How to play Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition on Mac
Game summary
The best value for anyone looking to play the Halo real-time strategy game today. Includes:
Halo Wars 2 – 12 campaign missions playable solo or co-op online, 6 multiplayer leaders across the UNSC and Banished forces, a variety of traditional multiplayer modes, plus Blitz PVP and PVE.
Halo Wars 2: Season Pass – Includes 7 additional multiplayer leaders and 2 campaign missions.
Awakening the Nightmare – 5 campaign missions, 2 new multiplayer leaders, and an all new tower-defense co-op mode – Terminus Firefight.
Support for 4K Ultra HD graphics and HDR on Xbox One X and Windows 10.
First released: Sep 2017
Play Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Halo Wars 2: Complete 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).
Halo Wars 2: Complete 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 Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition like you would on any PC.
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