This explains why the announcement of Warcraft 3 Reforged created so much hype.

Needless to say, Warcraft 3 is still considered a cult-classic. Warcraft 3 Reforged on Mac: What to expect I suppose Warcraft 3 is now in the pantheon of retro games now that it’s nearly a decade and a half old, but it holds up quite well, the performance is great, and it’s still a lot of fun.On top of that, Warcraft 3 also offered unparalleled mod support, which lead to the creation of Defense of the Ancients and the birth of the MOBA genre itself. Launch the game and play some Warcraft 3 or Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne, that’s it!ī games work fine too so you can play multiplayer matches or the single player campaign, whatever you’re into.Īnyway, have fun with this blast from the past. It’s in the /Applications/ folder by default unless you moved it somewhere else. When finished downloading and installing, you’ll have Warcraft 3 on the Mac, and it actually runs. Once you have the installers downloaded, you’ll likely need to right-click and choose “Open” or launch it through System Preferences to bypass Gatekeeper on the Mac to actually download and install the game – note you only need to do this with the downloader and installer, it is not necessary for the game itself. Personally I had the ancient dusty Warcraft 3 CD still laying around, so I just dug that up and used the CD Key to claim it to a modern account which gives access to the Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne downloads:

A modern Mac with about 2GB of disk space.

Warcraft 3 (and optionally the expansion Frozen Throne) either downloaded ($10) or an old CD with CD-key laying around the house (if you have a CD key you can claim it at the account manager here).

Requirements for Running Warcraft 3 in Mac OS: Obviously if you don’t care about Warcraft 3 and one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, then who cares right? But some of us do, whether it’s the nostalgia factor or whatever else.Īnyway, here’s how you can easily install Warcraft 3 patch 1.27a on a modern Mac so that you can play both WC3 and WC3 Frozen Throne expansion on any modern Mac OS release. Then out of the blue this year for whatever reason, Blizzard quietly released a patched version of Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne for the Mac, so that it’s playable natively in all modern versions of Mac OS X, including macOS Sierra 10.12.x, OS X El Capitan 10.11.x, Mavericks 10.9.x, and OS X Yosemite 10.10.x.

For some quick background, there was an extended gap where Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne were unplayable in Mac OS X and macOS beyond Snow Leopard because Blizzard hadn’t updated the app to be compatible with modern releases.

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