retroremakes
February 25th, 2010, 13:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_500x_steam_os_x.jpgIf you're a Mac user, you may not know about Steam. By Valve (makers of Half-Life and L4D) it's the greatest game distribution service in existence—like an iTunes for PC games. Now, it could be coming to Macs.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_steamosx.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/steamosx.jpg)In Steam's latest beta release, a search through its files revealed a number of OSX-specific assets, like a Steam dock icon (among loads of others). Since there's no reason for OSX resources—that I should add, are specifically labeled "OSX"—to make their way into a PC product, it seems pretty certain that, yes, Steam is coming to Mac. Hooray!
Now, with Steam imminent, all the Mac platform needs is the actual games! [Steam Forums (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157656) via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5479388/is-valve-bringing-steam-to-the-mac?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29), who crafted the excellent lead shot]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Y6Bh303ztNQ/steam-is-most-probably-coming-to-macs)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_steamosx.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/steamosx.jpg)In Steam's latest beta release, a search through its files revealed a number of OSX-specific assets, like a Steam dock icon (among loads of others). Since there's no reason for OSX resources—that I should add, are specifically labeled "OSX"—to make their way into a PC product, it seems pretty certain that, yes, Steam is coming to Mac. Hooray!
Now, with Steam imminent, all the Mac platform needs is the actual games! [Steam Forums (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157656) via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5479388/is-valve-bringing-steam-to-the-mac?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29), who crafted the excellent lead shot]
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