How to play ACT IT OUT XL! A Game of Charades on Mac
Game summary
ACT IT OUT XL is an interactive streaming game designed for Twitch, YouTube, and Mixer, and this special XL version comes with almost double the content as the original console game.
Choose from almost 3,000 secret phrases to act out from categories including film, music and video games. More than just acting, you can even sing, draw or describe the hidden phrases!
Not just for streaming, up to 8 players can play together in the living room. Compete against each other, work in teams, or play cooperatively.
Available in English (US/UK/Global), French, Italian, German, Spanish (Latin American/European), Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese, and Dutch. Catchy music, dazzling visuals running at 1080p/60fps, and it has cats.
First released: Jan 2021
Play ACT IT OUT XL! A Game of Charades on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play ACT IT OUT XL! A Game of Charades on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
ACT IT OUT XL! A Game of Charades installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install ACT IT OUT XL! A Game of Charades like you would on any PC.
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