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Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 Coming to Mac [Update]

Tuesday July 17, 2007 3:11 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
In Mac gaming news, TeamXBox notes that vice president of Epic Games, Mark Rein, revealed that both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 are both coming to the Mac.

"We're an independent company and we make engine technology. Dont forget, were 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.


One big announcement at WWDC was that EA was once again developing games for the Mac. EA, however, is using TransGaming's Cider to port their games to the Mac. As a result, their games will be Intel-only.

There has been no official word on the method behind Epic Games' Mac ports, but there have been comments that the Unreal Engine 3 was being officially ported to the Mac, suggesting PowerPC support would be possible.

Update: Ryan Gordon (programmer) states that neither Gears of War or Unreal Tournament 3 uses TransGaming's Cider technology.
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applekid
60 months ago
Amazing news, I think. Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 will be ported for the Mac!

I believe both of these games are Games for Windows Live titles, so there may be hope for these kinds of games to come to the Mac.

http://insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=15395
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iKwick7
60 months ago
Where did you find this? Gears would be HUGE- a great game. I've been meaning to pick it up for my 360, I just don't want to pay $60.

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I googled it for myself. Nice!

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=15395
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applekid
60 months ago

Where did you find this? Gears would be HUGE- a great game. I've been meaning to pick it up for my 360, I just don't want to pay $60.


Oops! :o

Got over excited and forgot. Link posted.
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Littleodie914
60 months ago
That's amazing! :eek:

I didn't find any mention of a release date, anybody else?
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Steve1496
60 months ago
Good to hear! Glad gaming on OS X is growing.
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MacRumorUser
60 months ago
GOW on the mac. WOW! I never thought I see the day. Shame the game blows, but hey at least it's a game :D

Is there anyway of getting a 360 pad to work in mac osX I wonder?
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Antares
60 months ago
Sweet! I will happily buy Gears. I've been wanting to play it but I'm not willing to buy a 360. I'm glad to see more games coming to OSX.
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applekid
60 months ago

Is there anyway of getting a 360 pad to work in mac osX I wonder?


http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRoot/Xbox360Controller/OsxDriver

You can even use the PC Wireless Receiver to use your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller. I haven't had luck using it in Halo though... It crashes the game whenever I try to setup the controller.
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wako
60 months ago
yikes... with the MBPs as the only line of hardware right now that has DX10 capabilities, Im a bit hesitant on seeing Gears or UT3 on a mac....
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Chone
60 months ago
Great news but I'll probably still buy the PC versions to play in bootcamp, I just shudder at the thought of OSX performance and underclocked cards (which can only be OCed under Windows).
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