Mac Support Update in Shadowlands 9.0.2 - Native Apple Silicon Support

Live Posted 2020/11/16 at 10:14 PM by perculia

Blizzard

With this week’s patch 9.0.2, we’re adding native Apple Silicon support to World of Warcraft. This means that the WoW 9.0.2 client will run natively on ARM64 architecture, rather than under emulation via Rosetta.

We’re pleased to have native day one support for Apple Silicon.

While our testing has been successful, we’re highly aware of the nature of day one support with updates like this. Please let us know if you run into any issues that may be related to Apple Silicon in our Mac Technical Support forum 1.

Thank you very much.

Comment by m0pJrThis is actually awesome and I am very curious of the performance differences.Comment by ThalynarVery exciting news. Keen to see how it runs!Comment by rekithThis is great news! Hopefully more games besides wow will receive it soon, im still waiting for something bigger than 13 inches, so I'll see how it goes, hopefully it is a fundamental increase on the graphic department.Comment by AcelI'm just gonna say it....WoW on iPad confirmed.

No reason to natively support a very small group of players on devices (Apple laptops at 7.5%) on top of an even smaller group on a new architecture that only just launched. The only reason to have compiled the game to run natively instead of emulated for the new ARMacs is for plans to launch on iPad and other iOS devices on the same code.Comment by jkozReally great to hear. I'll be looking for info on this. Running a 2012 MacBook Pro right now, and while I have a gaming PC, it still runs WoW. Older zones are better, so I usually only level alts on it... point being, if I got a new MBP it might be a Silicon-based machine, so this will be interesting.Comment by hotaru251dont expect betetr performance.
Single thread it can beat a intel 10900k (likely not oc'd btw)
it still can't beat zen3 in ST.

and moment you use multithread? intel will liekly pull ahead and ryzen will LEAP ahead.

i'm anti apple, so i dont expect much in general, but outside that this might change the meme of gaming on a mac

if ur an older mac user its good but if ur on any modern (last 2 yrs) intel or amd cpu ur better off goign them.Comment by Aceldont expect betetr performance.
Single thread it can beat a intel 10900k (likely not oc'd btw)
it still can't beat zen3 in ST.

and moment you use multithread? intel will liekly pull ahead and ryzen will LEAP ahead.

i'm anti apple, so i dont expect much in general, but outside that this might change the meme of gaming on a mac

if ur an older mac user its good but if ur on any modern (last 2 yrs) intel or amd cpu ur better off goign them.Comment by OartholomewNice! Very surprised. WoW on iOS when?Comment by Sielinthinteresting, didn't expect support so soon

not that i use my current macbook to play WoW. at most i'll login to check mail and maybe do a few dailies if i'm on the road

time to find some benchmarks lolComment by rincewiz42I'm just gonna say it....WoW on iPad confirmed.

No reason to natively support a very small group of players on devices (Apple laptops at 7.5%) on top of an even smaller group on a new architecture that only just launched. The only reason to have compiled the game to run natively instead of emulated for the new ARMacs is for plans to launch on iPad and other iOS devices on the same code.Comment by mysticalosI'm just gonna say it....WoW on iPad confirmed.

No reason to natively support a very small group of players on devices (Apple laptops at 7.5%) on top of an even smaller group on a new architecture that only just launched. The only reason to have compiled the game to run natively instead of emulated for the new ARMacs is for plans to launch on iPad and other iOS devices on the same code.Comment by SharkTribeLove this!Comment by mysticalosdont expect betetr performance.
Single thread it can beat a intel 10900k (likely not oc'd btw)
it still can't beat zen3 in ST.

and moment you use multithread? intel will liekly pull ahead and ryzen will LEAP ahead.

i'm anti apple, so i dont expect much in general, but outside that this might change the meme of gaming on a mac

if ur an older mac user its good but if ur on any modern (last 2 yrs) intel or amd cpu ur better off goign them.Comment by killiarReally glad to see Blizzard is staying true to their awesome Mac support. They've continuously updated to support Metal, and other modern graphics API's. It's really good to see them continuing the trend and supporting the new Apple Silicon. Was a little worried considering the lack of compatibility in Overwatch, and silence on Diablo 4. Really glad to see this. Thanks Blizzard!Comment by adutzu89But still no Linux support...Comment by AcelI'm just gonna say it....WoW on iPad confirmed.

No reason to natively support a very small group of players on devices (Apple laptops at 7.5%) on top of an even smaller group on a new architecture that only just launched. The only reason to have compiled the game to run natively instead of emulated for the new ARMacs is for plans to launch on iPad and other iOS devices on the same code.Comment by SaintStryfeWell there is another good reason - Blizzard likes and supports Apple. They worked with them 15 years ago when Apple switched to Intel, when WoW was much smaller, and didn't abandon it then. In fact at the launch of WotLK, the only time they ever did an east-coast launch event, at the Times Square-adjacent Best Buy in NYC, I personally thanked Mike Morhime for Blizzard's continued support of the Mac, and that hasn't wavered ever. I am deeply appreciative of their incredible efforts.

Early work is showing that the processor is more than modern class and the GPU is on par with with a GTX 1050ti. Since my gaming PC is kicking 60 FPS fine with lower hardware, I'd suggest WoW is looking magnificent in the future on the Mac.Comment by WepstarWhere is some live outside of Windows 10? O.oComment by SangfoudreBut still no Linux support...Comment by darkwarrior89But still no Linux support...