Feral Interactive is once again letting it be known that when Mac gamers fight, there are no skirmishes or police actions. For us, it’s war—Total War—as evidenced by the announced that The Creative Assembly and Sega’s Empire: Total War Gold Edition will be launched for the Mac this spring.

There’s been a lot of gaming news today—big releases—but they’ve all been for iOS. If you’re a Mac gamer, how do feel about that? Angry? Does it make you mad? Maybe even fill you with rage? Good, because Aspyr is offering up an appropriate way to release it. The venerable Mac game publisher has announced that Rage: Campaign Edition is available now from GameAgent.com. And if you order it by February 8th, you can get Doom 3 for only $1.

Law & Order: Legacies, previously released for iPad and iPhone, is now available on the Mac and PC. This episodic interactive crime-drama, based on NBCUniversal’s Emmy-winning Law & Order TV series franchises, allows players to work cases as both investigators and district attorneys alongside a full roster of fan-favorite characters from both Law & Order and Law & Order SVU.

Well, it’s a party now. Bjarni and his vikings are here, and there ain’t no party like a Bjarni viking party! Hey! Ho! Runesoft has announced that the real time strategy game Cultures: Northland is now available in the Mac App Store. The game, which was originally developed by Funatics, tasks the player with building and managing a viking settlement.

Thinking of finding some hidden objects this weekend? You’re in luck. Big Fish Games not only has a lot of hidden objects to find, they also want to make it less expensive for you to look. Many of their hidden object games are on sale (some for as low as $2.99), including popular, exclusive titles such as Haunted Past: Realm of Ghosts Collector’s Edition, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek and Voodoo Whisperer: Curse of a Legend.

If you’ve got a kid who likes (or, God forbid, you like) “The Clone Wars” cartoon, then you might like this game. As it is, I found the usually reliable humor and writing of the Lego games, which take pop culture and turn it into kid-friendly adventure games, starting to wear thin. But then living the action of the latter Star Wars entries feels like less of a good time to me and more like a criminal punishment.

Hidden object games are not uncommon on the Mac. Hidden object that involve bloody murder? A little more so. G5 Entertainment has announced that Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds is now available in the Mac App Store, and it’s up to you to investigate 30 locations to uncover who was behind the death of young Carmody Phelps.

There are some big names in Mac gaming: Aspyr Media, Feral Interactive, Frozenbyte, etc. The big name in this article, however, is Macgamestore.com, as they’ve teamed up with the aforementioned publishers and many others to release what they boast is “the best Mac game bundle ever created.” From now through January 7th, 2012, Macgamestore.com is bundling 10 more »

Digital download service Deliver2Mac is keeping the festive spirit alive with a Mac game sale running through December 29th. Whether you’re looking to round out your collection or want to pick up a few late holiday gifts, there are some solid options here to keep Mac gamers entertained. Not sure where in their catalog to more »

If you enjoy games that feature massive spaceships set against brightly lit planets in deep space, your Christmas wishes have come true. Virtual Programming has announced the release of X3: Albion Prelude. X3: Albion Prelude is the third installment in the epic X3 Universe series, following X3: Terran Conflict and X3: Reunion. Set in a time between the old and the new X Universe, it shows a universe in flux, and prepares players for things to come.