Playing Diablo 4 and Diablo 2: Resurrected on macOS? The two well-founded and particularly easy-to-implement short guides to CodeWeaver’s CrossOver 23 reveal how the gloomy world of Sanctuary comes to the Mac.
This is a significantly modified commercial edition of the Wine runtime environment for Linux and macOS as well as Solaris, which is compatible with Windows 11 and the DirectX API. It can be tried out free of charge and then purchased.
CrossOver 23 for macOS and CrossOver 23 Linux can be purchased directly from the developer CodeWeavers for 74 euros. The developer studio behind CrossOver knows its stuff, as it is also responsible together with Valve for the development of the Proton API of the Steam client under Linux. With the code “LEVELUP23” players can get the full version of CrossOver 23 with 12 months of support for as little as 57 euros.
Play Diablo 4 and Diablo 2: Resurrected on macOS
Since both Diablo 4 and Diablo 2: Resurrected as well as Blizzard’s game distribution platform Battle.net, which also serves as a launcher, already run excellently on Linux with the help of open source game managers like Lutris, this guide is dedicated to the task , Diablo 4 and Diablo 2: Resurrected to run on macOS accordingly.
For this purpose, CodeWeavers has published a one-and-a-half-minute tutorial that demonstrates how easy it is to make the two “Hack and Slays” playable with the new CrossOver 23 on Mac and macOS.
CrossOver 23 brings support for DirectX 12 under macOS for the first time and has also seen many other optimizations. Thanks to Wine 8.0.1, more than 5,000 improvements have been made to the software since the release of CrossOver 22, according to the developers. Diablo 4 and Diablo 2: Resurrected are supported on macOS.
- CrossOver 23 for macOS:
- Initial support for DirectX 12 games, including Diablo II: Resurrected and Diablo IV.
- Initial support for geometry shaders and transform feedback.
- Update to MoltenVK 1.2.3.
On this basis, the two “Hack and Slays” can be made playable on macOS quickly and easily.
Play Diablo 4 on macOS
To install Diablo 4 and Microsoft Visual C++ on macOS and then be able to play the ARPG, players must do the following:
Play Diablo 4 on macOS:
- Install CrossOver 23 for macOS
- Launch CrossOver 23 from the Dock or Finder
- Locate and install Diablo 4 via CrossOver 23
- Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 (x64) v14.0
- Install Battle.net via CrossOver23
- Install Diablo 4 from Battle.net
- Start Diablo 4 and play
All settings can then be made as usual under Windows.
Play Diablo 2: Resurrected on macOS
To install Diablo 4 and Microsoft Visual C++ on macOS and then be able to play the ARPG, players must do the following:
Playing Diablo 2: Resurrected on macOS:
- Install CrossOver 23 for macOS
- Launch CrossOver 23 from the Dock or Finder
- Find and install Diablo 2: Resurrected via CrossOver 23
- Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 (x64) v14.0
- Install Battle.net via CrossOver23
- Install Diablo 2 from Battle.net
- Start Diablo 2 and play
All settings can then be made as usual under Windows.
More Windows games now run on macOS
Thanks to another significant improvement in the new CrossOver 23, the geometry shaders are now correctly addressed and used for the first time.
Many games such as Risk of Rain 2, Tekken 7, Octopath Traveler, Street Fighter V, Astroneer, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Trailmakers run for the first time ever using the runtime environment under macOS.
The developers have summarized all innovations, optimizations and error corrections in the official release notes, while a YouTube video presents the five best new features of CrossOver 23.
