Last week, Valve updated the Steam client that acts as the portal for Mac gamers to launch and play Valve and 3rd party games. It’s an important update since it adds support for the Community Overlay in Mac games hosted under Wine.
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New and Noteworthy – Mac App Store – April 21 – 26
Several anticipated Mac OS X games hit the Apple Mac App Store today, including Deus Ex Human Revolution (the Ultimate Edition), Bastion (pictured above), Dungeon Crawlers, Azkend 2: The World Beneath, and OOTP Baseball 13. Cut the Rope for Mac and Mahjong Elements HDX received large updates.
Humble Botanicula Debut – New Content
Botanicula debuted last week, and for those who have, or will be purchasing it through Humble Bundle, you’ll have access to more content, including a digital art and map book for Botanicula.
World of Warcraft Annual Pass 2012 Last Chance
If you are thinking of purchasing the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, and receiving a free copy of Diablo III (Download) as well as a few other things, Monday, April 30, is your last chance. The Arena Pass “Practice Phase” has also started.
Apple Announces Worldwide Developers Conference
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2012 is slated for June 11 – 15, 2012. As stated by the name, it’s focused on developers, and gives them a look at iOS and OS X developments (OS X – not Mac OS X). It also gives them access to Apple engineers. Games are one of the focuses.
Gameloft Reveals N.O.V.A. 3
Gameloft has given us a brief look at their upcoming sci-fi First Person Shooter (FPS) N.O.V.A 3 via a YouTube video and an in-character news story. Now while a Mac port was not specifically mentioned, The fact that N.O.V.A. 2 is in the Mac App Store gives me hope.