Gameloft's Asphalt 9: Legends now playable on macOS Catalina



During #Apple’s WWDC 2019, Apple unveiled ‘Project Catalyst’ – an endeavour that would empower developers to easily bring iPad apps to the macOS platform using the Catalyst framework. Asphalt 9: Legends was one of the featured apps by Apple at that time, but was silently removed close to the release of macOS Catalina in October 2019.

This brought some doubt on whether the developer couldn’t commit to it given that some devs found a few challenges when porting their apps to the macOS platform.

Fast forward to January 2020: while browsing the Mac App Store, I noticed that Asphalt 9: Legends showed up on the starting page. Thanks to a little tip-off, 9to5mac published a story about it while I decided to give the game a try on my MacBook Pro (2012). Story link on 9To5Mac with credited tip-off:

– The app works with both keyboard and mouse (even has on-screen control prompts to guide you on controls). Menus can be navigated using both, as the keyboard option shows a white outline around menu options.
– There’s no dedicated ‘Quit’ option. You can just click on the ‘red’ X to close the app.
– The visuals easily resize when the main window is resized.
– Supports full macOS full-screen experience.
– When viewing the cars up close, you can use your Mac’s touchpad gestures to zoom in and out.
– You still have to literally ‘buy’ it even though it’s FREE just like the iOS and iPadOS versions.

Download from macOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/asphalt-9-legends/id1491129197?mt=12

Update on 6 Feb 2020: Updated on macOS Catalina to allow you to sync progress on iOS/iPad OS: https://yassermasood.me/post/190681825541/asphalt-9-macos-catalina-update-sync-progress

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