“The announcement that the Steam gaming service and Valve’s line of games — including Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 — are being ported to the Mac has convinced major developers like DICE and Gas Powered Games to consider the jump as well,” Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider.
“Gas Powered Games just released its latest title, ‘Supreme Commander 2,’ for Steam, and founder Chris Taylor told The Escapist that as a result of Steam’s move to the Mac, his development studio hopes to release future games for Mac OS X,” Lane reports. “‘We, as a developer, will include a Mac platform option in all of our proposals moving forward,’ Taylor reportedly said. ‘We’re in 100 percent support of it, absolutely.’”
“In addition to Gas Powered Games, developer DICE — maker of the recently released ‘Battlefield: Bad Company 2′ — is considering bringing its blockbuster title to the Mac. The developer last supported Apple hardware in 2007, when it released ‘Battlefield 2142,’” Lane reports. “Karl-Magnus Troedsson, lead developer with DICE, wrote on his Twitter account this week that ‘Bad Company 2′ could find its way to the Mac at some point. “We’re currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 available on Mac,’ he wrote.”
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