How to play AQ First Contact on Mac
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Game summary
Become a commander and join the forces in AQ: First Contact.
AQ is a fully cross platform mmo allowing you to fight alongside or against your friends in real time 3v3 battles. Or take the fight to pirate corporations, destroy the Red Sun and capture Night Raven bases, but watch out for Xeno invasions as you explore the galaxy!
Mine for resources, Salvage debris for new tech and research or just destroy everything and take what you want by force. Explore asteroid belts, gas clouds and nebulas to find resources and new activities.
Join a Corporation, declare war or forge alliances, bombard outposts and capture sectors. Build defense hangers and shield generators to defend, or just go for extra resources and build some asteroid mines.
First released: Sep 2019
Play AQ First Contact on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play AQ First Contact 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).
AQ First Contact 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 AQ First Contact like you would on any PC.
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