March 9, 2010
Asked to name other developers that we’d see on Steam, Valve’s Newell demurred. But Steam’s popularity means that as Valve goes, so go other gamemakers. Steam on Mac means many more games on Mac.
To say that Steam is important for the viability of OS X as a gaming platform would be an understatement.
March 8, 2010
Excellent.
The inclusion of WebKit into Steam, and of OpenGL into Source gives us a lot of flexibility in how we move these technologies forward. We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360.
March 5, 2010
They are being replaced by an all-encompassing Mac Developer membership ($99 per year).
We recently introduced a new Mac Developer Program that replaces ADC Premier, Select, and Student Memberships. If you are a current ADC member, you can continue to access your resources and benefits through the end of your membership year.
A formal announcement is likely during the 2010 Game Developers Conference, scheduled for March 9th to the 13th.
I’m betting we will hear about a Steam client for OS X then too.
March 4, 2010
This time in the form of mystery images sent to various gaming sites. I love when Valve does this kind of stuff.