How to play Aliens: Colonial Marines - Collector's Edition on Mac
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Game summary
Buckle up, soldier! Welcome to Aliens™: Colonial Marines. Created by Gearbox, the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite developers of Borderlands and Brothers In Arms, you and your friends will become the most badass military outfit in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.
The Collector's Edition Pack includes:
- Plasma Pulse Rifle - This special rifle fires charged balls of plasma annihilating any enemies caught in its path.
- Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers - Landing on the floor, this special, high-tech grenade bounces several feet into the air before unleashing a large electrical charge that fries anything in the vicinity.
- US Colonial Marines Academy firing range - Test your speed and accuracy with any gun in different scenarios & navigate multi-room obstacle courses, set on the U.S.S. Sephora, with enemy and innocent civilians targets.
First released: Feb 2013
Play Aliens: Colonial Marines - Collector's Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Aliens: Colonial Marines - Collector's Edition 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).
Aliens: Colonial Marines - Collector's Edition 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 Aliens: Colonial Marines - Collector's Edition like you would on any PC.
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