diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.h b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.h
index 4d0fc23193..b7ecca9b7d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.h
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.h
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 
 @class ModEntry;
+@class GameInstall;
 @interface Controller : NSObject
 {
 	ModEntry *sidebarItems;
+	GameInstall *game;
 	IBOutlet NSOutlineView *outlineView;
 }
 - (ModEntry *)modTree;
+- (IBAction)launchGame:(id)sender;
 @end
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.m b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.m
index 42a81dcea8..10a17ece8f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.m
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/Controller.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #import "Controller.h"
 #import "ModEntry.h"
+#import "GameInstall.h"
 #import "ImageAndTextCell.h"
 
 @implementation Controller
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 	[outlineView reloadData];
 	[outlineView expandItem:[outlineView itemAtRow:1] expandChildren:YES];
 	[outlineView selectRowIndexes:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:1] byExtendingSelection:NO];
+	
+	game = [[GameInstall alloc] initWithPath:@"/Users/paul/src/OpenRA"];
 }
 
 - (void) dealloc
@@ -110,4 +113,9 @@ objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+- (IBAction)launchGame:(id)sender
+{
+	[game launchGame];
+}
 @end
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
index 5e7bf36e3b..77f762be9e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		</object>
 		<object class="NSMutableArray" key="IBDocument.EditedObjectIDs">
 			<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
-			<integer value="29"/>
+			<integer value="57"/>
 			<integer value="371"/>
 		</object>
 		<object class="NSArray" key="IBDocument.PluginDependencies">
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 																		<int key="NSCellFlags">337772096</int>
 																		<int key="NSCellFlags2">2048</int>
 																		<string key="NSContents">Text Cell</string>
-																		<object class="NSFont" key="NSSupport">
+																		<object class="NSFont" key="NSSupport" id="868513215">
 																			<string key="NSName">LucidaGrande</string>
 																			<double key="NSSize">13</double>
 																			<int key="NSfFlags">1044</int>
@@ -443,6 +443,29 @@
 								<object class="NSCustomView" id="257490795">
 									<reference key="NSNextResponder" ref="991115689"/>
 									<int key="NSvFlags">256</int>
+									<object class="NSMutableArray" key="NSSubviews">
+										<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
+										<object class="NSButton" id="430464371">
+											<reference key="NSNextResponder" ref="257490795"/>
+											<int key="NSvFlags">268</int>
+											<string key="NSFrame">{{383, 15}, {111, 27}}</string>
+											<reference key="NSSuperview" ref="257490795"/>
+											<bool key="NSEnabled">YES</bool>
+											<object class="NSButtonCell" key="NSCell" id="492098390">
+												<int key="NSCellFlags">-2080244224</int>
+												<int key="NSCellFlags2">134217728</int>
+												<string key="NSContents">GO!</string>
+												<reference key="NSSupport" ref="868513215"/>
+												<reference key="NSControlView" ref="430464371"/>
+												<int key="NSButtonFlags">-2033434369</int>
+												<int key="NSButtonFlags2">160</int>
+												<string key="NSAlternateContents"/>
+												<string key="NSKeyEquivalent"/>
+												<int key="NSPeriodicDelay">400</int>
+												<int key="NSPeriodicInterval">75</int>
+											</object>
+										</object>
+									</object>
 									<string key="NSFrame">{{146, 0}, {513, 469}}</string>
 									<reference key="NSSuperview" ref="991115689"/>
 									<int key="NSViewLayerContentsRedrawPolicy">2</int>
@@ -585,6 +608,14 @@
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">585</int>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
+					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
+						<string key="label">launchGame:</string>
+						<reference key="source" ref="79272443"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="430464371"/>
+					</object>
+					<int key="connectionID">588</int>
+				</object>
 			</object>
 			<object class="IBMutableOrderedSet" key="objectRecords">
 				<object class="NSArray" key="orderedObjects">
@@ -820,6 +851,7 @@
 						<reference key="object" ref="257490795"/>
 						<object class="NSMutableArray" key="children">
 							<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
+							<reference ref="430464371"/>
 						</object>
 						<reference key="parent" ref="991115689"/>
 					</object>
@@ -881,6 +913,20 @@
 						<reference key="object" ref="79272443"/>
 						<reference key="parent" ref="0"/>
 					</object>
+					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
+						<int key="objectID">586</int>
+						<reference key="object" ref="430464371"/>
+						<object class="NSMutableArray" key="children">
+							<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
+							<reference ref="492098390"/>
+						</object>
+						<reference key="parent" ref="257490795"/>
+					</object>
+					<object class="IBObjectRecord">
+						<int key="objectID">587</int>
+						<reference key="object" ref="492098390"/>
+						<reference key="parent" ref="430464371"/>
+					</object>
 				</object>
 			</object>
 			<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="flattenedProperties">
@@ -959,6 +1005,9 @@
 					<string>579.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>58.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>58.ImportedFromIB2</string>
+					<string>586.IBPluginDependency</string>
+					<string>586.IBViewBoundsToFrameTransform</string>
+					<string>587.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>92.IBPluginDependency</string>
 					<string>92.ImportedFromIB2</string>
 				</object>
@@ -1039,6 +1088,11 @@
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<integer value="1"/>
