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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

 

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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.

 

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Sabr

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 :hysterical:).

 

Lack of PPC support in modern games.

 

Well, you said it yourself, it's a modern game. You need modern technology to play it. :P

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Zealot
ANY FPS is better with mouse/keyboard.

Amazing news, GoW and Unreal T ,

 

PS: Last time i checked GoW was 3rd person shooter :hysterical: , 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.

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CLiDE FTW!!1
Amazing news, GoW and Unreal T ,

 

PS: Last time i checked GoW was 3rd person shooter :hysterical: , 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... :P but even 3rdPS are nicer (IMO) with a mouse... take the GTA series for example.

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EFI
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.

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vbetts
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. :D

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