Mac Users Can Now Enjoy PC Games with Revolutionary Change
Apple focused heavily on gaming, particularly on Macs, during its WWDC 2023 keynote. The company unveiled a new feature called ‘Game Mode’ in macOS Sonoma, which enhances CPU and GPU resources to provide a seamless gaming experience. This indicates that Apple is taking gaming seriously on its platform, and to further support this, the company has introduced a new Game Porting Tool that enables developers to port their Windows games to macOS. This could potentially expand the range of games available to Mac users.
Apple also invited Hideo Kojima, the legendary developer of Konami’s Metal Gear games; He revealed that “Death Stranding: Director’s Cut,” an exclusive PS5 version developed by Kojima, is coming to Mac.
MacOS game transfer tool based on “wine”
As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple’s game transfer tool is based on “Wine,” a popular open source solution that optimizes Windows software to run on Unix-based operating systems such as macOS and Linux. Apple has also ensured that the Game Porting Tool can convert DirectX 12 to Metal 3.
DirectX is a Microsoft API that handles graphics rendering and sound on Windows and Xbox and is equivalent to Metal 3 on macOS.
Game Transfer Tool: How it works
“Bringing Game Native to Mac improves its performance and allows you to take advantage of many advanced features of Apple Silicon and Mac hardware, including features such as MetalFX and extended dynamic range capabilities for Apple’s built-in displays,” the company said. statement to Developer Video.
Apple also notes that some games can run just fine without changing the codec, but if developers convert the game to a native macOS title, the game will run at twice the frame rate and smoother.
