Many recent Feral games require activation using a unique code before they can be played. This code is referred to as a Product Key.

Mac OSX -.app.zip (Note that in your Global Game Settings build for Mac App Store needs to be disabled else this will not build an App but a PKG instead) Linux (Ubuntu) -.zip When you have built all your relevant compiled applications check that the contents of the.zip files are extracted within the correct content folders as this is what is. Borderlands 2 on the Mac App Store cannot play with Steam players. If they could add an update that adds public matching to play with other people, even with people playing the game on Steam, that would be awesome. As it is, this is a awesome game that I would recommend to anyone. Just get the Steam version if you want to do public matches.

Games which do not require activation using a Product Key are:

• Games purchased from Apple’s Mac App Store.
• Games purchased from Steam. *

* You can also purchase Steam games through the Feral Store and other vendors. These have a slightly different method of activation. For more information on this, please see the Steam game FAQ point.

For all other games, you must enter your Product Key into the six empty boxes in the Activation tab in the pre-game Options window in order to activate the game.

If you have bought the DVD version of the game

• The Product Key is printed on the back of the game's manual.

• Be careful to type it correctly, and be aware that sometimes numbers and letters can look similar, for example, 'B' and '8'.

If you have downloaded the game

• The Product Key should have been emailed to you by the vendor that sold you the game.

• We advise that you copy the code from the email and paste it into the Activation tab. This method will avoid any potential input errors. To do this:

  1. Highlight the Product Key and copy it using the key command Command (⌘) + C.
  2. Click the Paste button to the right of the six empty boxes in the Activation tab to transfer the Product Key.

• If you did not receive a Product Key, contact the vendor.

The Save button below the six empty boxes will only become active once the correct code has been entered. If it remains greyed-out, the entered code is incorrect.

If you have bought the game on DVD, you have the option of playing the game with the disc in the drive rather than activating it online.

If you have downloaded the game, or if you have the DVD version and would rather play without the disc in the drive, click the Activate Online... button. This will send the code to Feral and enable your machine to play the downloaded version of the game, or play without the disc in the drive.

Each Product Key can be used to activate the game on 5 machines at any one time, and should not be distributed to anyone else.

You may wish to deactivate your game at a later date. For more information and instructions on how to do this, please see the “How do I deactivate my game?” FAQ point.

If you have entered the correct code and are still unable to activate the game, contact us through support@feralinteractive.com.

All Mac® users know about the Mac App Store®, and most have probably used it to get an app or two. If you’re also a Parallels Desktop® for Mac user, there’s another store you should check out: the Microsoft Store.

The Microsoft Store is accessible from Windows 8 or 10—but in all practical terms, this means onlvidy Windows 10, since Windows 8 is used so rarely these days.

The Microsoft Store is for all things to play or consume on Windows 10: movies, music, apps, books, fonts, extensions to the Edge browser, and even hardware. In Apple® terms, it’s iTunes®, the Mac App Store, iBooks®, and the Apple Store® all rolled into one. However, in this blog post, I will focus mainly on apps available from the Microsoft Store.

Accessing the Store

Just as Apple has the App Store app, Microsoft has the Microsoft Store app. (See Figure 1.)

Here are some apps I have downloaded from the Microsoft Store, none of which are available on the Mac App Store:

Games	Productivity	Learning	Just Interesting
Age of Empires: Castle Siege	Microsoft Whiteboard	Kakitai: Learn Japanese by Writing	Nebo*
Crossy Road*	Office 365 Home*	Sensavis Visual Learning Tool	Plumbago
Microsoft Mahjong	Sway*	Penbook
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition	Delve*	GestureSign
Age of Sparta	Microsoft Math	Microsoft Font Maker
Translator*
Fluid Math

*Available for the iPhone®/iPad® in the Apple App Store.

All of these apps run fine for me on my MacBook Pro® in a Windows 10 VM using Parallels Desktop 14—with the single exception of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition. I used every setting I know to get this app to run with acceptable performance, but in the end, I gave up. (Age of Empires is my favorite game of all time, as I posted back in 2014.)

You can predict whether an app in the Microsoft Store will run in Parallels Desktop by looking at its system requirements from within your virtual machine. (See Figure 2.)

Figures 3–5 show some other apps from the Microsoft Store running in Parallels Desktop on my MacBook Pro.

Video 1 shows some games from the Microsoft Store running in Parallels Desktop 14 on my MacBook Pro:

And Video 2 shows some of the 3D models available for the Sensavis Visual Learning Tool:

Steam Games Mac

As of today, there are about 800,000 Windows 10 apps in the Microsoft Store, as opposed to only about 11,000 in the Mac App Store. There are a number of excellent apps in both stores, and the Mac user with Parallels Desktop can take advantage of both to find the perfect app for your needs.

Steam Games Available On Mac

Have you found a particularly useful or novel app on the Microsoft Store? If so, tell us about it in the comments.