Get Into Gaming

Get inspired by the best Mac and IOS games available and discover how to start coding your own

historically, macos has not been viewed as one of the premier platforms for gaming, with the focus aimed mostly at standalone games consoles and Windows PCS that have been spec’d to offer the kind of performance only the most powerful computers can offer. Games have become more sophisticated and graphically complex in a short space of time and this does not marry well with Apple’s slow and steady approach to hardware improvements in the Mac arena. Macs are, however, very powerful from a specification standpoint and they are more than capable of offering a high-end gaming experience. It’s just that you may have to search a little harder for the best games and that some of the most popular titles take time to arrive on the platform.

Despite the Mac focus on getting things done and portability, we will demonstrate just how flexible and powerful the Mac platform is and how you can not only enjoy a superb gaming experience, but also create games yourself if you have the talent and patience.

By contrast, IOS offers by far the best mobile gaming experience in terms of the depth and breadth of what is available today. There are literally thousands of high-quality games available from arcade adventures to ultra-realist racing games to immersive puzzlers that will keep you coming back time and time again. The limitation is that

IOS, mostly because of security, do stop developers from creating certain types of games, but only the most negative of Apple commentators would ever say that gaming on IOS is lacking. In some ways IOS could be considered the most popular gaming platform in the world in terms of numbers, and it is likely to continue growing as customers buy the games and the developers look for ever more innovative ways to take advantage of the powerful mobile processors Apple offers.