How to play Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Blade of Galadriel on Mac

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Game summary

The Blade of Galadriel is a DLC to Middle-earth: Shadow of War that allows gamers to play as the elite Elven warrior Eltariel for the first time. Known by her enemies as the Blade of Galadriel, Eltariel is a deadly assassin working for the Elven Queen, Galadriel, and has been sent to Mordor for millennia to hunt the Nazgûl. The Blade of Galadriel DLC features the following content: Play as Eltariel for the first time, an elite assassin known as the Blade of Galadriel, and go head-to-head with the newest addition to the ranks of the Nazgûl. Wield Eltariel’s dual Elven blades and harness the Light of Galadriel with a host of deadly new combat abilities, skills and gear. Encounter memorable new Nemesis characters, such as Flint, Tinder and the Slayer of the Dead, while battling the Nazgûl and learning more mysteries of their past. Gain eight unique Legendary Orcs who can return to join your forces in the main story campaign with new abilities added to the Nemesis System. Unlock an Eltariel character skin that can be used in the main story campaign.
First released: Feb 2018

Play Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Blade of Galadriel on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Blade of Galadriel 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).

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Blade of Galadriel 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 Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Blade of Galadriel like you would on any PC.
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