EFI Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The Mac gaming front has always looked quite bleak compared to the PC side, however there are some top games that do find life on the Macintosh. Needless to say, two of the most hottest games (one of them carrying the hype for several years now on the PC side) are coming to the Mac platform. They are: 1. Gears of War 2. Unreal Tournament 3 Article link In the interview with Spike TV's Game Head, Mark Rein revealed that both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 are in development for Apple's Mac OS X. Commenting on the fact that UT3 is coming this year only for PC and PS3, the vice president of Epic Games explained: "We're an independent company and we make engine technology. Don't forget, we're also doing Macintosh." So the show's host, Geoff Keighley, asked: "Gears of War is coming to the Mac?" "Yes, Gears is coming to the Mac and so is UT," said Rein. Both of these games use the spectacular and highly technologically advanced Unreal Engine 3.0. Update: In light of making the Mac version more easier to develop, these games use the TransGaming Cider engine wrapper, so as a result, they will only play on the Intel Macs. Ryan Gordon (programmer), states that neither of these games are utilizing the Cider wrapper. MacRumors.com, as well as the original article linked have updated their stories as well. For PowerPC users, there is good news on the front. Unreal Engine 3.0, which has now been in development for several years is also in the process of being ported to Mac and Linux platforms, and on the Mac side will be universal, thus providing PPC support. However, the downside is that the final exact date of release is as of today still yet to be confirmed. Article link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Lack of PPC support in modern games. That makes me angry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloutmacstoday Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 i dunno about gears of war, its really more of a console game, like, you need a controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 i dunno about gears of war, its really more of a console game, like, you need a controller ANY FPS is better with mouse/keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Wow - UT3? Man, I'm not much of a gamer, but when it comes to Unreal Tournament 2004, that game still has me hooked. I cannot wait for this game to be released. Only thing is, I may need to get a new video card. Not sure how well my ATi Radeon X1800 is going to do (I like my games @ 1600x1200 ). Lack of PPC support in modern games. Well, you said it yourself, it's a modern game. You need modern technology to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 ANY FPS is better with mouse/keyboard. Amazing news, GoW and Unreal T , PS: Last time i checked GoW was 3rd person shooter , and i concurr with Allout that game is meant to be for a controller ,you can always put the Xbox360 joystick on the PC, i dont know if it works on OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenctuary Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Excellent, even more Apple gaming! Now all Apple need to do is have killer GPUs to go along with their killer processors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 you can always put the Xbox360 joystick on the PC, i dont know if it works on OSX. Yep, you can use it under OS X (thus on a Mac) as well: http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRo...oller/OsxDriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Thanks EFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Amazing news, GoW and Unreal T , PS: Last time i checked GoW was 3rd person shooter , and i concurr with Allout that game is meant to be for a controller ,you can always put the Xbox360 joystick on the PC, i dont know if it works on OSX. Heh heh heh, I was referring to Unreal... but even 3rdPS are nicer (IMO) with a mouse... take the GTA series for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Sorry ,after i posted i realize that you were talking about UT , its just Allout was talking about GOW . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Sorry ,after i posted i realize that you were talking about UT , its just Allout was talking about GOW . nah, its my fault for quoting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarcat Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 These games are NOT using cider. So PPC versions are still possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 These games are NOT using cider. So PPC versions are still possible. Thanks for the info mate. Your correct. Apparently MacRumors as well as the original article linked updated their stories. I have updated the story above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Oh man, Macs are getting the gaming. EA and their titles, now this. We need ID to put all their titles on Mac to. UT2007, man I never saw that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 The day Counter Strike: Source runs native on Mac OS X is the day I'll buy my mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 great news, i hope they bring halo 2 over soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Program86 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThExSenatoR Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 This means that we need a vga upgrade for our systems, because these games wont run on full speed on any mac at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 Oh man, Macs are getting the gaming. EA and their titles, now this. We need ID to put all their titles on Mac to. UT2007, man I never saw that coming. Id is support Quake wars on mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridgerator Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 great news on the new game releases..... but I only own a Macbook... too bad i wont be able to run any of these amazing games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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