'Bioshock Infinite' releasing on Mac in late August

[Aman27deep]

Mac gamers usually have to wait long times (or in some cases forever) for them to be able to play good quality games and it's been proved the same once more, but hey, better late than never!

It has been announced that 'Bioshock Infinite' is launching on Apple's Macintosh the 29th of this month, and that the port is being handled by Aspyr, who have proved their mettle before developing ports for other games such as Call of Duty, Borderlands and Civilization for Apple's home computing platform from Windows.

In Bioshock Infinite, players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission. And of course if you've played any game in the series befre - you know that BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter, which is set in 1912 (prequel to the other two Bioshock games).

There are various ways you can get your hands on the same such as the Mac App Store, Aspyr's Gameagent and Valve's Steam. The good thing about the Steam version of the game is that it is cross-platform - meaning If you already own it on steam for Windows, you can play it on Mac for free.

The game had been critically acclaimed before when it released earlier this year, having a metacritic rating of 94% - and many have already made this heir GOTY when it launched.

You can check the minimum requirements of the game below.

OS: 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
CPU speed: 2.2GHz
Memory: 4GB RAM
Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 3870
Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 640M
Video Memory:512 MB
Hard Drive: 30GB HD space

Supported Video Cards:

NVIDIA GeForce 640M, 650M, 660M, 675MX, 680MX
ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 4850, HD 5670, HD 5750, HD 5770, HD 5870, HD 6750, HD 6770, HD 6970
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Gamepad support:

Xbox 360 wired gamepad
PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller

Other Requirements:

Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication
Software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client

The following video chipsets are unsupported:

ATI RADEON HD 2000 Series
ATI RADEON HD 4670
ATI RADEON HD 6490M, 6630M
NVIDIA 9000 Series
NVIDIA 320M, 330M
Intel HD 3000
Intel Integrated GMA 950
Intel Integrated x3100

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[msankadi]

wow these people are so privileged to play this game after a year? love it how choosing a great OS can sometimes lead to looooooong waits...worst part is you cant blame the OS because after all you have to show that you think its the best and you love it

 

[Aman27deep]

wow these people are so privileged to play this game after a year? love it how choosing a great OS can sometimes lead to looooooong waits...worst part is you cant blame the OS because after all you have to show that you think its the best and you love it

Yeah, games are delayed a lot on MAC. But not a year, it's about 5/6 months in this case.