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Left 4 Dead 2 is coming to Mac this Tuesday! (with The Sacrifice!)
Left 4 Dead 2 will be released on the Mac Tuesday October 5th. If you already own it on the PC, then you own it on the Mac. All you need to do is install it on your Mac and start playing.
Epic.
But sadly, Left 4 Dead will not be released for OS X on the same day…
Sorry Left 4 Dead owners, the Mac version is coming but we are running a little late. We hope to have it out in time to celebrate Halloween on the Mac. When released, L4D1 Mac players will receive the same great treatment. All the previous released updates and DLC for free and the ability to play an extensive library of community content. More information on the release date as it nears.
Nevertheless, this is still epic.
Half-Life 2, Episode One and Episode Two now on Mac with Cloud support and Achievements!
EDIT: Valve just made the Orange Box on sale for 30% off! If you have yet to get Portal or if you’re interested in Team Fortress 2, I recommend you to get the entire Orange Box package for $20.99. If you get the three Half-Life 2 games separately, it comes down to $18.17. So it’s your call: “Should I pay an extra $2.72 or shouldn’t I?”
Good news! Half-Life 2 and the two episodic sequels: Half-Life 2: Episode One & Half-Life 2: Episode Two have just been released on Mac with brand new Steam Achievements for Half-Life 2 & Episode One and Steam Cloud support for all three! Start your game on one platform and continue it on the other! In addition, all there are sold for 30% off their original price for a limited time! That means: $6.99 for Half-Life 2 and $5.59 for Episode One and Episode Two each.
I recommend you to buy all three installments right now. Half-Life 2 is a very, very good game and so are Episode One and Episode Two.
In fact, 4 games out of 5 in Valve’s Orange Box package have been ported to Mac so far. Now all that’s left is Team Fortress 2.
Congratulations Mac gamers! Half-Life 2, the sequel to Valve’s highly-successful debut title, is coming to Mac OS X today. Expect a whole other bunch of games to come as well, seeing as it’s a Wednesday and each Wednesday a bunch of Steam titles get released for Mac.
Note that even though Half-Life 2 is a sequel, you do not need to play the original game to understand the plot. I played Half-Life 2 without playing the original Half-Life and had no problem whatsoever. But I suspect Valve may even release the original Half-Life as well, since they’re supposed to release a bunch of new games for Mac today.
Valve have recently released Steam for Mac, along with Mac versions of over 50 titles. But, more importantly…
PORTAL IS NOW FREE!
That is, it’s free until May 24th. But, it’s not “free-to-play until May 24th” - it’s free to add to your account until May 24th! Meaning, you only have to click “Install Game” on Portal’s page before May 24th (using the Steam client, of course) and it’s yours for free, forever. Act now!
