There was a time when proudly declaring yourself a Mac gamer would earn you laughs at best, and a smear of sputum streaking down your face at worst. These days, though, the Mac’s a great place to be, thanks to Steam for Mac and the Mac App Store, and it’s just gotten a little better: IGN’s Direct2Drive has just launched their own Mac games section.
Direct2Drive is now selling top Mac gaming titles which they hope will make them a “ray of hope into a dark, PC-game filled world.” I wouldn’t say that, given how rich the PC gaming world actually is, but given Apple’s growing market share and the rise of native ports for Mac in the last year or so, one thing’s for sure: there’s certainly a lot more options to choose from than there once was.
Right now, Direct2Drive mostly sells the same titles platforms like Steam for Mac sell, but they’re going to be focusing and encouraging Mac gamers with a regular Mac Monday sale.
If you’re a gamer not afraid to give another digital download service a shot, Direct2Drive is yet another great option for gamers who’ve stayed loyal to a platform that once couldn’t scrape together enough discs to throw even the loneliest of LAN parties.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
18 responses to “Mac Gamers Rejoice! Direct2Drive Is Here”
Hasn’t this been available for some time now? I bought Dragon Age Origins from D2D in November 2010.
Really old news. They have offered Mac games for a couple of years. The Monday sale is pretty new though.
Misleading screenshot – as C&C3 isn’t avilable for Mac…!
It seems like Apple really intends to challenge Microsoft Xbox and Sony PSP. This is good competition and this will cause Microsoft and Sony to drop the prices of their game systems and games.
This is Red Alert 3, not Command & Conquer 3
And… I think both are available for the Mac these days (according to Amazon at least)
… but not available through
Direct2Drive – so still missleading…
Online Mac game stores are great but without more developers and publishers creating AAA games whats the point? There still is no confirmation from id/Bethesda of Rage for Mac, which seems like it has been canned after the id purchase by Bethesda. id were one of the few developers that you could count on for a Mac version of their game.
I avoided D2D when I was on Windows as everything they sell, including
digital mags, guides, and books, is infested with DRM. Has things
changed for the Mac version, or do they still not want my money? :)