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Blizzard has announced that a forthcoming update for World of Warcraft - which paves the way for the Cataclysm expansion - will mean PPC Mac hardware will be no longer supported.

The following was posted in the game's Mac support forum:

A little forewarning to those of you that play World of Warcraft on these systems. Shortly before the release of Cataclysm, a patch will be released in which PowerPC processor based Macs will no longer be supported. This update indicates the removal of PowerPC support from World of Warcraft. Attempting to run the game after the update will bring up a message stating the hardware is no longer supported, and the game will not run.

You Mac loving Warcrafters are going to have to get yourself an Intel-based Mac or even a proper computer^1
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Hold on to your hats, people: Valve has confirmed a February 9th release date for Portal 2.

The sequel to one of the most innovative and humorous games of 2007 will be making an appearance on Xbox 360, PC and PS3, with the latter, according to Valve boss Gabe Newell, being the "best version on any console."

The Office's Stephen Merchant is even voicing the Buddy Sphere, Wheatly. Marvellous.

Source: CVG

Valve has revealed that 1.5 million gamers have taken advantage of Portal being offered as a free download to promote Steam's launch on Apple Mac.

The publisher has also released some stats about the game, including that it's a fifth less likely to crash on Mac than Windows. It seems two thirds of Mac gamers are playing the game on a laptop and Mac game sales already account for 11 percent of Steam purchases.

You've still got time to grab the brilliant Portal for free, it's available for both PC and Mac until May 24th.