No, it’s not anything above PG… it’s the fact that Valve is officially bringing their Steam platform to the Mac in April (in beta). They’ve also acknowledged that every new Valve game will release simultaneously on the Mac and PC. We’ve already voiced our opinions about this transition in previous posts but here’s a quick recap.

  • Steam will be the first major game distribution platform to come to the Mac.
  • It currently dominates the PC gaming world.
  • Games like Half Life, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Portal will all be making their way to the Mac.
  • This opens up tremendous development opportunity for all of the companies who have been hesitant. Valve’s commitment to release cross platform will help convince other developers to do the same.
  • This will finally bring mainstream quality games to the Mac… yes, there’s been some, but Mac gamers have had very limited choices in games for quite some time.

Thank you, Valve. Now we can use our 27 inch iMac screens for something besides creativity. :D