How to play StarCraft Universe on Mac

Game summary

A free to play science fiction Multi-Player Online RPG played through Battle.net on StarCraft II. StarCraft Universe can be played solo, with friends, or you can jump into a public lobby and experience the game's content while making new friends. Players will start their experience by creating a character, choosing one of eight iconic StarCraft II classes and customizing their weapons, focus, gender and appearance. Once in the hub area, players will notice various non-player characters which give access to nearly all implemented elements of the game. SCU features hundreds of items, gear which can be improved and socketed with enhancements, 80 unique weapons that level up as you use them, over 120 unique class abilities, pets, draftable mercenaries, and even pilotable vehicles which can all be used in combat.

Play StarCraft Universe on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play StarCraft Universe on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

StarCraft Universe installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install StarCraft Universe like you would on any PC.
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