Gaming on a Mac? Why, yes. According to TransGaming and nVidia, that's exactly what they're planning to do. In a recent press release, TransGaming announced that they will be teaming up with nVidia to bring top-tier video games to the Intel-based Macintosh platform using the former's Cider portability engine in conjunction with the latter's CgFX graphics system.

If you're a gamer who just happens to have a Mac, this is kind of like a match made in heaven. TransGaming's Cider technology effectively eliminates the time and expense of porting Windows games to the Mac. Today's video games deliver immersive graphics and gameplay using high-level shader language (HLSL) technologies pioneered by nVidia.

Through this collaboration, Cider can now run high-level shaders created for Microsoft's Direct3D platform using the nVdia CgFX framework. To accomplish this, both companies have worked together to improve Cg in several areas, ranging from Effect (.fx) file compatibility through to performance, resulting in the ability to release more high-end games on the Mac with Cider.

No word yet on what games could possibly make their way to the Mac, but we're expecting some pretty big names to start joining the bandwagon.