Apple’s new Proton-like tool can run Windows games on a Mac
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Developers now have some serious tools to get Windows games on Mac

“Apple has created a new Game Porting Toolkit that’s similar to the work Valve has done with Proton and the Steam Deck. It’s powered by source code from CrossOver, a Wine-based solution for running Windows games on macOS. Apple’s tool will instantly translate Windows games to run on macOS, allowing developers to launch an unmodified version of a Windows game on a Mac and see how well it runs before fully porting a game.”

The new software will allow Mac users* (see edit) to play ‘Windows games’ on their Apple silicon (M1/M2) devices. With development, this has the potential to bring gaming to Apple.

*EDIT: The Game Porting Toolkit is designed for developers to see how their game performs on Apple silicone to entice devs to create native ports. Thanks to commenters for pointing out this distinction. The CrossOver project on which it is built, I believe, is designed for end-users to run software on their Mac clients.

  • ursakhiin@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Additionally, Valve also does work themselves to push the list forward. The catalog needs to exist first if they want gamers to move and the devs won’t put in the work without the market.

    Valve saw that and did work to ensure tons of games would work on the Deck with no effort on the part of the devs. If Apple isn’t going to put in more effort then I don’t see how this succeeds.