How to play Borderlands 2: Ultimate Edition on Mac
Game summary
Borderlands 2 Ultimate Edition offers more value than ever before. Play as one of six Vault Hunters facing off in a massive world of creatures, psychos, and the evil mastermind Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight together in 4-player co-op or split-screen on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption on the planet Pandora.
Includes: Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty! Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage! Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt! Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep! Both Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Packs! Mechromancer Character Pack! Psycho Character Pack! All 5 Headhunter DLC packs!
First released: Jan 2016
Play Borderlands 2: Ultimate Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Borderlands 2: Ultimate 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).
Borderlands 2: Ultimate 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 Borderlands 2: Ultimate Edition like you would on any PC.
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