A great video about why Portal is free until May 24.
Get Portal for FREE until May 24 2010
Portal used to cost money. Until May 24th, it’s free. End of story.
For Mac + PC
Steam for Mac now allows non beta accounts in.
UPDATE: The cross platform store isn’t online yet (as of this post) so you may need to buy cross platform games via the regular store in your browser. Just make sure you stick to games you know are going to be available for Mac on launch like Portal and Torchlight etc. I already own a few cross platform ready games via my PC (shown in the screen above).
UPDATE: The Mac store is now live.
Steam for Mac download link found
Via my friends on Twitter.
As of this post it’s still not officially released and non-beta accounts are still locked-out…
At least you can get ahead of the rush to download the client when the Mac client is made public.
It’s Steam for Mac day, but when will Valve release it? Valve is known for taking their time releasing anything.
A great Steam for Mac redesign by cocoia.com.
The Mac Steam client will look exactly the same as the PC version when it’s out on the 12th… It’s a shame too. Valve really should hire this guy to implement this UI redesign for the Mac client. Checkout his screenshots on Flickr.
Steam for Mac beta set for May 12
The Steam for Mac public beta was originally expected by the end of April, but at least May 12 is still soon. Valve has proven many times to be more interested in quality than speed. [via Joystiq]
There’s no word yet on if any 3rd party publishers will be releasing Mac games on Steam from the start, but we can expect most if not all of Valve’s games using the source engine to support Macs.
Fan made Portal clone/prequel in development for iPhone. Apparently they’ve got their fingers crossed for Valve’s blessing. Looks good for an iPhone port! [via Touch Arcade]
Cool video; by Valve? Rumor has it that the video is a viral marketing push for Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Nobody seems to know exactly what the video is for or who it’s by.
[Via Destructoid.com]
