“Some serious PC gaming is about to come to Macs, with Valve announcing that its Steam platform will support Apple computers in April,” Jared Newman reports for Technologizer.

“Valve says it’ll treat the Mac as a ‘tier-1′ platform, meaning that its games and all updates will be released simultaneously for Windows and Mac,” Newman reports. “A new feature called Steam Play will let people play the same game on a Windows PC and a Mac for no added cost, with saved games transferring between computers.”

“Valve’s a heavy hitter in PC gaming, with iconic first-person shooters such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Left 4 Dead. And Steam, a platform for digital game downloads and online play, has 25 million members,” Newman reports. “That number will soon inflate with Mac support, and there’s a good chance other game developer will give Mac ports more serious consideration.”

Full article here.