Mac gamers don’t have much to choose from in terms of MMORPGs. Aside from World of Warcraft, massively multiplayer titles on the Mac are scarce indeed. Guild Wars 2 will be joining the ranks of playable titles on the Mac OS X with an official announcement by ArenaNet stating that a beta client for the Mac is now immediately available for all players.
The Mac version of the game shares the same features and connects players to the same live game as the PC client, so anyone who purchases Guild Wars 2 now has the option to play it on both the PC and the Mac.
“Bringing Guild Wars 2 to the Mac is huge for us, because it introduces the game to an entire group of players who are often ignored by game developers,” reads the official statement by ArenaNet’s David Campbell. “The ability to play together with your friends is one of the underlying principles of Guild Wars 2, and providing a Mac client means that friends and guildmates can play together regardless of what operating system they favor.”
“On top of it all, ArenaNet staffers are big fans of Macs. We offer them as part of our employee laptop subsidy program, and our president Mike O’Brien is rarely seen without his Mac laptop. We’re as excited as anyone to play Guild Wars 2 on OS X.”
To download the client, simply head onto account.guildwars2.com and click Download Client to get started. The company has also set up a Mac FAQ for any questions you might have.