 					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
+					<object class="NSAffineTransform">
+						<bytes key="NSTransformStruct">P4AAAL+AAABDnQAAw6CAAA</bytes>
+					</object>
+					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
+					<string>com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin</string>
 					<integer value="1"/>
 				</object>
 			</object>
@@ -1058,7 +1112,7 @@
 				</object>
 			</object>
 			<nil key="sourceID"/>
-			<int key="maxID">585</int>
+			<int key="maxID">588</int>
 		</object>
 		<object class="IBClassDescriber" key="IBDocument.Classes">
 			<object class="NSMutableArray" key="referencedPartialClassDescriptions">
@@ -1066,6 +1120,17 @@
 				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
 					<string key="className">Controller</string>
 					<string key="superclassName">NSObject</string>
+					<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="actions">
+						<string key="NS.key.0">launchGame:</string>
+						<string key="NS.object.0">id</string>
+					</object>
+					<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="actionInfosByName">
+						<string key="NS.key.0">launchGame:</string>
+						<object class="IBActionInfo" key="NS.object.0">
+							<string key="name">launchGame:</string>
+							<string key="candidateClassName">id</string>
+						</object>
+					</object>
 					<object class="NSMutableDictionary" key="outlets">
 						<string key="NS.key.0">outlineView</string>
 						<string key="NS.object.0">NSOutlineView</string>
@@ -1155,6 +1220,22 @@
 						<string key="minorKey">AppKit.framework/Headers/NSUserInterfaceItemSearching.h</string>
 					</object>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
+					<string key="className">NSButton</string>
+					<string key="superclassName">NSControl</string>
+					<object class="IBClassDescriptionSource" key="sourceIdentifier">
+						<string key="majorKey">IBFrameworkSource</string>
+						<string key="minorKey">AppKit.framework/Headers/NSButton.h</string>
+					</object>
+				</object>
+				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
+					<string key="className">NSButtonCell</string>
+					<string key="superclassName">NSActionCell</string>
+					<object class="IBClassDescriptionSource" key="sourceIdentifier">
+						<string key="majorKey">IBFrameworkSource</string>
+						<string key="minorKey">AppKit.framework/Headers/NSButtonCell.h</string>
+					</object>
+				</object>
 				<object class="IBPartialClassDescription">
 					<string key="className">NSCell</string>
 					<string key="superclassName">NSObject</string>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.h b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec58557b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//
+//  GameInstall.h
+//  OpenRA
+//
+//  Created by Paul Chote on 15/11/10.
+//  Copyright 2010 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+
+@interface GameInstall : NSObject {
+	NSString *gamePath;
+}
+
+-(id)initWithPath:(NSString *)path;
+-(void)launchGame;
+@end
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.m b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a41607e31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/GameInstall.m
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//
+//  GameInstall.m
+//  OpenRA
+//
+//  Created by Paul Chote on 15/11/10.
+//  Copyright 2010 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import "GameInstall.h"
+
+
+@implementation GameInstall
+
+-(id)initWithPath:(NSString *)path
+{
+	self = [super init];
+	if (self != nil)
+	{
+		NSLog(@"creating game at path %@",path);
+
+		gamePath = path;
+	}
+	return self;
+}
+
+-(void)launchGame
+{
+	// Use LaunchServices because neither NSTask or NSWorkspace support Info.plist _and_ arguments pre-10.6
+	NSString *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA"];
+	NSArray *args = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:gamePath, @"mono", @"--debug", @"OpenRA.Game.exe", @"Game.Mods=ra",nil];
+
+	FSRef appRef;
+	CFURLGetFSRef((CFURLRef)[NSURL URLWithString:path], &appRef);
+
+	// Set the launch parameters
+	LSApplicationParameters params;
+	params.version = 0;
+	params.flags = kLSLaunchDefaults;
+	params.application = &appRef;
+	params.asyncLaunchRefCon = NULL;
+	params.environment = NULL; // CFDictionaryRef of environment variables; could be useful
+	params.argv = (CFArrayRef)args;
+	params.initialEvent = NULL;
+
+	ProcessSerialNumber psn;
+	OSStatus err = LSOpenApplication(&params, &psn);
+
+	// Bring the game window to the front
+	if (err == noErr)
+		SetFrontProcess(&psn);
+}
+@end
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA-Info.plist b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA-Info.plist
index 8524368158..1fa4f51735 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA-Info.plist
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA-Info.plist
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
 	<string>English</string>
 	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
-	<string>${EXECUTABLE_NAME}</string>
+	<string>OpenRA</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
 	<string>OpenRA.icns</string>
+	<key>CFBundleName</key>
+	<string>OpenRA Launcher</string>
+	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+	<string>OpenRA Launcher</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
-	<string>com.yourcompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}</string>
+	<string>org.open-ra.launcher.mac</string>
 	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
 	<string>6.0</string>
-	<key>CFBundleName</key>
-	<string>${PRODUCT_NAME}</string>
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5b8182b3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+	<string>OpenRA</string>
+	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+	<string>OpenRA</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+	<string>OpenRA.icns</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a9eb1fd6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+# This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
+# available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+# see LICENSE.
