StarCraft II Mac beta next week

By Oli Welsh Published 21 April, 2010

Map editor patched in for PC this week.

The beta test for strategy super-sequel StarCraft II will extend to Apple Macs next week, Shacknews reports.

Before that happens, though, PC beta testers will get to play with the Galaxy Editor, which will allow them to create maps, mods and scenario scripts. The editor will be included in a major new patch that should be released by the end of this week, according to producer Chris Sigaty.

You won't be able to publish your creations yet, however. This feature is planned for the retail release of the game and new Battle.net platform, with the possibility of even charging money for your mods - with a cut going to Blizzard, naturally.

The Mac beta client will be made available three to four days after the Galaxy Editor patch, Blizzard said.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first of three planned releases, is due out by the end of June.

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  • sneetch #1 2 years ago

    "This feature is planned for the retail release of the game and new Battle.net platform, with the possibility of even charging money for your mods - with a cut going to Blizzard, naturally."

    That'll be good, the guys who write these should be able to charge a reasonable sum for them. The market will dictate the price (if Blizzard are amenable it may even be possible to have two or more versions of the mod so they can have a free one and a donation one if they don't want to always charge for it).

  • nuanimal #2 2 years ago

    Not a bad idea "if" gamers want to charge for their mods and maps.

    As long as Blizzard doesn't enforce a minimum charge. Otherwise wouldn't this fragment multiplayer? (I'm assuming the Galaxy Editor allows creating of single player and multiplayer maps)?