Porting shop Feral Interactive has announced that they’re bringing BioShock to the Mac more than two years after its original release. Mac users’ immediate response was “What’s a BioShock?”
I say that as a 23-year-old user and consumer of Mac products, too. It’s no fault of Feral, they can only buy the rights to games and then build the ports, a necessarily reactive process that takes a long time start to finish. But this announcement is grimace-inducing to the core Mac gaming community, all six of us, utterly forsaken by Cupertino. Every time I go into an Apple Store and see people perusing the games section, I stare at them the way one stares at a freshman earnestly debating the quad preacher.
Where was I? Oh yeah, BioShock, for the Mac, October 7. It’s $US49.95 in North America, £34.99 in the UK, €39.95 in Europe.
BioShock Hitting Mac Next Month [VG247]
Gobbo
September 25, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Yes it’s old, but as long as the graphics have been turned up a notch then it’ll be just as enjoyable as what the other versions were back then.
Fingers crossed they get Bioshock 2 a little earlier than 2011/2012 too…
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September 25, 2009 at 10:01 AM
I had BioShock on my Mac back in 2007.
Boot Camp + Windows = Mac games rig.
Why would you not do it? Windows even allows two installs (on a Desktop and Laptop) so you should be able to get it for free.
Report PermalinkTrent Gore
September 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Sounds to me like they’re trying to get as many people as possible on board and ready for Bioshock 2.
Report Permalinkplmko
September 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Why you would waste your money and buy a Mac with specs for gaming qualities is beyond me. Work is the only thing its good for.
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