How to play Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair on Mac
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Game summary
This updated version of Earth Defense Force 2025 marks the series first current-gen appearance. It sports improved performance, new content amounting to more than 50 percent of the original, two-player local co-op, and four player online co-op.
The game is also being ported to PC
"It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.
As an EDF soldier you will go head to head in fierce combat against the hordes of giant alien insects and their slaughtering machines.
Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.
The most overwhelmingly numerous forces of Ravagers the series has ever seen will take the EDF fighters to the depths of despair and back!
Online co-op play supported."
First released: Apr 2015
Play Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair 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).
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair 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 Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair like you would on any PC.
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