How to play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac

Modern Combat 5 Blackout is a game in the Modern Combat series, developed and published by Gameloft. Much like all the other games in the series, it is a first-person shooter, however, unlike its predecessors, it is a free game. In addition to that, Modern Combat 5’s gameplay formula has also been redesigned to allow for shorter gameplay sessions – great when you don’t have much time.
Featuring both a singleplayer and a multiplayer mode, Modern Combat 5 Blackout has plenty to offer. In the singleplayer campaign, the player will take on a set of missions to take down a terrorist group called The World Liberation Army. The missions go beyond simply killing enemies and include various twists to spice up the gameplay – the player will have to control turrets on moving vehicles, such as boats and helicopters, fight unmanned drones, and take down targets from afar with a sniper rifle. The multiplayer mode, meanwhile, will have the player compete with others in 8 different modes, such as Capture the Flag, Zone Control, and Free For All. There is even a Battle Royale mode – though it has only been added recently and is still in beta.
Although Modern Combat, as a series, is generally a mobile-focused franchise, Modern Combat 5 was made available for Windows in 2018, becoming the first game in the series to release on PC. It is also available on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Nintendo Switch. There’s no MacOS support though – but with this guide you’ll be able to play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac anyway.

System Requirements

Play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac using Bluestacks

Note: Playing Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac via Bluestacks will allow you to use a keyboard and mouse, however, according to the latest updates, this won’t give you an advantage, as the game uses special separate servers for gamers playing with emulators.

Among the variety of Android emulators, Bluestacks is the most advanced one. Firstly, it is available for both Windows and Mac with full functionality. Secondly, it allows effortless automatic transition to PC game controls, convenient hot-keys, that you are used to from any regular PC game. It provides high performance and graphics in any mobile game even on a relatively weak PC or Mac, as computer processors are usually more powerful than smartphone ones. To run Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac you need to perform these easy steps:

1. Download latest version of Bluestacks for MacOS.
2. Open Play Store and sign-in with your Google account.
3. Download Modern Combat 5 Blackout from the catalog and run it.
4. Bluestacks may offer you to run better engine for this game.
5. Install the game and start playing!

Play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on M1 (M2, M3) Mac

Note: According to our research, playing Modern Combat 5 Blackout on an M1 (M2, M3) Mac may cause a temporary or permanent account ban in the game, that is why it is recommended to play with the secondary account or as a guest.

As you may already know, M Macs (latest Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, Mac Mini, iMac) are able to run many iOS apps and games on MacOS. If for apps it can be useful because many iPad and iPhone apps are very advanced and suitable for desktop usage, in gaming this is just magic. M chips (especially M Pro, M Max, M Ultra) are much more powerful than iPhone and iPad chips, in many types of games (shooters, racing) keyboard and mouse (trackpad) controls are much more useful than touch.

To download and play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on M1 (M2, M3) Mac do the following:

1. On your iOS device download Modern Combat 5 Blackout.
2. On your Mac go to Mac App Store and click on your profile in the bottom left corner.
3. Under account click iPhone‌ & ‌iPad‌ Apps.
4. Download Modern Combat 5 Blackout on your Mac device and start playing!

Play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac with Parallels

If you have a powerful Mac computer (iMac, iMac Pro, or Mac Pro) Parallels Desktop can be a solution. This is an application that allows for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. In simpler terms, what this means is that it allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with just a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. So you will be able to run Windows, install Steam and enjoy the Modern Combat 5 Blackout game on Mac just like on a regular PC.

Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 Gb of RAM or more), iMac (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 Gb of RAM or more), iMac Pro (all versions are suitable), Mac Pro (all models are suitable). Parallels on Mac computers with M1 (M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips may not support recent games. Games that require DirectX 12 and later are currently not supported by Parallels.

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 1)

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Play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac with BootCamp

Note: Mac computers with new Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 Pro, or M1, M2, M3 Max) currently do not support BootCamp. In this case, please, use the options above to run Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac

This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play Modern Combat 5 Blackout on Mac for now. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. BootCamp allows users to choose the system to work in on startup, however, you won’t be able to switch between systems like in Parallels. You will need to reboot your machine every time you want to switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, in the end. And while newer Macs have their own special Apple Silicon chips that cannot run Windows, older Macs are very much similar to computers that run Windows, they have Intel processors, compatible RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on an older Mac by allocating disc space of a minimum of 64 Gb (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games). To set up Windows via BootCamp, please, do the following:

For OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later

Mention, that for MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create bootable Windows USB.

1. Download Windows ISO file
2. Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities)
3. Define the Windows partition size, choose downloaded Windows ISO file
4. Format Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps
5. When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)