How to play Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
Awakening the Nightmare DLC Expansion is not included in the Season Pass. The Halo Wars 2 full game is required to play the expansion.
- Play as the Banished in an all-new single player campaign
- Battle against an ancient enemy, the Flood
- Play online with new multiplayer leaders, units, and maps
- Hold your ground in the co-op Terminus Firefight mode
- Support for 4K Ultra HD graphics and HDR on Xbox One X and Windows 10
First released: Sep 2017
Play Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare 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).
Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare 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 Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare like you would on any PC.
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