If you are a gamer that likes to use a Mac for their gaming fix Epic has some epic news for you. The company has announced that finally, after four years of waiting, the Unreal Engine and games using it are coming to the Mac platform.

It has been four years since Epic promised that Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 would come to Mac gamers. The Unreal Engine 3 UDK that will power these games is now ready to come to developers on the Mac. Not only will that allow Epic to port its own games to Mac, but other games using the engine will be available as well.

The UDK for developers will be available this month and considering there is only about a week and a half left, it should land soon. This is good news indeed for gamers since more availability is on the way.

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Dice has today announced that the new Battlefield 3 Beta testing will commence on September 29th for gamers on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.  Battlefield 3 Beta testing will be set on the Paris: Operation Metro map and will include two elite tactical units squaring off in the Rush Mode within Battlefield 3.

With one side attacking M-COM stations while the opposing squad defends and protects. View a demo

video after the jump of the Paris: Operation Metro map.

The Paris: Operation Metro map enables players to move through the city of Paris causing destruction

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It look like Batman will have his work cut out in the new Batman game reading for release. As Rocksteady has revealed yet another villain that will in the new Batman: Arkham City game joining the likes of Penguin, Solomon Grundy, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, The Riddler and Two Face naming just a few.

The latest villain to be unveiled is Deadshot who is equipped with a mask with eyeholes and a targeting system over his right eye, together with wrist-mounted guns and two sidearms, as well as a sniper rifle. View the video after the jump to reveal a little more insight into the character.

Within the new Batman: Arkham City game Batman will need to find Deadshots bullets using Detective Mode to track him down. Batman: Arkham C ... Read more »

Gears of War 3 is set to be launched tomorrow, however new videos have been leaked a little early showing the games new weapons and characters.Whetting your appetite a little more before the big day.

Gears of War 3 is set to be launched tomorrow, however new videos have been leaked a little early showing the games new weapons and characters.Whetting your appetite a little more before the big day.

The videos after the jump reveals how the weapon skins will look in game together with a three minute gameplay preview of Gears of War 3 Blood Drive (bottom). Enjoy!

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If you have been wondering what the graphical difference will be between the PC version and Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 3. You can now compare the images as Battlefield 3 developers and EA have now released the first official gameplay trailers of Battlefield 3 on the Xbox 360 in all their glory.

Battlefield 3 is edging ever closer to its official launch date of October 25, 2011 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and the new Xbox 360 gameplay trailer showcases one of the many single player missions found in Battlefield 3 as Blackburn enters the city of Tehran in Operation Guillotine.

The video also reveals that if you pre-order the limited edition pack you will also get the "Back to Karkand” extension pack at no extra charge toge ... Read more »

It’s only in the prototype stage, but the research group behind it are perfecting how to deliver sensation to video game players. They’ve started with the hands first and use vibrating devices to create the effect. Weird? Definitely.

The picture above? In case you didn’t recognize it that’s a scene from Mass Effect 2 where Shepard and this other guy are frying robots. It’s quite appropriate since the actual photogrpahs of this experimental sensation tech are quite boring. Watch the video below to see what we mean.

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Just a quick summary: In the video, the lady is explaining the research in brief. As shown, the actual contraption that gives the vibrating signals is rather clunky. But it’s feasible. As to whether it will ever hit the mainstream and shake up the gaming industry, who knows?

The first trailer for the new Max Payne 3 game currently in development by Rockstar Games has just been released and shows you a glimpse of what you can expect when the game is officially launched next year.

The game has been on the cards for the last eight years but due to delays its taken a little longer than first thought to get the game to this stage of development. Watch the new Max Payne 3 one and a half minute trailer after the jump in 720p HD.

Max Payne 3 is expected to launch in March 2012 for  Xbox 360, PS3, and PC gamers, but a specific date and price have not been released as yet.

We heard back in July that Microsoft’s Windows 8 will support Xbox games on your PC, and now Microsoft has confirmed at its BUILD conference that Windows 8 will come with Xbox Live built in to the operating system.

This will mean that Microsoft will be able to integrated Xbox Live features into PC games, and it will also bring all the other features of Xbox Live to Windows 8 devices which will include PC’s, tablets and laptops.

Bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows 8 is part of our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy.  At BUILD we are showing that it is easy for developers to create games for Windows 8 that take advantage of the power of Xbox LIVE.  We have much more detail to share about the capabilities of Xbox LIVE on Windows and look forward to the opportunity to do so in the near future.

The new Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection DLC that was initially announced at the beginning of August will now be arriving on September 22nd for PS3 and PC gamers Activision has revealed today. Treyarch to celebrate the release of Rezurrection will also be hosting Double XP from September 23-25th.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection DLC will include the first Call of Duty map to take place on the moon, as well as four remastered levels together with an enhanced Zombie soundtrack and new Moon theme. If you haven’t already watched it the real-life movie trailer after the jump is worth a view.

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Have you ever wished you could position your console in awkward places but didn’t quite know how to keep it there? Well MountMe has launched a new gaming console mount that enables you to position your games console practically anywhere you can think of, including the back of your car.

Simply attach the X-Me mounting case where you would like your Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii to be positioned and then strap your console in to place.

The new MountMe X-Me gaming console car mount is available to purchase directly from the MountMe website for $70 and is available in either black or white and provides an easy way to mount any vertical standing gaming console anywhere in your car or home.

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