If you use or have used Steam to purchase games, be aware that their forums and database were hacked and information was possibly stolen. Although there’s no evidence of anyone being affected, you should watch out for any unauthorized withdrawals from your credit card. It would also be a good idea to change your Steam account password, and everyone will be forced to change their forum password once the forums are brought back up.

Feral Interactive is the publishing company behind gaming greats such as the LEGO Harry Potter series, BioShock or even Rome: Total War Gold. The company is now making their game available as digital downloads via Direct2Drive, GamersGate and the MacGameStore, with the Mac App Store to follow once they figure out how to handle the large downloads.

Virtual Programming has released Darkest of Days just days from the “day of days.” How’s that for timing? Described as “.. an intense ride through time” by GameShark, Darkest of Days is a first-person shooter thats puts you into the time-traveling shoes of Alexander Morris, who was plucked from the ranks of General Custer’s army during the Battle of Little Big Horn for an epic mission crucial to the integrity of the space-time continuum.

With the release of Steam on the Mac and some impressive choices by stalwart publishing companies such as Aspyr and Feral, the Mac has seen an impressive number of hardcore action titles come our way. But are you equipped? Your Mac may be able to handle it, but can your mouse? Your keyboard? This holiday season, we’ve got a couple suggestions for your wish list, and you really need not look any further than Logitech.

Not all games need to be remembered simply because they were a blast to play. Two of the three in this roundup were more about advancing technology than what they actually did with that technology. And the other…well, the other featured possibly the worst acting in video gaming history (outside of those red and blue pages boys from Myst, of course), but the game itself was kind of fun.

Quickly, what do all of these things have in common: Brewer and Shipley, The Knack, Kajagoogoo, Squeegee Software. Exactly! They each had one hit, then disappeared from public eye until VH1 exploited…wait. No, not Squeegee Software. They’re not a pop/rock band, they were a software development company, but that didn’t stop them from having one hit before disappearing into the ether.

Just when I’m about to throw up my hands in exasperation at another Sims announcement, EA comes up with an idea that could be…interesting. The company announced today they’ll be taking fake people manipulation back to medieval times with The Sims Medieval. The new series, “… brings players robust, compelling gameplay never seen before in the history of The Sims.” In other words, they’re finally geeking it up, and God bless ‘em for it.

The Play Label of Electronic Arts, Inc., is asking just about everyone—regardless of platform—to Create this holiday. Yes, that means the “whole family” (except for those you see fit to exclude, of course), but it also means Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac users. Create—a new IP from EA’s Bright Light Studio that “… is powered by imagination and rewards players for being creative”—is scheduled for a November launch.

For the uninitiated, Trauma Team is a game for the Nintendo Wii. Grey’s Anatomy is a TV I can’t discuss with my wife because the conversation always ends in divorce threats. What do either of these have to do with the Macintosh? Not much. But chances are that many of you Mac gamers out there have your own Trauma Team—say, World of Warcraft or Call of Duty or Leisure Suit Larry—and through them, you’ve come to understand why video games are better than television.

At E3 this week, Valve’s VP of Marketing, Doug Lombardi stopped by the G4 studio to discuss Portal 2, making their Steam distribution software available on the PS3, and their new Mac client. The hosts seemed skeptical about the prospects for Mac gaming, but Lombardi explained: “The big thing about Mac was finding an avenue to get the games out to customers. Retail space for PC games has been shrinking for several years now, and we’ve sen that business move online.”