If you haven't played Limbo on Xbox 360, PS3 or PC yet you're either crazy or don't own any of those platforms. Which probably means you have a Mac, but shortly you too will have no excuse not to play this indie masterpiece either. It has been confirmed that it will arrive on Mac before the year is out. "With the success that LIMBO has achieved, we felt this was the ideal time to fully regain our independence," said Playdead CEO, Dino Patti. "We are grateful to everyone who supported us over t...

Dota was, and is, a pretty big deal. So it was an even bigger deal when Valve snapped up one of the main men behind the game. Finally, we've received word on what they've been working on. It is indeed Dota 2, and it's due for release on PC and Mac in 2011. GameInformer have the official scoop, with a bunch of saucy details for the loyal fan-base....

One of the biggest multiplayer shooters of all time has just been given a breath of fresh air with a huge, huge update - and a release on the Mac! Amidst the changes is the addition of 144 achievements, lifetime and match specific statistics, a new scoreboard with MVP display at end of round and a 'domination and revenge' system. More importantly is multicore CPU support and netcode tweaks...

If you own a Mac, you can not only upgrade your iPhone to iOS 4.0 Gold Master without a run-around, but tomorrow you'll be able to play one of the best multiplayer shooters ever created; Team Fortress 2. Lucky you. It will be available for the low, low price of $19.99 USD - or at no extra charge if you own the Orange Box.

Hot on the heels of Valve's Portal for Mac teaser posters, parodying Apple brand advertising campaigns, is a Half-Life 2 on Mac teaser trailer. For those oblivious to its relevance, it too parody's the Apple hype machine, this time drawing from an infamous television commercial that did the rounds in 1984. Ironically, HL2 comes to the Mac 6 years late. Hit the jump for the original commercial:...

Harbinger has pointed out Steam's arrival on Mac today, with about 60 titles ready to purchase including Valve's Portal which is entirely free until the 24th of May. Portal is the first game Valve have let loose on the Mac platform using their Source engine, which is also now available immediately to licensees who wish to produce Mac games using it.

If you have a Mac and intend to be playing games via Steam on it, the news that Valve's closed beta has landed should get you excited. Especially considering they're taking applications for access.

"Steamworks for the Mac supports all of the Steamworks APIs, and we have added a new feature, called Steam Play, which allows customers who purchase the product for the Mac or Windows to play on the other platform free of charge," explained Valve's Jason Holtman, Director of Business Development....

The subtle hints and blindingly obvious viral marketing imagery recently distributed by Valve have finally come to fruition. Steam is headed to the Mac, as are most of Valve's best games. Portal 2 is to be released simultaneously on Mac and Windows, while you can also expect Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series for the platform in April......

Over the course of the last two months we've seen numerous reasons to believe that Valve has been developing Steam for the Mac. Today they started sending around not-so-cryptic imagery affirming that suspicion, as featured in this article. There isn't much more to report at this stage, but I imagine we can expect an official announcement very soon....

A month ago we reported on Chris Green's LinkedIn profile, with some details that seemed suspiciously like Valve were making plans to send Steam the way of Mac OS. Now, with the release of the new Steam beta, more hints have been discovered......

Love to point and click? Don't have a PC? Not to worry, Telltale is on the case! The creator of the Tales of Monkey Island has officially announced that it's bringing its entire catalog to the Mac OS! The first to be release, which is indeed Tales of Monkey Island, is actually available right now......

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Chris Green, a Valve employee, writes at his LinkedIn profile: "I work for Valve. You should work for Valve. REALLY looking for senior Linux + Mac engineers." There's no clear indication of why, but much of the speculation seen so far points towards Steam moving away from Windows exclusivity......