New or upcoming Mac games

[Homy]

Last summer Apple announced RE Village, No Man's Sky and Grid Legends coming to Apple Silicon. RE Village and Winters' Expansion with Shadows of Rose have been released exclusively on Mac App Store. https://www.residentevil.com/village/us/mac/

NMS for Mac and Grid Legends for Mac are coming this year.

This year Apple has kicked off its gaming event early and had a press show with some upcoming games for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Here are the games shown at the event: https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/apple-event-gaming-iphone-mac/

- Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Lego Starwars castaways
- Run Legends
- The Medium

The Medium coming to Mac has "very positive" reviews on Steam and uses UE4. Bloober Team has previously released Brawl, Layers of Fear and Observer on Mac but their last Mac game was Observer from 2017. They now make a comeback for "Apple Silicon Mac Lineup" after 6 years.

They plan a release this summer according to their tweet: https://twitter.com/TheMediumGame/status/1626237105042239490

Here is the trailer for Apple Silicon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV2eat2tUis

Apple's new strategy seems to be sponsoring game devs financially? in exchange for exclusive titles on MAS, a similar path to Valve's solution to the lack of games on SteamOS. By helping developers like Capcom and Hello games financially? Apple helps to port new game engines to Mac which will be useful and cheaper for porting future titles. I think that’s a good solution and start, helping devs to port their engines and their first Mac game for exclusive titles on MAS.

It remains to see if such exclusive titles will come to Steam in the future.

In other news Crossover's new update 22.1 offers great news for me personally and others. Many old 32-bit games now work great. My favorite Bioshock Infinite which I barely could play on my iMac 2011 is one so now I can finish it on my M1 Max. Other 32-bit games now working great are Borderlands 1 and Calll of Duty 2.


https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jschmid/2023/02/14/presenting-crossover-221-the-hallmark-of-this-holiday

[Homy]

Paradox Interactive has announced Star Trek: Infinite coming to Mac this fall.


"A grand strategy game based on the iconic sci-fi franchise. Set a few decades before Star Trek: The Next Generation, players will run an entire fleet within the Star Trek universe, commanding one of four major powers in the galaxy: the United Federation of Planets, Romulan Star Empire, Cardassian Union, or Klingon Empire. Star Trek: Infinite puts players in command of one of four major powers in the galaxy, each with individualized traits, stories, quests, and more to make their play feel distinct. With stunning visuals, difficult choices, and unique gameplay, this game allows players to experience a beloved franchise in a new way as they navigate contact with other empires and worlds."


https://blog.trekcore.com/2023/06/paradox-interactive-announces-new-star-trek-infinite-strategy-game/

https://youtu.be/A3cM3Rsh7lQ


Paradox has previously said they don't have a dedicated Mac team and won't support Apple Silicon so I don't have high hopes for a native AS port but they have a full reveal of the game on Picard day June 16 so we'll see if they have changed their mind after WWDC news.

[Homy]

Layers of Fear is out with 15% discount already.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1946700/Layers_of_Fear/

[Homy]

Some Mac gaming news from Summer Game Fest:


Amazon Games and NCSOFT bring Throne and Liberty, a free South Korean MMORPG to Mac later this year.

https://butwhytho.net/2023/06/throne-and-liberty-everything-we-know-so-far/
https://www.youtube.com/live/QDXcGEo1TfU?feature=share&t=4217
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2429640/THRONE_AND_LIBERTY/


REMEDIUM is coming in Q3 2023.

https://www.gamespress.com/nl/Twin-Stick-Alchemy-Shooter-REMEDIUM-Confronts-the-Apocalypse-Q3-2023
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659090/REMEDIUM/


Airborne Empire Early Access in 2024.

https://www.gamespress.com/nl/BAFTA-Nominated-Developer-The-Wandering-Band-Debuts-Airborne-Empire-at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438680/Airborne_Empire/

[Homy]

Saw a couple of interesting games on Steam Summer Fest. Demonic Supremacy looks like a Doom clone and Cyber Knights: Flashpoint looks like a XCOM clone. Both have Mac demos.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2301330/Demonic_Supremacy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021210/Cyber_Knights_Flashpoint/

[Homy]

Arma 3 has now native Apple Silicon support.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/107410/Arma_3/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/eventcomments/3814034023685203294?snr=1_5_9_&ctp=12

[Homy]

Fata Deum, a kickstarter project will come to Mac.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330360/Fata_Deum/

