We are launching our most ambitious project yet: A Massive benchmark study covering every M1, M2, and M3 Mac out there! But to do that, we need your help testing three games (using their in-game benchmark tool, which should take around 5 minutes each). And, of course,...
By now, you’ve realized that your Mac does so much more than just being a general computer. It’s great to use for work, video chats, and for streaming services, too. But of course, it’s also a good contender to act as a gaming console. While it’s still finding its...
When Apple announced Metal for macOS it promised a new era in Mac gaming performance. Unfortunately, several years passed before we saw any noticeable benefits. In fact, Metal's release led to several companies willingly delaying their Mac ports in order to wait until...
We were so obsessed with Apple deprecating OpenGL (spoiler alert: nothing important actually happened), we missed the real issue looming on the horizon: the removal of 32-bit support. [toc] It was with MacOS Catalina, released in October 2019, that Apple actually...
Is Apple killing Mac gaming? Believe it or not, this is a question developers and gamers seriously ask themselves every few months. This concern gained momentum when Apple announced, during 2018's WWDC, that OpenGL would be deprecated. And it only got worse with...
❤ Deals We Love Our current favorite deal is no other than Humble Bundle's RPG Bundle. As always, Humble is offering a bunch of games for just a few bucks. In this case, the bundle includes lots of great RPG games: Play as a puzzle-solving teen snatched...
I don't know if you've noticed, but there are more and more Mac games torrent sites out there. And as anyone remotely familiar with the internet would tell you, these are all shady websites you should never download anything from. Yet somehow, they still manage to...
As you know, Mac Gamer HQ is not doing so well. I wrote about it last time so I won't spend more time talking about it. But needless to say, change needs to happen. And it has started already. What's next... I am really thankful to those who joined Level Up Gamer to...
Update: Apple's intention to kill the iTunes affiliate program was first hinted in May 2017 when they announced plans to drastically reduce Apps commissions. After strong backlash from the community, Apple reverted its position and the entire issue was dismissed as a...
Do you remember the times when you could only find Mac games at Apple Stores? It was generally on the bottom rack, where the boxes would just sit there and gather dust. Nowadays, you can download them from nearly every digital store out there. If it offers Windows...
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