Resolution criteria

This market resolves to YES if Blizzard Entertainment officially releases a public, stable version of the Battle.net desktop app for macOS that is natively compiled for Apple Silicon (ARM64 or Universal binary) on or before December 31, 2027, at 11:59 PM PT.

• Verification: Resolution will be verified via official Battle.net patch notes, Blizzard's technical support forums, or direct examination of the application's executable properties (which must show "Kind: Apple" or "Kind: Universal" rather than "Intel" in macOS Finder/Activity Monitor).

• Scope: Only the primary Battle.net desktop launcher and its core background processes (e.g., Battle.net Agent) are subject to this requirement. Individual Blizzard games are excluded (though some, like World of Warcraft, already possess native support).

• Exclusions: Beta, Alpha, or test channel builds (e.g., Battle.net Beta) do not satisfy this market unless a stable, native version is fully released to the general public before the deadline. If Blizzard discontinues the macOS version of the Battle.net launcher entirely before this date, the market resolves to NO.

Background

While certain Blizzard games like World of Warcraft have natively supported Apple Silicon since late 2020, the Battle.net desktop launcher and its helper utility, "Agent," remain x86 Intel applications. Consequently, they rely on Apple's Rosetta 2 translation layer to function on M-series Macs.

This has become a critical timeline because macOS has begun alerting users that support for Intel-only apps is being phased out. Apple is expected to deprecate or completely remove Rosetta 2 translation by late 2027, meaning the launcher will eventually become unusable on modern Macs without a native transition.

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