Fort Solis got a release date, Aug 22 on Mac, PC and PS5, 9 days before BG3. Sooner than I thought! A new trailer is out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931730/Fort_Solis/

https://youtu.be/rv5QOFaKtOo

[Homy]

The Sims 4 Horse Ranch expansion pack comes to Mac on Jul 20.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1990600/The_Sims_4_Horse_Ranch_Expansion_Pack/


Recommended

OS: Mac OS® X 10.11 or later

PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 (4 cores), or better

VIDEO CARD: Intel HD and Iris Graphics from the HD 4000 series or newer

MEMORY: 8 GB RAM

HARD DRIVE: 50 GB of free space, with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games

[Homy]

Grime for Win is free on Epic but I saw that on Steam it has a Mac port too with "very positive" reviews. What's even more interesting is that it's a native port only for "M1 or newer". The game is from 2021 but the Mac port was released the same day as WWDC, June 5.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123050/GRIME/

[DeviantXS]

Thank you so much for showing which new titles have announced support.

[Homy]

DeviantXS の投稿を引用：

Thank you so much for showing which new titles have announced support. :tga_trophy:

[Homy]

Some new press releases:

Mahokenshi will be relesed for Mac tomorrow with a native AS port.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717640/Mahokenshi/

Whisker Squadron: Survivor will come to Apple Silicon on Aug 21. There's a demo.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140100/Whisker_Squadron_Survivor/

Let's! Revolution! was released today for Apple Silicon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2111090/Lets_Revolution/

[Homy]

A new cinematic trailer for Fort Solis is out. Release date Aug 22.

https://youtu.be/1Tk3n9SrCYg

[Homy]

ELEX II is now out on Mac App Store.

[Roxanax]

Homy の投稿を引用：

Last summer Apple announced RE Village, No Man's Sky and Grid Legends coming to Apple Silicon. RE Village and Winters' Expansion with Shadows of Rose have been released exclusively on Mac App Store. https://www.residentevil.com/village/us/mac/

NMS for Mac and iPad and Grid Legends for Mac are coming this year.

This year Apple has kicked off its gaming event early and had a press show with some upcoming games for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Here are the games shown at the event: https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/apple-event-gaming-iphone-mac/

- Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Lego Starwars castaways
- Run Legends
- The Medium

The Medium coming to Mac has "very positive" reviews on Steam and uses UE4. Bloober Team has previously released Brawl, Layers of Fear and Observer on Mac but their last Mac game was Observer from 2017. They now make a comeback for "Apple Silicon Mac Lineup" after 6 years.

They plan a release this summer according to their tweet: https://twitter.com/TheMediumGame/status/1626237105042239490

Here is the trailer for Apple Silicon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV2eat2tUis

Apple's new strategy seems to be sponsoring game devs financially in exchange for exclusive titles on MAS, a similar path to Valve's solution to the lack of games on SteamOS. By helping developers like Capcom and Hello games financially? Apple helps to port new game engines to Mac which will be useful and cheaper for porting future titles. I think that’s a good solution and start, helping devs to port their engines and their first Mac game for exclusive titles on MAS.

It remains to see if such exclusive titles will come to Steam in the future.

In other news Crossover's new update 22.1 offers great news for me personally and others. Many old 32-bit games now work great. My favorite Bioshock Infinite which I barely could play on my iMac 2011 is one so now I can finish it on my M1 Max. Other 32-bit games now working great are Borderlands 1, Deus Ex HR and Calll of Duty 2.


https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jschmid/2023/02/14/presenting-crossover-221-the-hallmark-of-this-holiday

[Homy]

If you miss playing Portal this could be something for you. It's a DLC coming to Mac Sep 7. The base game Escape Sim has very positive reviews.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000170/Escape_Simulator_Portal_Escape_Chamber/

Zero Grounds is coming to Mac.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2402450/Zero_Grounds/

Remedium for Mac will be available via early access on Sep 14.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659090/REMEDIUM/

Crossover 23 was released on Aug 16.

https://youtu.be/wtHJ3TReI-4?si=8E5zi00m0TmTH7aj

Fort Solis will come to Mac Oct 26.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931730/Fort_Solis/

Railgrade is coming to Mac

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355090/RAILGRADE/

Total War: Warhammer III - Shadows of Change will be released on Aug 31 for Mac. Looks cool.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325830/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III__Shadows_of_Change/

Baldur's Gate 3 will be released for Mac on Sep 6.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/