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Download World of Warcraft 4.3.2 for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has rolled out its newest patch for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Bringing the immensely-popular game to version 4.3.2, the update delivers the ability to form same-faction raids with Real ID friends, as well as tons of fixes and enhancements. The patch is a hefty 1.3GB download and, according...

2 February 2012
16:21 GMT

Download World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm 4.2 'Rage of the Firelands' for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has released the second major update for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Dubbed Patch 4.2, Rage of the Firelands, the content-update includes a new story and raid, a legendary quest line, new raid tier and PvP armor sets, more daily questing options, and PvP Season 10.“World of Warcraft Pat...

30 June 2011
07:56 GMT

Blizzard Looking at WoW for iPad

During an interview that focused on Rage of the Firelands, the upcoming patch for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's Greg Street revealed that everyone in the studio had an iOS device. The developers are looking at ways to port WoW to the iPad, but this is not going to happen too soon, Street said. Also known as G...

27 June 2011
09:06 GMT

Download StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.3.3 for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has launched version 1.3.3 of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty for Mac OS X. The patch features adjustments to race balance, as well as various other enhancements and bug fixes.One of the first documented changes is related to the default hotkey to toggle in-game music on/off. It has been reverte...

11 May 2011
10:09 GMT

Download StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.2.1 for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has released a patch for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch, bringing the game to version 1.2.1 for Mac OS X and Windows. Immediately available as a free download from Softpedia, the patch delivers the usual bag of bug fixes and enhancements that players of the popular RTS game have come to e...

16 February 2011
09:18 GMT

Download Free ‘StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty’ Demo for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment is advertising what it calls a “free demo” of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty on the home page of battle.net. To download the demo, StarCraft fans must enter their first and last name, a valid email address, and their date of birth. First off, though, Mac users should check with the ...

22 December 2010
13:12 GMT

Download World of Warcraft Client Patch 4.0.3 for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has released World of Warcraft Client Patch 4.0.3 for Mac OS X and Windows, an important update to the immensely popular MMORPG game originally released in 2004 as the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe.Dubbed “The Shattering of Azeroth”, patch 4.0.3 alters th...

24 November 2010
07:45 GMT

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.1.0 Now Live for Mac OS X

Blizzard Entertainment has rolled out the first patch for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, bringing the game to version 1.1.0 with tons of new additions and improvements, including Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, a new Quick Save option, a new game clock, an enhanced map editor, and a special tweak for Mac users-only re...

22 September 2010
05:23 GMT

World of Warcraft Drops Support for Mac OS X Gamers with PowerPC Hardware

A post to the official Blizzard forums reveals that World of Warcraft will no longer be supported on Macintosh computers equipped with PowerPC processors, the change occurring in an upcoming patch scheduled for release before the debut of WoW Cataclysm.“Shortly before the release of Cataclysm a patch will be re...

31 August 2010
09:45 GMT

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Programming and Art Design Has Begun

A recent interview with Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment, revealed that StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm's development is full steam ahead, with the Wings of Liberty successful launch. Speaking to MTV, via VG47, Pardo said that, “Now that we’ve shipped [Win...

24 August 2010
08:01 GMT

Hands On: Diablo III

Diablo III is one of the video games that Blizzard is making playable at the Gamescom event, allowing players to choose from four classes and then take a look at the combat and exploration elements. I chose to play the Barbarian, the class I use on my first playthrough in all Diablo titles, mainly because I like to k...

19 August 2010
12:00 GMT

Blizzard Details and Trailers The Artisan Crafting System for Diablo III

Jay Wilson, the game director for the highly anticipated Diablo III gave a presentation at Gamescom 2010 in which he detailed the new artisan system. It is crafting component that is meant not to encumber the player. Wilson's talk took the blacksmith as an example of how the system works, but also mentioned th...

18 August 2010
10:44 GMT

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Collector's Edition Announced

Blizzard Entertainment has announced the Collector's Edition for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the third expansion to the most successful massively multiplayer online role playing game in the world. It includes the paraphernalia that Blizzard usually provides for its limited releases. The World of Warcraft: Cata...

18 August 2010
03:25 GMT

Analyst: StarCraft II Official Sales Figure Miss South Korea

Yesterday, Blizzard released information about the sales performance of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in the first two days of availability. While initial estimates were stating that there were 1.8 million copies sold in Europe and the two Americas alone on day one, Blizzard's data showed that StarCraft II sold...

4 August 2010
08:01 GMT

StarCraft II Multiplayer: A Newcomer's Perspective (Part I)

To put it simply, I am awfully bad at StarCraft. While I was quite capable of finishing the story campaigns for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, I never won a multiplayer match, not even barely. I played around five matches that I brutally lost in ten minutes and vowed never to return to this mode of the game agai...

