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Diablo II Patch for Mac OS X Released

Posted by pudge on from the now-if-i-could-just-have-usb-printer-sharing dept.

soquelraj writes "Blizzard has released the long awaited patch they promised three months ago at MacWorld SF 2002 to allow Diablo II and Diablo II LoD to run native on Mac OS X. This was the last reason I was booting into Mac OS 9 for any reason (I could never stand not having direct access to my video hardware running the game via Classic). The performance (at least on the first quick spin I took tonight after downloading) under OpenGL looks to be much smoother than anything previous -- but regardless, this makes my Mac OS X experience complete."

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  1. Nice commitment from Blizzard by Niherlas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As was pointed out on another website, MacOS X hadn't even shipped in public beta form when Diablo II was released. While I'm sure that the OSX updates for WarCraft II, StarCraft, and Diablo II are mostly applications of things Blizzard developers have learned as part of the WarCraft III development cycle, it's still very good of Blizzard to release those efforts to the Mac gaming public.

    Then again, I'd also wager that Diablo II (and LOD) has sold enough copies to recoup Blizzard's investment at this point - and the goodwill they're generating amongst the OSX-using community will just translate into additional sales for WarCraft III when it hits the bricks. Not much, granted (I'm realistic about MacOS market share), but every bit helps, neh?

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    -- Niherlas