It was some of the worst news that Mac users could get, when Blizzard announced that, surprisingly, its Diablo IV could not be played on Apple computers because there would be no version as such. How was it possible if those from Irvine have always been one of the few who have unconditionally supported bringing their releases to the different versions of macOS?
It probably has a lot to do with it. the change in technological platform that Macs have experienced in recent years. Apple decided to do away with Intel processors and with them a good part of the compatibility that allowed a viable adaptation of games from PCs was also lost. So since Blizzard doesn’t seem like they’re going to beat themselves up to create an adaptation almost from scratch, we can only rely on the power of the Force.
macOS Sonoma to the rescue!
So, as you probably already know, Apple’s famous WWDC 2023 is being held this week, which is basically the time of the year in which all the novelties that the operating systems of the different ranges of Cupertino products will have are presented. And in the case of Macs, we are now learning everything that macOS Sonoma, as it will be called, will offer us.
And one of the novelties that have transpired is that Apple has worked to include in this new operating system an entire layer of compatibility that is capable of running PC games as if they were practically native to Mac. And one of those that the community has begun to test, of course, is Diablo IVwhich have made it run at full graphic quality and with amazing results, because it gives the feeling that the build that you are running would have been designed for the macOS platform.
Diablo IV on M2 Max using macOS Sonoma and game porting toolkit
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Right here above you can see the result of those first tests with the compatibility layer of macOS Sonoma, in this case with a Mac with M2 Max processorso it does not lose a single frame of quality and moves with a smoothness and level of detail that makes us have high hopes about its tremendous potential.
More games tested with Sonoma
But it is not only Diablo IV has been the target of the tests. cyberpunk 2077another of the demanding PC titles, has also been tested with that cape of the call Game Porting Toolkit and the results are extraordinary with a MacBook Pro configuration with an M1 processor, where very good results are obtained that hardly make one suspect that we are running a build designed for PC.
It goes without saying that this new layer of compatibility of macOS Sonoma with PC games opens up a new field of opportunities for those of us who have Macssince the publishers They will no longer be able to allege adaptation or development problems in their work to launch the versions for Apple computers practically at the same time. And the best example of that possibility is how well Diablo IV is able to perform.
So now you know: Diablo IV It’s very close to reaching Mac computers.
