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Valve's Steam set to inflate Mac game selection

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Steam development director John Cook said "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."

Games including Counter-Strike, Portal and Team Fortress 2 will be available to run under Mac OS X in April.

Valve's first simultaneous release for Mac and Windows will be Portal 2, expected in time for the Christmas 2010 buying season.

"Updates for the Mac will be available simultaneously with the Windows updates. Furthermore, Mac and Windows players will be part of the same multiplayer universe, sharing servers, lobbies, and so forth," explained Cook.

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