How to play Xuan Dou Zhi Wang on Mac

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Game summary

Xuan Dou Zhi Wang (tentatively translated for an international audience as King of Combat) is an online PC fighting game by Jade Studio for Tencent. The game is influenced by the series The King of Fighters, both in gameplay and art design. It is generally considered the development of the game responds to the need of Chinese players to be able to play The King of Fighters (or at least something "similar") at home, since video game consoles sale was banned in China by the time.
First released: Dec 2011

Play Xuan Dou Zhi Wang on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Xuan Dou Zhi Wang 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).

Xuan Dou Zhi Wang 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 Xuan Dou Zhi Wang like you would on any PC.
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