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Valve Teases Upcoming Mac Game Announcement

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Still no big version of this floating around yet?
 
EthanNixon said:
Uh, input acceleration has absolutely nothing to do with hardware. Mac OS X has native acceleration that cannot be turned off permanently. If Apple wants to cater to the competitive gaming community, they will have to update their input acceleration with an option for "no acceleration."

Mouse acceleration is one of the biggest things in competitive gaming... Please, do not comment on a subject in which you're ignorant on.
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Your concerns are gravely misplaced.
 
I have never seen such a one-sided positive reply on Mac Rumors. WOW. I didn't even know what Steam was until this week.

I like the commercialism of the Steam Mac introductions.

I wonder if Apple is going to start focusing on gaming more? I mean, it would need to take a serious look into its video cards (or lack thereof). But surely Apple could use added sales of gaming on Macs just like it gets added sales of games on iPod Touch?
 
iDarbert said:
Halo doesn't have anything to do with Valve or even the Source engine
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But doesn't valve sell games by other companies through steam? Also, I thought Halo 2 & 3 used the same physics engine HL2 uses. I was just hoping there might be a connection.
 
Kristenn said:
But doesn't valve sell games by other companies through steam? Also, I thought Halo 2 & 3 used the same physics engine HL2 uses. I was just hoping there might be a connection.
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Yes but not Halo. The Halo series is published by Microsoft and it's not available on Steam or any other digital content delivery platform (except maybe Windows Live Games on Demand)
The Physics engine is just a part of what drives a game, it's very common for games to have the same Physics engine since there are just two major players in the field: Havok and PhysiX.
I'm pretty sure that the first Halo doesn't have any kind of physics though (as in ragdolls and such), just plain old animations

Scottsdale said:
I have never seen such a one-sided positive reply on Mac Rumors. WOW. I didn't even know what Steam was until this week.

I like the commercialism of the Steam Mac introductions.

I wonder if Apple is going to start focusing on gaming more? I mean, it would need to take a serious look into its video cards (or lack thereof). But surely Apple could use added sales of gaming on Macs just like it gets added sales of games on iPod Touch?
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Gaming brings everyone together.
...UNLESS IT'S A FARM!
 
jimmyjoemccrow said:
I find it highly unlikely that after all this time Valve would port their Source engine, after all it is getting old now. They pretty much tied themselves to DirectX, whereas the original half life was just as good in OpenGL. Most likely it will be just a Steam client, so that cross platform games can be sold through it.
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... Except there's a Source Engine game coming natively to the Mac this year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_III
 
jimmyjoemccrow said:
That game isn't a Valve game. Will Valve port their engine for the sake of one developer?
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No. Valve probably ported there engine to work on OS X and Postal III is the first game coming out that is using the new version of the engine. Valve licenses the engines to other developers.
 
Just some crazy idea

What if it will result in a common statement with Apple in which they announce Apple bought Valve to jumpstart the mac gaming?!

they could even integrate the shop part with iTunes ;)
 
omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg.

But seriously... this is like 5 years too late. Would've loved it in HL2's heyday but Valve is getting a little long in the tooth with its (lack of) focus on Half Life.

Half-Life (and its sequels, variants -- CS/TF) used to be THE game of the PC, along with Blizzard's titles. Now? Not so much. Not to mention console gaming has plowed ahead, and I've subsequently gotten a little older to not spend so much time gaming.
 
Scottsdale said:
I have never seen such a one-sided positive reply on Mac Rumors. WOW. I didn't even know what Steam was until this week.
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Yea, Steam is simply the greatest thing to happen to PC gaming in my opinion. I have never had a more streamlined, and trouble free experience until Steam came along. To me, Steam is the iTunes of gaming, with the exception of much more flexible and less strict pricing. (God, I love weekend and holiday deals :D)

I too am also very pleased to see the almost absolute positive reaction we're witnessing here, and I'm pretty sure Valve is too. If this isn't the turning point for gaming that everyone's been hoping for on the Mac, then I don't know what is.

The ball is on Apple's court now. I think this is their single greatest chance to finally commit to gaming with Steam at the helm. If they remain stagnant and passive in this key moment, then let just this be the final nail in the coffin for gaming on the Mac and screw Apple.
 
dissdnt said:
No. Valve probably ported there engine to work on OS X and Postal III is the first game coming out that is using the new version of the engine. Valve licenses the engines to other developers.
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That article says Linux too. No evidence to suggest that Source has been ported to Linux.
 
Woah, I thought this would happen when hell froze over.... I applaud you, VALVe.
(the "And im a Pc" one is now my background.)
Like I said in the other thread, release this with HL2: EP3 and we Mac Gamers will buy buy buy
 
chairguru22 said:
Will my existing Steam PC games work on a Mac though?
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I am hoping for this. I am hoping that any game purchased on an account gives access to both PC or Mac client, depending on the OS you're currently in.
 
jimmyjoemccrow said:
I find it highly unlikely that after all this time Valve would port their Source engine, after all it is getting old now. They pretty much tied themselves to DirectX, whereas the original half life was just as good in OpenGL. Most likely it will be just a Steam client, so that cross platform games can be sold through it.
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This turns out not to be the case.
 
Scottsdale said:
I have never seen such a one-sided positive reply on Mac Rumors. WOW. I didn't even know what Steam was until this week.

I like the commercialism of the Steam Mac introductions.

I wonder if Apple is going to start focusing on gaming more? I mean, it would need to take a serious look into its video cards (or lack thereof). But surely Apple could use added sales of gaming on Macs just like it gets added sales of games on iPod Touch?
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lol I am completly amazed and floored you never heard of steam?

I was on steam like 6 years ago when HL and Counter Strike was transitioned to steam only.

Were you living under a rock?

PC Gaming for the win. Always > than console gaming :)
 
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