+
+echo "Launching OpenRA from $1"
+cd $1
+${@:2}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.icns b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.icns
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5b28bc3de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.icns
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../OpenRA.icns
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 249a805b13..b84f0cecd1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Launcher.Mac/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 		DA81FAAA1290FA0000C48F2F /* ModEntry.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DA81FAA91290FA0000C48F2F /* ModEntry.m */; };
 		DA81FB9312910A8B00C48F2F /* ImageAndTextCell.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DA81FB9212910A8B00C48F2F /* ImageAndTextCell.m */; };
 		DA81FBDC12910E4900C48F2F /* OpenRA.icns in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DA81FBDB12910E4900C48F2F /* OpenRA.icns */; };
+		DA81FC3F12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DA81FC3E12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.m */; };
+		DA9292C81291DF2D00EDB02E /* OpenRA.app in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DA9292C71291DF2D00EDB02E /* OpenRA.app */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
 		DA81FB9112910A8B00C48F2F /* ImageAndTextCell.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = ImageAndTextCell.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DA81FB9212910A8B00C48F2F /* ImageAndTextCell.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = ImageAndTextCell.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DA81FBDB12910E4900C48F2F /* OpenRA.icns */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.icns; path = OpenRA.icns; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DA81FC3D12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = GameInstall.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DA81FC3E12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = GameInstall.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		DA9292C71291DF2D00EDB02E /* OpenRA.app */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.application; path = OpenRA.app; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 /* End PBXFileReference section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
@@ -63,6 +68,8 @@
 				DA81FA811290F5C800C48F2F /* Controller.m */,
 				DA81FAA81290FA0000C48F2F /* ModEntry.h */,
 				DA81FAA91290FA0000C48F2F /* ModEntry.m */,
+				DA81FC3D12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.h */,
+				DA81FC3E12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.m */,
 			);
 			name = Classes;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@
 		29B97317FDCFA39411CA2CEA /* Resources */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				DA9292C71291DF2D00EDB02E /* OpenRA.app */,
 				DA81FBDB12910E4900C48F2F /* OpenRA.icns */,
 				8D1107310486CEB800E47090 /* OpenRA-Info.plist */,
 				089C165CFE840E0CC02AAC07 /* InfoPlist.strings */,
@@ -187,6 +195,7 @@
 				8D11072B0486CEB800E47090 /* InfoPlist.strings in Resources */,
 				1DDD58160DA1D0A300B32029 /* MainMenu.xib in Resources */,
 				DA81FBDC12910E4900C48F2F /* OpenRA.icns in Resources */,
+				DA9292C81291DF2D00EDB02E /* OpenRA.app in Resources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
@@ -202,6 +211,7 @@
 				DA81FA821290F5C800C48F2F /* Controller.m in Sources */,
 				DA81FAAA1290FA0000C48F2F /* ModEntry.m in Sources */,
 				DA81FB9312910A8B00C48F2F /* ImageAndTextCell.m in Sources */,
+				DA81FC3F12911E2B00C48F2F /* GameInstall.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/packaging/osx/launcher/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packaging/osx/launcher/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 34b8ca0e74..fb99b99376 100644
--- a/packaging/osx/launcher/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packaging/osx/launcher/OpenRA.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			buildConfigurationList = C01FCF4E08A954540054247B /* Build configuration list for PBXProject "OpenRA" */;
 			compatibilityVersion = "Xcode 3.1";
+			developmentRegion = English;
 			hasScannedForEncodings = 1;
+			knownRegions = (
+				English,
+				Japanese,
+				French,
+				German,
+			);
 			mainGroup = 29B97314FDCFA39411CA2CEA /* OpenRA */;
 			projectDirPath = "";
 			projectRoot = "";