Meredith Johnson
CrossOver Preview is on a roll with another Wine update and more targeted improvements for gaming on Mac. For more information about our Preview release less than 2 weeks ago, you can read our last update here. After that, keep reading to learn more about the exciting bleeding edge updates in our release. And if you haven't already, you still have time to use the deal code TryTheEdge to save 25% off the price of CrossOver+ until September 27, 2024.*
Today's Preview release includes a bump to Wine 9.17, bringing improvements to a variety of applications on both Mac and Linux. It also includes an update to D3DMetal 2.0, which adds compatibility for many games on Apple silicon Macs, including Street Fighter 6, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Need for Speed Heat, Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition, Teardown, Age of Wonders 4 and Dragon's Dogma 2.
Finally, our Instagram followers noticed last week that our QA team was testing Red Dead Redemption 2. We have been working very hard on getting this game running on Mac, and we're proud to announce that it is currently running with the latest Preview build on Intel-based Macs. We are still working to improve Red Dead Redemption 2 compatibility on Apple silicon Macs, but we invite those on Intel-based Macs to try it out and let us know how it’s working. We look forward to having a release in the near future with full support for all users.
As a reminder, CrossOver Preview is available to anyone with active CrossOver+ or CrossOver Life support entitlements. To gain access to Preview, you can sign up here. After logging into our website and signing up, you'll be able to download Preview, and submit Preview reports that yours truly will respond to and reward XP for. Please note that if your support for CrossOver+ lapses, you will lose access to all Preview builds, so don't sleep on those renewal emails!
I look forward to hearing your feedback on this CrossOver Preview release. Happy testing!
* TryTheEdge not valid on renewals or CrossOver Life.
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.
