PlayMyth.net is ready to beta test its Myth III software. If you're interested, makes sure you meet the requirements:

GameSpy is running a four part article on Mac gaming and porting (one, two, three and four to come), starting with the roots of the Mac community in earlier Apple hardware, like the Apple IIe and vintage games like Wizardry (ah, the memories) through ports of Windows games like Doom, Mac originals like Myst, and up to the current process of porting games from OS 7/8/9.x to t

In a rare news post, Oni Central has added new pieces of fan art and fan fiction. If you're still looking for an Oni fix, this is your lucky day.

The Myth 2 expansion, The Great War has been released (in a manner of speaking) in the beta 7 form, which is expected to be the closest to a final release the project will get. Of the 7 levels, 5 are complete-- two have some minor issues, but are included anyway. TGW is available from MythMaps.

The final version of GameRanger 3.0 is out, according to this story on MacCentral. This version is compatible with OS X and OS 8.6-9.2. GameRanger is a Macintosh gaming matchmaking service that supports Myth:TFL and Myth II, as well as many other popular games.

MBO's very own Zandervix put up a note that the Macintosh version of Myth 3 is due for an upgrade, to version 1.1. It fixes a few bugs and generally makes the game more stable. A PC upgrade is in the works for later. The news was originally posted at PlayMyth, and the patch itself is available at MythMaps and will be at The Mill.

David Candyman Candland of Bungie has posted to Bungie.net that Team Unpfhorgiven has released a demo of their much anticipated Marathon TC for Unreal Tournament, Marathon: Resurrection. From the release notes of M:R 1.2:

Aquaduct, the superior Xbox tunneling app for Mac OS X, has been updated to beta 3 today. The changes since beta 2 include:

Marius Net will be celebrating one year of operation this Friday. Bungie.net suggests (while Clan Plaid confirms) that there will be prizes given away. If you hope to catch a prize, then be on Marius Net at 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM, and/or midnight for your chance.

MBO also put up notice that Andrew Meggs of Antennahead has put up a screenshot of Vengeance, the Myth 3 editor, running on a Mac (under OS 9, by the look of it) up at his website for Antennahead Industries. It's captioned by the single word.. soon .

Matt eager to ditch this particular albatross Soell at Bungie put in more than a couple of cents' worth into yet another HBO forum thread about whether or not Halo really is being ported, if so when and by whom, and whether the definitive source of such information should be Bungie (doing the work) or Microsoft (footing the bill).

Ok, definitely put this one in the Crack Pipe category. But recently a story ran on MacCentral that Contraband Entertainment had announced a new secret project in development for the Macintosh platform that they dubbed Heroin 4 U .

Gamespot is running a poll on the most-missed E3 no-show, and Halo is an option-- in two flavors, even. Thanks to Louis Wu at HBO for the heads-up.

Infininight at Myth Village has posted that Mythforums and marius net will be supporting orders; the .orderlist command will list online users in the same order as you.

There's more information at marius net.

Zandervix posted at MBO that the PlayMyth ranked server will have a full reset on June 1.