How to play Halo Wars: Limited Edition on Mac
Game summary
Purchase of Halo Wars Limited Edition comes with the following:
Halo Wars game disc inside a special metal two-sided case.
Halo Wars: Genesis, a graphic novel and prequel to the game, based on the first military campaign against the Covenant.
Halo 3: Mythic map pack, the new map pack which consists of: Assembly, Orbital, and Sandbox. They are included as a one time only code for you to use to get the maps from the Xbox Live marketplace for free.
6 Leader cards, which show information on all six UNSC and Covenant leaders (three leaders for each faction): Captain James Cutter, Sergeant John Forge, Professor Anders, the Prophet of Regret, The Arbiter and the Brute Army Commander.
UNSC Spirit of Fire embroidered ship emblem patch. (It is actually a rubber emblem of the Spirit of Fire.)
The Honor Guard Wraith, a special in-game item, used by the Honor Guard of the Covenant.
A special, in-game item M12 Warthog LRV, painted in the exclusive Spirit of Fire variant and is only available to those that pre-ordered Halo Wars before the game's actual retail release dates.
The Halo Wars Limited Edition from Gamestop, comes with a hint book for the second level of Halo Wars from the Prima Guide shipped with the game.
First released: Apr 2009
Play Halo Wars: Limited Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Halo Wars: Limited 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: Limited 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: Limited Edition like you would on any PC.
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