I've been impressed with my M1 Air as well. Everyone is always comparing Apple Silicon to dGPUs (which is understandable), but we sometimes forget that a lot of premium 13" laptops (XPS, etc) are running Intel's integrated garbage, and the Air can play a lot of stuff that's flat out unplayable on much of its direct competition.
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I've been impressed with my M1 Air as well. Everyone is always comparing Apple Silicon to dGPUs (which is understandable), but we sometimes forget that a lot of premium 13" laptops (XPS, etc) are running Intel's integrated garbage, and the Air can play a lot of stuff that's flat out unplayable on much of its direct competition.
Some cool upcoming Mac games from Steam Next Fest:
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GT Manager on Steam
Take charge as the ultimate racing manager, leading your GT racing team to victory. Build your team, improve your car, and deploy winning race strategies across 5 official GT leagues, including the pinnacle of endurance racing: the hypercar category! Are you ready to dominate the world of GT racing?
World War Armies on Steam
World War Armies is the ultimate PvP real-time strategy game. Command advanced war machines and compete for free against other players worldwide. Revolutionary mechanics reduce downtime and focus on direct engagement with the enemy, you get to the fun parts of RTS faster.
shapez 2 on Steam
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Construct sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle increasingly complex automation challenges at your own pace – you won’t have to worry about enemies.
Save 50% on Copycat on Steam
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Maniac on Steam
Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!
Perennial Order on Steam
Perennial Order is a 2D plant horror boss rush with challenging one-hit-death combat. Set in an atmospheric Dark Age world plagued by nature-infested horrors, explore a lore-filled and eldritch land alone or in two player co-op, all in a realistic painterly style.
Gift on Steam
When the protagonist wakes up, he finds himself on a luxury cruise ship. The game revolves around the story of his attempts to escape from the sinking ship and a group of passengers he feels nostalgic about.
PRIM on Steam
PRIM is a creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humor. When her mother dies, Prim finds out she’s Death’s daughter and now has to live with her father. But the Grim Reaper has strict rules and when Prim breaks them, things take a fatal turn. Can you breathe life into her misery?
Gravity Cab on Steam
Gravity Cab is a multi-platform 3D action-adventure-puzzler in which players take on the role of a flying taxi driver, transporting passengers and navigating challenging environments influenced by physics.
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Train Valley World on Steam
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Lost Twins 2 on Steam
A cute yet challenging puzzle-platformer with a unique mechanic of moving the world itself to create new paths. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode to help Ben & Abi navigate this mysterious world. Test your logic skills by solving clever puzzles to help them find their way back home
Gore Doctor on Steam
Gore Doctor is an immersive horror game set to unleash spine-chilling thrills on PC. You find yourself in the institute of a tormented doctor who, driven by desperation after losing his wife, descends into madness and becomes convinced that death is the only respite.
Art of Stunt on Steam
Art of Stunt is a motorbike game that challenges bike riders on thrilling stunt courses. You can complete some classic action stunts, including falling from the roof of a skyscraper, driving through the glass wall of a building, etc.
Just an update in case anyone is interested;
The game update today finally allows itself to be downloaded, but has a speed limit of 25MB/s. This speed is the same when I downloaded Death Stranding last week. It seems Apple's regional servers each has its own throttle limit?
And the macOS download size is seriously 64GB so it is the whole game, while the iOS update is only 686MB so it is just a delta.
Dying Light - Shu Warrior Bundle for Mac is free on Steam:
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! for Mac is free on EGS:
Dying Light - Shu Warrior Bundle on Steam
The bundle includes a new outfit which reduces the chance of being grabbed by a zombie, a new buggy paint job, and three new weapons (a crossbow, a sword, and a polearm).
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! for Mac is free on EGS:
I find it interesting that @Spaceboi Scaphandre hasn't mentioned that Disney is buying a 1.5 billion dollar stake in Epic Games for Fortnite...
Or really no one seems to be talking about it...
Or really no one seems to be talking about it...
Does it really change much of anything? They are getting a 9% stake in Epic Games.
I mean what do you want me to say? They bought a stake in Epic Games. That can mean anything and we're not gonna see the effects of that purchase for a while.
But it's not really macOS related until the game's Mac port comes back (if it comes back)
For as close to Apple as Disney is, it just seemed surprising that they would buy a stake in Epic just for Fortnite.
It was an aside I guess, I kind of forgot about the Fortnite thread where this is probably more apropo.
I wonder why UL can't launch Steel Nomad for macOS and Linux at the same time as the Windows version. Also has there been news on Assassins Creed: Mirage?
It will be out for Windows and Windows-on-Arm next month and for macOS, Linux, Android and iOS "later in 2024".
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I know. I just don't understand why there is such a large gap.It will be out for Windows and Windows-on-Arm next month and for macOS, Linux, Android and iOS "later in 2024".
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Ultimate Zombie Defense for Mac is free on Steam. It's 64-bit with very positive reviews.
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Ultimate Zombie Defense on Steam
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Disney+ just outbid Netflix ($75 million) to get Taylor Swifts Eras Tour on their platform. Looks to me like they are buying into whatever is popular right now in an effort to beat out the other streaming services by offering not only movies but in app gaming and shopping experiences. Netflix already has games so Disney+ needs to do the same to compete.
Disney already has games though (Dreamlight Valley is the most recent online FarmVille type game).
Yeah, this strikes me as some corporate schmuck throwing money around to “build a digital ecosystem” or somesuch. I don’t think it’s reflective of a long term strategy.
Disney buying equity stake in Epic seems like a long term play, especially 1.5 billion worth. Curious if the FTC is going to have an issue with this (as far as I can tell it hasn't been approved yet).
Not on Disney+. Netflix has the check mark of "includes games with service". Whether it makes sense to have games on D+ or Netflix even is not something that's really clear to me though.
One game that caught my eye during Steam Next Fest is News Tower, a business management game where you build and manage your own newspaper in 1930s New York. The game releases Tuesday and has a Mac version
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News Tower on Steam
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
A detective game with overwhelmingly positive reviews! Support for English is coming later.
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Save 35% on Murders on the Yangtze River on Steam
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Looks interesting! Thx for sharingA detective game with overwhelmingly positive reviews! Support for English is coming later.
Save 35% on Murders on the Yangtze River on Steam
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
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By corporate schmuck, I meant a guy that doesn’t understand technology, but heard the phrase “digital ecosystem” once and had the thought “okay, spend money to buy equity in a game company to maybe potentially stream games on Disney+”
And I would bet that it won’t pan out in the future. Game Streaming failed for Google, and I don’t have faith that the leadership at Disney has the capability to make it happen either.
Or maybe I just have a very low opinion on corporate management in general.
The FTC has been silent on Microsoft’s buying spree, so I think this will fly.
Epic gets its developer account back:
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Epic Games Plans for Alternative App Marketplace in EU as Apple Reinstates Developer Account
Epic Games today announced plans to bring the Epic Games Store to iOS in the European Union, with Apple reinstating the company's developer...
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