Posts Tagged ‘Steam’

Valve might release Steam for Mac

Yesterday it became known that gaming service Steam can get a version for Mac. Official information on this subject yet, but Valve released a mysterious advertising images, clearly pointing in the direction Apple. One of them depicts the hero of Half-Life Gordon Freeman in the clothes in the colors of Mac, the second stylized as an old newspaper advertising Macintosh. These pictures were sent to different sites, one way or another connected with Apple, such as MacRumors. They were accompanied by the text: "In the run-up ads from ValveĀ».

Apparently, Valve does not confuse that for the Mac no DirectX, and users of this platform is not the most avid gamers in the world. Experience of porting games from Valve available: TeamFortress 2, Half-Life and Portal already exist for consoles.

Valve might release Steam for Mac

Via TechRadar

Valve radically updated Steam

Company Valve announced a completely new version of the game service Steam, which aims to give new impetus to the PC-games. The new version includes new tools for managing libraries and monitor results. The developers even decided to abandon Internet Explorer engine and switched to WebKit, which operate Safari and Chrome.

"We have a Steam client hundreds of changes in the interface, performance and functionality, taking into account any feedback from users, – said the director of the group Steam Valve John Cook (John Cook). – For example, we have replaced Internet Explorer on WebKit, which influenced the size, stability and performance. With the release of a new version of Steam, we are fully prepared for another year of development with confidence.

Valve radically updated Steam

Via TechRadar