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Civilization V will officially be released for the Mac platform on Tuesday via publisher Aspyr but until today it was unknown if the Mac port of the turn-based strategy game would support Valve's SteamPlay feature. Today Aspyr confirmed that thanks to user feedback the Mac port will indeed support SteamPlay. That means people who purchased the PC version will be able download the Mac port for free and vice versa.

Aspyr explained its decision by saying, "From the comments that poured in, it seemed clear that many of you had purchased the PC version, even though it was the Mac version that you really wanted, and either expected that Civ V Mac would support SteamPlay or that Civ V Mac would not even be released for some time." The Mac version will be made available on Steam and other download sites as planned on Tuesday.

Other aspects of the Mac port are detailed in the blog post including world that SteamCloud game save support would be coming sometime after the game's release. Unfortunately there will be no Mac demo of the game nor any support for mod tools for the Mac version.

The Steam service is getting started earlly with a couple of big PC game sales on its site. One is for Majesty 2, the recent fantasy strategy-sim game from 1C Company and Paradox Interactive. The game is currently on sale for just $7.50, a 75 percent cut from its normal price. Steam has also just added the recently released expansion pack to the game, Kingmaker, to its line-up.

Also on sale from now until Thursday is the LucasArts Adventure Pack. The bundle of four classic games from the publisher, including Loom, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, for $4.99. The Adventure Pack is for both PC and Mac and supports SteamPlay so if you purchase the pack for the PC you get the Mac version of the games for free and vise versa.

Update: Steam has also put two more Paradox Interactive games, Europa Universalis III Complete and Hearts of Iron III, on sale for 50 percent off.