Meredith Johnson
CrossOver 23.5 is a continuation of our ongoing mission to provide the best possible gaming experience. This release adds key features to give you access to the most Windows games on Mac in CodeWeavers’ history.
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New D3DMetal option
This release offers an alternate way to run DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games through CrossOver, using components from the Apple game porting toolkit. It can be enabled by toggling on “D3DMetal” in the right bottle sidebar.
We are happy to report that this new D3DMetal option improves quality, compatibility, and performance for many games on Macs with the M1 chip or later, including Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Cyberpunk 2077, Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon, Mortal Kombat 1, Deep Rock Galactic, Satisfactory, Monster Hunter Rise, God of War and Batman Arkham Knight.
Note that Elden Ring and Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon default to launching with Easy Anti-Cheat disabled.
More gaming excitement
We are also happy to report that Baldur’s Gate 3 is working out of the box, and we recommend enabling D3DMetal or DXVK for the best experience.
Denuvo games are now playable, and this release also includes support for GStreamer for multimedia decoding.
Sonoma support
CrossOver 23.5 is the first CrossOver release with support for macOS Sonoma with optimizations from thorough compatibility testing.
Important fixes
CrossOver 23.5 also boasts better compatibility for a variety of distros, including Debian 13, openSUSE 15.1 and the upcoming Ubuntu 23.10 release.
Lastly, CrossOver 23.5 includes a handful of fixes, including special characters not rendering in certain apps and components not loading with MetaTrader 4.
How to get it
Customers with active support entitlements will be prompted soon to upgrade to CrossOver 23.5. Alternatively, you can download the latest version here.
If CrossOver asks for registration, use your codeweavers.com email address and password to register and unlock CrossOver. Email info@codeweavers.com if you need more help.
* macOS Sonoma is required for D3DMetal option and Denuvo games.
About Meredith Johnson
Meredith has been with CodeWeavers since 2019, and currently wears both the QA Manager and CrossOver Product Manager hats. After getting her PhD in linguistics, she somehow stumbled into the Free and Open Source Software world. When she isn't testing CrossOver, she's probably perfecting yet another bean stew, jogging slowly, buying even more linen tunics, doing a face mask or doting on her perfect chunky baby.
