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Major gaming news at WWDC: Metal and New games
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Probably never considering the M1 MBAs are still technically sold new at places like Walmart. Doubt M3 will have that longevity. Curious if they'll bump M2 off when the M4 (or 5?) airs arrive but keep M3 or keep going with M2 as the base model Apple sells.
I'd think that Apple would remove the M2, since they avoid using it in comparisons. The SoC may be less expensive to make but considering the performance, they should eliminate it.
Given how strong the M1 MacBook Air is, I don't have a real reason to switch. The M4 MacBook Air will be interesting, once the refurbished models arrive.
Now that Intel has shown off XeSS Frame Gen and Xe Low Latency I guess it is Apples turn (maybe that is why we still haven't heard when CP2077 will be released on macOS they are waiting on Apple).
I'm right there with you. My M1 Air is great, but I think the M4 model may get me to finally upgrade. I travel a lot and the MBP is a little too chunky for my taste.
Friggin' Crossover's $22 cyber Monday didn't help!
Prince of Persia: Lost Crown is now out for only $20.
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Prince of Persia: Lost Crown
UNLEASH YOUR INNER WARRIOR Use your Time Powers, combat, and platforming skills to perform deadly combos and defeat time-corrupted enemies and mythological creatures. LOSE YOURSELF IN THE PRODIGIOUS MOUNT QAF Discover a cursed Persian-inspired world filled with larger-than-life landmarks and…
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I've put my money into photographic equipment, so I'm not buying a computer until the M5 or M6, if I'm still alive by then. 😆
That's not surprising. The PS5/XSX versions will do 100+ FPS at 4K. It's not a hard game to run.
In the News thread someone said it was capped at 60 on macOS. It seems like it also had some frame pacing issues according to that person and the DLC they just released hasn't been made available. That said I do plan on getting it for macOS (cause I want to show that we care).
Resident Evil games are on sale on Mac App Store until Jan 8.
RE 7 $8
RE Village $16
RE 4 $20
RE 7 $8
RE Village $16
RE 4 $20
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Some games I've bought just to show that there is interest, but the latest Prince of Persia is more graphical but looks much the same kind of game I didn't buy in the early 1980s.
I forget whether it was Prince of Persia or Karateka, but it was so bad that I found it more fun to take the player backward where they fell off the mountain.
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Pankapu for Mac is free on Steam.
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Save 100% on Pankapu on Steam
Pankapu is a narrative action-platformer that takes place in the dreams of Djaha’rell, a child troubled by a tragic incident. Upgrade your skills, find new competencies, switch your Aegis in real time in order to get rid of Nightmare's invasion.
RUST runs now natively on Apple Silicon.
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Polish and Progress - News — Rust
The big quality of life update with over 60 improvements and fixes. Rust is turning 11 years old, and Christmas is coming!
Resident Evil 2 will be released on Dec 10 on Mac App Store with 75% discount for $10. All Resident Evil games are on sale until Jan 8.
RE 2 $10
RE 7 $8
RE Village $16
RE 4 $20
RE 2 $10
RE 7 $8
RE Village $16
RE 4 $20
They're all good. RE4 plays in 3rd person view while the other 2 are first person.
RE7 begins like a true horror movie, amazing beginning.
I think they all allow you to play the first "level" (about 30 min) for free before having to buy the full game.
For Village, they did add a 3rd person mode if you buy the Winter’s expansion
$54 for all four games is a good deal, especially when a lot of titles do not sell for less than $60 when first released.
I was thinking about before there was a DirectX, it was the WinG library that required Win32s on Windows 3.1. I took some time to explore programming with it. That was 1991 or 1992. It's took probably 10 years for DirectX to become good and they're still working on it.
Metal really needs to grow quickly. Sonoma's game mode was helpful, to be sure, but there is so much more.
Still, every time a game is introduced or takes the translation to Metal and/or ARM, it makes me hopeful.
2K launcher is being removed from all games. I noticed it in Crossover and it makes it easier for some games to start.