How to play Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream on Mac
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Game summary
This DLC is a custom campaign developed by Matthew Lourdelet, the developer of 2 Evil Eyes and eventually made official by Valve.
This DLC features the rest of the original campaigns from Left 4 Dead, Death Toll, Dead Air, Blood Harvest, as well as the later addition of Crash Course. They were ported over to Left 4 Dead 2 in a similar fashion with No Mercy when The Sacrifice was released, featuring the Left 4 Dead Survivors.
First released: Jul 2012
Play Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream 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).
Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream 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 Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream like you would on any PC.
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