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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. Linux ? by ProdigyPuNk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If there's a Mac version, does that mean a Linux version might ever come out ? Because that would be sweet... A few months after switching to Linux I still boot into XP from time to time so I don't feel like I wasted the cash on a decent graphics card. You'd think if they've already ported this to the Mac maybe a Linux client wouldn't be that hard. Then I could get rid of Windows forever ;p

    1. Re:Linux ? by jisatsusha · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Not going to happen. Blizzard games have always been Mac + PC.

    2. Re:Linux ? by Korin43 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I've found that for pretty much any program with a Mac version, the Windows version works perfectly in Wine. I'm guessing it's a side effect of not being able to make Windows-specific assumptions.

    3. Re:Linux ? by jisatsusha · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Maybe so, but GP seemed to think that a mac client implied a possible Linux client, whereas a mac client is just business as usual for Blizzard.

  2. Re:Yay! by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is such a typical do nothing, patch nothing, PR-only marketing beta, NOT an actual beta test.

    Do you even understand what a beta is? It's a feature-complete build that has known issues. It's not a demo, nor a "You get to play for free" build. It's BETA. B-E-T-A. I.e., understood to be broken.

    Sheesh. Kids today.

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