How to play 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' - the most popular game of 2017 - on a Mac

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How to play 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' - the most popular game of 2017 - on a Mac

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"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" ("PUBG") is the most popular game of 2017 by a mile, despite the fact it can only be played on PCs running Windows 10, and that it's not even a fully finished game.

That's right, "PUBG" is still in beta at the time of writing, and it became the most-played game on the Steam gaming platform, beating "Dota 2" for most concurrent gamers playing on Steam for the first time in years.  

"PUBG" is soon coming to Xbox One on December 30, leaving PlayStation 4 users in the cold, at least for now. And because "PUBG" is only available on PC, Mac owners are also out of luck... until now. 

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My colleague Dave Smith recently tried an app called GeForce Now from Nvidia to play "Destiny 2" on a Mac, and he had overly positive remarks about his experience. And it turns out that one of the games you can play on GeForce Now is "PUBG." The rest is history.

Here's how you can play "PUBG" on a Mac, and what it's like:

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