by Whitney "Neinball" Fairchild - 8 years ago     show comments

This is definitely not a news item I was expecting to ever be writing again, but here it is.

Diablo II just received a new patch yesterday to bring the aging game up-to-date with newer operating systems. Mac players have had to jump through hoops for ages as D2 hasn’t been supported on OSX for a very long time, but fear no longer. With Patch 1.14a D2 is finally playable again on Macs without having to resort to third party apps to try and get it to run through emulation.

It’s been a long time coming, but today we’re releasing 1.14a for Diablo II.

This update focuses on system glitches introduced by modern operating systems. In related news, you can finally retire those old Mac PowerPCs. Included with the update is a shiny new installer for OSX.

We’ve also begun working to improve our cheat-detection and hack-prevention capabilities. There’s still work to be done, but we’re making improvements every day.

There is still a large Diablo II community around the world, and we thank you for continuing to play and slay with us. This journey starts by making Diablo II run on modern platforms, but it does not end there. See you in Sanctuary, adventurers.