How to play Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss Edition on Mac

Game summary

Dying once is not enough. Gamers need to be devoured repeatedly in Dark Souls before they find the way to survival. Those who think they have beaten the ultimate challenge? Think again. Because Artorias of the Abyss is coming. The developers estimate that the new content is going to last gamers ten to twenty hours, but it's hard to tell, all those demons might just give you more trouble than you can imagine. The Artorias of the Abyss chapter takes place hundreds of years ago. There are three new areas, four bosses and many new items. One of the areas is revealed to be the Black Forest. Although it's in the same location as the one in the existing game, the enemies and the buildings inside are completely different.
First released: Oct 2012

Play Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss 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).

Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss 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 Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss Edition like you would on any PC.
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