Apple has posted a preview of Aspyr Media's upcoming third-person stealth game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell on their games section. The game is a covert stealth-action game featuring a compelling original storyline and characters inspired by the world of Tom Clancy and endorsed by the famous author.

From the preview:

Unlike many action/adventure games, Splinter Call doesn’t require you to blast away your enemies to succeed at its nine expansive missions. In fact, you can make your way through many of them without firing a single shot. Instead, your ability to sneak around, avoiding guards and security cameras while judiciously hiding the unconscious bodies of those you can’t get past, will dictate whether or not Third Echelon pulls the plug on a particular mission.

Splinter Cell is currently in beta testing and is scheduled for release in July. You can already pre-order your copy from the IMG Store for $39.95.

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Leading interactive game creator Nintendo of America celebrated their newest offering, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, with an interactive online game featured on their web site, created by Martini Design to run on both Macintosh and PC operating platforms.

On the site, Mario and Donkey Kong square off in a mini-game on the factory floor, where Mario tries to sell as many mini, mechanical Marios as possible to the Toads without having Donkey Kong intercept the mini-Marios in motion.

To check out the web site, please follow the link below.

Donkey Kong vs. Mario Online Game

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Feral Interactive has released an updated demo of XIII, its slick cell-shaded first person shooter. The 1.0.1 demo fixes a rendering issue on Power Mac G5s with 5200 graphics cards. The demo, which weighs in at 91 MB, is available for download through Macgamefiles.com.

The system requirements are as follows:

• Mac OS 10.2.3
• PowerPC G3/G4 700 Mhz
• 256 Mb RAM
• Hardware accelerated 3D Graphics Card with 32 Mb VRAM
• Mouse and Keyboard
• QuickTime 6

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