull, but you can hardly blame Aspyr for that. I haven't bought Black Ops, but I've heard mixed feedback on the performance on macs. I hope Aspyr gets the finances they need and I'm gladly support them, but when games are released on PC I often preorder or buy at release, because I never know when a Mac version is available. Needles to say, I'd happily buy them as a Mac user if available, but when you don't hear anything about a mac port until after release chanties that I already bought the PC version is there. __________________ -tb MacBook Air 13" i5 osx10.7.5 HackPro 4.3GHz, 16GB RAM, GTX660OC, 2x OCZ Vertex 3, win7+osx10.8.3
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Nov 8, 2012, 03:50 PM	#3
Djevlen macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Its a steam play title, had this confirmed by an Aspyr representative. It also says if you click on "read more"; Play Online with Friends: Share your adventures with friends on both Mac and PC through a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game.
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Nov 8, 2012, 05:15 PM	#5
Djevlen macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Hard to tell since it hasn´t been released yet Borderlands 1 worked/performed really well on my mid-2011 iMac, but it was ported by Feral and not Aspyr. Not that thats any worry because I´ve had no problems what so ever with their ports. So it´ll most likely run great depending on what kind of mac you have. It won´t run better than it does on Windows but i reckon it will be close.
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Nov 8, 2012, 08:06 PM	#7
Tucom macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2006	If you click on "READ MORE", it looks like it's going to be available November 20th? Will be interesting to see how it performs, and what bugs exist.
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Nov 8, 2012, 09:44 PM	#8
Djevlen macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Yeah, it´ll be out on the 20th of November, and Aspyr tends to keep quiet right up to a couple of weeks before they release a new port. I bet its going to be a good porting job, allthough there are some reported performance issues regarding the windows version.
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Nov 9, 2012, 06:25 AM	#11
MacGamerHQ macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lyon, France	I was very exited to hear the news yesterday! I have been wanting to play this game since it launched on PC but didn't have time to try it on my bootcamp partition. I was VERY impressed to hear the game is coming so "fast" to the mac. I mean, 2 months after the original release is more than respectable, hope we will see it more often! Good work Aspyr! __________________ MacGamerHQ.com: Mac games lastest news and reviews Follow Mac Gamer HQ @MacGamerHQ
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Nov 9, 2012, 11:07 AM	#14
AlyseM macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	lookin forward to this. __________________ Odoyousa.com
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Nov 9, 2012, 01:21 PM	#15
NostalgiaLane macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	So if its 'steam play' it will come to Steam right?
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Nov 9, 2012, 01:53 PM	#16
AspyrRyan macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Austin, TX	Yes, BL2 will be on Steam on Nov 20. __________________ Need help with any issues? Contact Aspyr Support or follow http://twitter.com/Aspyr_Support for updates.
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Nov 9, 2012, 03:35 PM	#17
lewdvig macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole	its been on steam for a while - was leaked a week or two ago. I can 'download' it on my Mac. All i get is a very OSX icon and no app. This is going to be great but those system requirements are optimistic. IMO will not run well on less then a 650m. The first game was ported well but ran like ass on my 15 MBP with 6770m I just could not get the frame rate as smooth as in bootcamp. And it was a slideshow on HD3000. Maybe Aspyr has some magic to make BL2 run better. __________________ Zealot without a cause. I run an orchard.
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Nov 9, 2012, 04:22 PM	#18
tredstone macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2010	The first one runs rather brutally at 1280x720 res with mostly high settings on my 2011 Mini with a discrete GPU, so I'm not too optimistic about how this will run...
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Nov 10, 2012, 01:55 AM	#20
Sambo110 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia	I wonder if it'll support PhysX? Wouldn't mind playing BL2 on my Macbook along with my PC. __________________ rMBP 2.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD 10,8 ; 20" Aluminum iMac, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, 2400 HD, 10.8 ; iPod Touch 4G 32GB
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