Quoting: entropyThe catch is: DICE still has to ask EA for permission.

... But why wouldn't they get a GO for that? I mean, EA has moved to support Mac, and Mac users are at a mere 3% or therabounts on the Steam network. Yeah Linux is even smaller, but that may very well change very fast once the SteamOS prerigged boxes hits the market.

I know my arguments are based on wishful thinking and little else, but there is *some* logic in all this. It's not totally far fetched that they too will support Linux now that three major competitors have done so - Source, Cryengine and Unreal.

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Quoting: liamdaweThey never said they will support Linux, but that they want to which are very different things.

I think there are plenty room for interpretation in that quote, Liam.

He say "we" as in the company, not "I" as in a personal opinion or wish. So he speaks on behalf of Dice.

So he states, metaquoted, "DICE strongly want to get into Linux for a reason" -> Meaning this is not just a wish, but there are *reasons* why they want to get into it. And when a company *strongly* want something, they are working on it.

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Quoting: WiderwilligWhat about the Frostbite Engine? Is there any hint about Linux support?

IIRC, the Frostbite Engine is developed by DICE which belongs to EA.
I'd be more than surprised to see anything Linux related from EA, until SteamOS will be overly successful and, thus, "proves" that there is a market for Linux-based games.

I actually am pretty sure I've read somewhere that indeed Frostbite for Linux is in the works too.

And a quick Googling confirmed it:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/33438/dice-says-it-will-support-linux-could-see-battlefield-4-on-steamos/index.html

It's also listed under "game engines for Linux" on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Game_engines_for_Linux

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"one of the best looking"? Dude, have you seen the screenshots? It looks *insane*!

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A blatant ripoff of course, but still: Lovin' it! Wipeout is great fun. :)

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Quoting: ImantsWe do not have anything else to put our trust into. So if Valve fails our dreams fails with it :)

It's the truth.

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Wow, this looks awesome!

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Quoting: AnonymousI can't imagine anyone would want to buy this on Wii U? Seriously?

This poll has to be severely skewed based on what fan sites out there who happen to have linked to this poll so far. That WiiU domination is a joke.

Still, it's really cool to see SteamOS being almost as strong as the PS4. Let's enjoy that while it last. :)

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Wow, bought this game on Steam sale a year or so ago, never gotten to play it due to not bothering booting up the Windows partition.

Now I'm glad I didn't!

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To be honest I no longer buy games using Unity. It's kinda ironic with this particular engine with cross platform being the prime argument, but I've never experienced as many problems in any other engine as I have with Unity games.

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