Apple enhances its gaming portfolio with the introduction of a new developer tool
Apple announced a complimentary update for the Gaming Porting Toolkit on Sequoia OS for Mac. This update brings about official Mac versions for several games.
Introduced at the Worldwide Development Conference on June 10, Gaming Porting Toolkit 2 features enhancements like support for Intel's Advanced Vector Extensions 2, ray tracing, and better compatibility with Windows games. It also includes new tools for shader debugging, as outlined on Apple's blog.
This upgrade has facilitated the release of more games for Mac, including the new title Assassin's Creed Shadows at its launch, along with older titles like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Dead Island 2, and Control: Ultimate Edition.
Below is the comprehensive list of games:
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Control: Ultimate Edition
- Dead Island 2
- Frostpunk 2
- Palworld
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 7
- Riven
- Robocop: Rogue City
- Sniper Elite 4
- Valheim
- World of Warcraft: The War Within
- Wuthering Waves
The update also offers Xcode 16, allowing developers to manage and create shared codebases for games across all Apple platforms.
