What happened to all the games announced at WWDC 2024
Fourteen games were mentioned at WWDC 2024 as titles coming to Apple devices, allegedly signaling Apple's shift to take gaming more seriously. Unsurprisingly, not all of them have shown up yet.
Games announced at WWDC 2024
At WWDC 2024, Apple announced a panoply of games set to come to macOS -- and in some cases, iOS and iPadOS -- before next year's Worldwide Developers Conference. However, as gamers are well aware, not every game makes its release date.
Games get delayed for any number of reasons. Sometimes it's because the development proved trickier than expected, budgetary cuts, or even because developers deemed it would be more advantageous to push a game to a later date.
Currently unreleased games
Of the fourteen games announced, four titles haven't landed on the platform yet. Here's what didn't quite make it to Apple gamers just yet.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows takes the iconic franchise to 16th-century feudal Japan. Players can switch between two protagonists of completely different backgrounds and skills: a Shinobi assassin and a legendary samurai.
The game was initially slated to release in November 2024, but Ubisoft pushed the date back to February 2025. In February 2025, it pushed it back until the following month.
Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch on March 20 for Mac, PC, and consoles.
While it hasn't made its way to Mac yet, it's important to point out that Assassin's Creed Shadows does have another revised release date. Hopefully, it will show up by March 20.
Dead Island 2
A first-person, action RPG, Dead Island 2 has players controlling their very own Slayer as they attempt to save Los Angeles from the undead scourge. The game has received generally favorable reviews, racking up a 75 out of 100 on Metacritic.
According to the Dead Island webpage, the game was supposed to hit macOS before the end of 2024. However, that does not seem to be the case.
As of now, the developers don't seem to be acknowledging the blown release date.
RoboCop Rogue City
Based on the "RoboCop" films, RoboCop Rogue City is a first-person shooter that sees the player clearing crime out of Old Detroit. The game was initially released for PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S in November 2023.
While the game was supposed to hit macOS in 2024, it hasn't managed to do so just yet. According to a post on the RoboCop Rogue City X page, the game is still in development as of March 2025.
It's still in production!
-- RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (@RoboCopRC)
Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves is a post-apocalyptic action role playing game with gacha elements. Players control Rover, the amnesia-stricken protagonist, as they embark on a journey to recover their memories.
Image Credit: Kuro Games
The creators of Wuthering Waves hedged their bets and didn't give a release date for macOS until February 2025, when they finally announced that the game would show up on March 27.
Control: Ultimate Edition
Control: Ultimate Edition is a shooter, that contains the main game and all previously released expansions. It's presently listed on the Mac App Store for $40.
It's already shipped for Windows, and is available on Steam for $9.99, with a full price of $39.99 -- the same as the Mac App Store. It's not clear if Crossplay on Steam will be available.
Announced games that made it to macOS
While two of the four titles above don't have a concrete release date, most of the games announced actually did show up on time.
In fact, out of the fourteen games announced, nine of them managed to meet their deadlines. Notably, Resident Evil 2 even made it to the platform early, beating its initial December 31 release date by a full three weeks.
- Frost Punk 2 - released September 20
- Palworld- released March 3
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - released December 3
- Resident Evil 2 released December 10
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - released July 2
- Riven - released June 25
- Sniper Elite 4 - released January 8
- Valheim - released June 10
- World of Warcraft: The War Within - Released August 26
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Comments
Apple Arcade has a couple of good games, but the majority are old, rehashed freemium games with the freemium bit removed - there's nothing that's a cinematic experience that can show off what Apple Silicon can do.
Apple only gives lip service to games on macOS. It's been this way for years.
EDIT: Do you mean if the Steam version will be updated to work on both Mac and Windows? I don't know if there's a word for that, beyond "supported platforms", but I've never heard crossplay used in that context.