As we’ve said many times in the past Rovio’s Angry Birds has largely been the most successful game made for a smartphone platform of all time. Sure, there have been several hard hitting competitors that will look to take some of the hype away from Angry Birds but as of yet this hasn’t happened. In fact, Angry Birds has continued to grow starting first on Apple’s iOS and expanding to other platforms like Android, the PSP and even desktop platforms like OS X and Windows.

With so many different ways to hit the consumer, sales are sure to be huge, right? You betcha – Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka recently came forth during the SXSW event to tell us that collectively Angry Birds has been download over 100 million times. Not only has its Android version seen 30 million+ downloads but even the PSP version has topped its own respective charts.

While ti seems that Angry Birds is almost getting the Guitar Hero treatment, the near future seems very bright for the franchise and Rovio.

Mac gamers rejoiced after Valve unveiled that Steam was coming to Mac, however, it now seems that while Steam is on Mac, it has taken a massive performance dump in the transition. According to several tests, including at Tom’s Hardware and AnandTech, Portal on OS X is up 80% slower on than compared on the windows version, and is on most MacBook laptops, even high end Pros, unplayable at anything but the lowest settings. Hopefully Valve will improve performance in updates.

It seems that Portal 2 isn’t the only Valve game coming to the Mac platform — If you remember, we told you not too long that rumors had begun making their rounds about a version of Steam for Mac’s OS X. Now, Valve has officially confirmed that not only will a Mac version of Steam will be hitting but also a Mac version of the Source engine. If you don’t know, the Source engine is Valve’s engine behind popular games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Half-Life 2 and more.

This means that Mac gamers will finally be able to play the above mentioned games in addition to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike. Even better, Valve has made it so that when developers make a game for the PC, code will be automatically generated that will allow the same game to work for OS X.

Looks like the Mac will not be a gamers nightmare any more.

via joystiq

Late last month we let you know that a Mac OS X version of Steam was most likely on its way thanks to some leaked imagery. Now, Valve has released a whole slew of Apple-related advertisements all but confirming that the digital distribution platform is in fact making its way to the Mac.

Make note, next week is GDC so chances are we’ll hear an announcement from Valve about Steam for OS X then.

via destructoid

Apple’s OS X is a great operating system, I’m a user myself, but it hasn’t exactly been known as the best gaming platform under the sun. In fact, the most widely used digital distribution platform, Valve’s Steam, doesn’t even have a native client for OS X.

However, according to recent rumors that may all change very soon. News comes to us from the Steam Users Forum that shows some OS X Steam code along with some Apple-esque Steam icons.

Is this rumor to be believed? Well, Valve was previously looking for some Linux and OS X engineers so it would certainly make sense.

via bluesnews

Jonathan Blow’s indie success Braid is now officially released on the Mac OS X platform. Braid has been previously released on the Xbox 360 and PC, where the game has been a huge success.

The Mac version was developed in cooperation with Penny Arcade Adventures and developer Hothead Games.

Braid for Mac can be downloaded at Greenhouse at $15.