30 July 2010
18:01 GMT

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Sells 1.8 Million Copies in Its First Day

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty may have just achieved the most successful game launch of the year, becoming the fastest-selling title of 2010. An estimate states that 1.8 million copies were sold on the first day in the Americas and Europe, including both digital and physical sales. This figure does not include playe...

29 July 2010
08:01 GMT

Blizzard Details the System Requirements for StarCraft II

When the system requirements for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty were first announced, it was clear that Blizzard was not aiming to include very old computers anymore. Running the game in medium details at a decent resolution requires a stronger machine from the part of the user. The official U.S. forums contain a pos...

28 July 2010
18:01 GMT

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Released for Mac OS X - Digital Download Available

Blizzard Entertainment has released Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, delivering the most highly-anticipated RTS game to gamers worldwide, including those rocking Mac OS X. The game is being made available in both retail boxed version, and as a digital download. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard ...

28 July 2010
07:01 GMT

BioWare Mythic Would Never Implement Real ID

BioWare Mythic would never introduce something similar to Blizzard's Real ID service to Warhammer Online, according to producer Carrie Gouskos. Real ID is a service that requires its users to log in to Battle.net using their real names. This was almost imposed by Blizzard on its forums, but aggressive fan backla...

26 July 2010
11:31 GMT

Secure Your Copy of Starcraft II for Mac OS X Now

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the sequel to the original 1998 video game by Blizzard Entertainment, is coming on July 27 for Mac OS X, the creators of the game have confirmed. Developed for concurrent release on Windows and Mac OS X, StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Win...

22 July 2010
05:18 GMT

Blizzard Has Launched the 2010 Global Writing Contest

Blizzard has unveiled the 2010 edition of its Global Writing Contest and is now accepting submissions from fans who think they have what it takes to write an interesting narrative that takes place in the universe of one of the three franchises belonging to the developer. The deadline for the contest entries is the 23...

6 July 2010
08:01 GMT

Download World of Warcraft 3.3.3, Diablo II Patch 1.13c for Mac OS X

Available for both Mac OS X and Windows PCs, Blizzard’s addictive games receive updates on a regular basis. Releases generally take long, but the company makes good on every promise, when trying to enhance the gameplay experience, whether it’s for fans of its popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, or Diablo I...

24 March 2010
11:00 GMT

Download WoW Test Realm Patch 3.3.3 for Mac OS X

When it was released in February, the latest World of Warcraft Mac client patch updated the popular MMORPG to version 3.3.2. With the new test realm patch now available, fans of the game can have a peek at what’s coming up next. The test realm patch notes only apply to features that exist on the public test re...

23 March 2010
07:33 GMT

Download World of Warcraft Mac Client PTR Update 3.2.0 - Free

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to the Mac version of World of Warcraft. The World of Warcraft PTR Updater provides new features and changes that are applied to the test environment (realm) in order to more effectively test new features, making their way into the official WoW game. The test realm patch ...

13 July 2009
10:31 GMT

Download World of Warcraft 3.1.3 (Mac) – Free

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to the Mac version of its immensely popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Bringing the game to version 3.1.3 on Macintosh computers, WoW fans get improvements and tweaks for most character classes and dungeons. A slew of bug fixes has also been incorporated in this release. ...

3 June 2009
06:16 GMT

Download World of Warcraft 3.1.2 Mac Client Patch – Free

Blizzard Entertainment has released a new client patch for fans of its popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. In addition to the usual laundry of bug fixes spanning most character classes, the update improves the Equipment Manager, and PVP play, as well as items and professions. Blizzard Entertainment notes (as usual) t...

20 May 2009
05:21 GMT

Blizzard Releases Warcraft III Patches (1.23a) for Mac

Blizzard Entertainment has released two new patches for players of its still-popular, real-time-strategy game, Warcraft III. Both Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne fans can download the new patches for free, right here on our website. With the 1.23a release for both Warcraft III games, Blizzard has addressed a few is...

17 April 2009
05:33 GMT

New Diablo III Screenshots Available

Dozens of new Diablo III screenshots are available, courtesy of the folks at Gameinfowire. Diablo III, Blizzard Entertainment's highly anticipated action RPG title will allow players to revisit the world of Sanctuary where they must go against demonic forces threatening humanity once again.According to Blizzard ...

6 April 2009
05:05 GMT

Blizzard Posts WoW Patch Info – Talent Dual Spec, UI Tweaks, More

WoW fans including Mac owners should learn that Blizzard Entertainment has updated the official World of Warcraft site with new information about upcoming changes to the immensely popular MMORPG. UI changes, well as the introduction of talent dual specialization mechanics are detailed in the post.According to Blizzar...

