Macbook pro retina 15" fan gaming question

Hi everybody,
I plain to buy a macbook pro retina 15" but i would like to get feedbacks from users who also plays with it.
Anyone here got this laptop and world of warcraft, diablo 3 or starcraft 2 under osx ?
Is the fan or the heat going crazy after some minutes of gaming like other pc gaming laptop ?
And under bootcamp with windows 7 or windows 8, is it noisy when playing ?
Thanks in advance for your feedbacks, i'm ready to buy it this week, but i would like to get those answers before buying.

Hi ds store,
I don't think the MacBook Pro I'm talking about has mountain lion, because they were released only a few days ago and come with mavericks installed from the factory

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