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StarCraft II Mac Client Beta Available

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-waiting-on-a-linux-client-right dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Blizzard has released the Mac client of the StarCraft II multiplayer beta. If you already have an invite for the PC beta, the Mac client is available under your Battle.net account." A recent patch also added a map editor to the StarCraft II beta, which has already led to some interesting projects.

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  1. Shameful plug by Kenoli · · Score: 2, Informative

    StarDepot.org, maps and shit.

    /feels dirty

  2. Re:Linux ? by dltaylor · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not strictly.

    StarCraft/BroodWar are supported through WINE with Blizzard's tolerance on BattleNet.

    The NoCD patch (official, not a crack) for SC/BW (currently at 1.16.1) works OK in Linux.

    http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=21149&rhtml=true

    Of course, it there were to be an "official" native release of SCII for Linux, I would probably drop my current boycott of the title for lack of LAN play.

  3. Re:requirements? by radicalskeptic · · Score: 4, Informative

    You know, a 15 second Google search would have turned up the results: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24630623195&sid=5000

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    WARNING: If accidentally read, induce vomiting.
  4. It should be noted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It should be noted that the map editor is not yet available in the Mac beta.

  5. Performance Issues by BoiledNotScrambled · · Score: 2, Informative

    It runs worse in OSX than Windows 7 on my Macbook pro. I'm hoping the final release runs better.

  6. Re:Linux ? by tirefire · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not at all. Blizzard has been supporting Mac since SC1 over 10 years ago.

    Heck, it's been longer than that. The earliest title Bliz made for the Mac (that I know of) is Blackthorne (1994). And the earliest one that anyone cares about (Orcs and Humans) was still all the way back in '96.