24 March 2009
07:16 GMT

Blizzard to Launch Authenticator App for iPhone (Rumor)

WoW Insider has found a posting over on Blizzard's Support section that suggests the giant developer is planning to release an application called Mobile Authenticator – the software-only version of the Blizzard Authenticator.Blizard currently has this piece of hardware for sale, the Authenticator, which pu...

20 March 2009
07:59 GMT

Tell Blizz What You Want in the Next Diablo II Patch (1.13)

Blizzard Entertainment has started a new forum topic asking fans of the Diablo series to jump in and enumerate some of the changes and enhancements they'd like to see added in the next patch for Diablo II. Mac users are just as entitled to get the same content as PC users. “We’re in the process of w...

12 March 2009
07:27 GMT

Download World of Warcraft Mac Client Patch 3.0.9 – Free

Today makes three full weeks since Blizzard Entertainment released the 3.0.8 patch for World of Warcraft for Mac. The latest patch, bringing the popular MMORPG to version 3.0.9, has just been released adding tweaks and enhancements to Druids, Hunters, Mages, Paladins, Priests, Rogues... eh, heck, everyone! User Inter...

11 February 2009
03:55 GMT

Patch 3.0.8a Available for World of Warcraft

A Blizzard Poster reveals there's a new patch (3.0.8a) available for World of Warcraft players using a Mac. The new release reportedly brings general fixes, and specific tweaks for Human females, Death Knights, Hunters and Warlocks.While not made official by Blizzard, the post signed “Nethaera - Blizzard P...

29 January 2009
04:49 GMT

StarCraft Broodwar Patch 1.16.1 Available for Mac – Free Download

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update for the Mac version of StarCraft and its expansion Broodwar. Version 1.16.1 introduces an Enable CPU Throttling option for limiting CPU cycles, a fix for the recently added "/reply" command, and various other fixes and tweaks. Head over below for the full scoop, and the d...

23 January 2009
04:35 GMT

Download World of Warcraft Patch 3.0.8 for Mac

Blizzard Entertainment has released a new update for Mac and PC versions of its popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft. The patch delivers the promised ability to create Death Knights on any realm as players reach level 55, as well as the usual laundry of fixes and tweaks.Main changes brought by the latest WoW patch inclu...

21 January 2009
09:40 GMT

Microsoft Sets Foothold in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and Guitar Hero

Via its network for video game advertising, Microsoft has announced that it has inked a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment and Activision over advertising. The source of ads will be Massive, a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. According to Microsoft, Blizzard Entertainment’s web properties and the Battle....

3 December 2008
12:18 GMT

Blizzard CEO Confirms Ongoing Mac Support for Future MMO

Avid fans of Blizzard Entertainment (makers of World of Warcraft), must be aware of the developer's plans to roll out a new MMO. According to the company's CEO, the Mac gaming community remains an important pillar of Blizzard's business, with the iPhone also being in the scope for future developments.T...

21 October 2008
04:00 GMT

BlizzCon Starts This Friday

BlizzCon is one of the biggest single developer conferences out there and the huge amount of Blizzard fans made the company host two events in a single year. The first one, the Blizzard World Wide Invitational, was more for the press, with the much awaited announcement of the Diablo III title. But now, the developer,...

7 October 2008
20:01 GMT

Blizzard Announces Warcraft III Update 1.22 for Mac

The folks at Blizzard Entertainment have been keeping themselves awfully busy lately, announcing patches and updates for some of its most popular games, not to mention the big announcement on Sunday. Most recently, the giant developer has announced a new patch for Warcraft III Mac gamers adding new features, a slew o...

2 July 2008
18:21 GMT

Everything We Know So Far on Diablo III

Diablo III is finally here and we can drop the excitement facade and put together all the facts we know about this game. I, for one, was really surprised to see them stick to the initial recipe, an isometric game focused on action and especially hack and slash. We will analyze it from three different perspectives: te...

30 June 2008
10:13 GMT

Blizzard Hoped to Sell 1 Million WoW Copies

Here's something not everyone expected to hear: former Blizzard North employee, who is now CEO of Flagship Studios, Bill Roper, sat down with CVG this weekend, revealing that Blizzard had modest expectations as far as sales figures for WoW went. The man talked of a 1-million-copies-landmark which Blizzard Entert...

3 December 2007
05:06 GMT

Activision Becomes Activision Blizzard

Yes, in what looks to be the merger of the century, Activision and Vivendi (owners of Blizzard Entertainment) have announced their agreement to combine Vivendi Games with the aforementioned company, giving birth to Activision Blizzard, who will continue to operate as a public company.Vivendi will own some 52% owners...

3 December 2007
03:26 GMT


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