Restricted access to big-name games and high-end graphics cards means Mac gamers are often left out in the cold, with some resorting to virtual machines running Windows just to get their gaming fix. The situation both Aspyr and Feral Interactive find themselves in illustrates the perilous state of Mac gaming in 2019. Aspyr did confirm that anyone who has bought a 32-bit game from the company will get a free upgrade once the 64-bit version has been released, with an Aspyr representative telling us “ 64-bit updates will roll out just as a normal patch would.” The company announced it would work to convert a number of games over to 64-bit before September (roughly when MacOS Catalina is expected to be released), but clarified that its entire catalog wouldn’t make the cut. If some don’t get updated by the time MacOS Catalina drops, these games will disappear altogether.Īspyr was another company that announced it would withdraw from sale all of its 32-bit apps, which includes 27 games such as Bioshock Infinite and Prey. The company told us it’s looking to update its 32-bit games on a “case-by-case basis.” “The amount of work is significant,” a company representative told us, “and not all games will be updated.” Feral Interactive told us it didn’t have any more information to divulge, so whether or not players who have bought 32-bit apps will get an upgrade to the 64-bit version is unknown at this time. At least two Mac games companies have already said this is going to impact the games they sell.įeral Interactive is one such company, responsible for ports such as Shadow of the Tomb Raider. That might not sound like a big deal on the surface, but a lot of Mac games are 32-bit, and simply converting them over to 64-bit is no easy feat.

Pokémon Sleep: expected release date, trailer, news, and moreĪpple could soon put an M3 chip in its worst laptopĪpple’s latest operating system, due out this fall, will not support 32-bit apps. Ranking all 12 versions of Windows, from worst to best

Steam 64 bit mac