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Gorky 17, another classic Topware published title now in beta for Linux, uses Wine
2 Apr 2016 at 4:01 am UTC
I just realized how ridiculous is the situation with Gorky 17 for Linux/Mac. In this case, users of Amiga OS will have access to the native, and fully functional version of Gorky 17 for their operating system. I want to indicate that Hyperion is the small company, and they had been working on this game for 12 years. How many people use Amiga OS?
Tripwire Interactive is the much bigger company and they have been only specializing in developing/publishing games, and potential million users of Linux/Mac computers will be forced to run the Windows version of Gorky 17 which was bundled with Wine. Really?
Lastly, we need a serious platform for people who want to play games on their consoles or computers. I strongly believe that Wine didn't help the Mac to be a better system for games. The Mac users often blame their operating system or drivers when they have issues with games that use Wine. Linux users and porters shouldn't make the same mistake.
I wanted to point out some facts, but I hope that native version of Gorky 17 for Linux/Mac will be published on Steam in the near future.
2 Apr 2016 at 4:01 am UTC
Quoting: slaapliedjeI was going to say this as soon as I saw it.... the game was already ported by Linux Game Publishing.Hyperion Entertainment ported Gorky 17 to Linux, and LGP published this game.
I just realized how ridiculous is the situation with Gorky 17 for Linux/Mac. In this case, users of Amiga OS will have access to the native, and fully functional version of Gorky 17 for their operating system. I want to indicate that Hyperion is the small company, and they had been working on this game for 12 years. How many people use Amiga OS?
Tripwire Interactive is the much bigger company and they have been only specializing in developing/publishing games, and potential million users of Linux/Mac computers will be forced to run the Windows version of Gorky 17 which was bundled with Wine. Really?
Lastly, we need a serious platform for people who want to play games on their consoles or computers. I strongly believe that Wine didn't help the Mac to be a better system for games. The Mac users often blame their operating system or drivers when they have issues with games that use Wine. Linux users and porters shouldn't make the same mistake.
I wanted to point out some facts, but I hope that native version of Gorky 17 for Linux/Mac will be published on Steam in the near future.
Knights and Merchants strategy game to return to Linux using Wine, now in beta
12 Mar 2016 at 1:19 pm UTC
12 Mar 2016 at 1:19 pm UTC
[quote=TheBoss]
I want to point out that Runesoft sells the native Mac version of KAM in the Mac App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knights-merchants-shattered/id595411919?mt=12 [External Link]
How will it make a loss if the price of this game isn't so high for the Mac users?
Quoting: lucifertdarkOld games like this wouldn't even be worth porting as it would probably make a loss. So, it's either we don't get it at all, or we get it with Wine.I want to remind you that Topware Interactive made the same mistake with Gorky 17 for Linux/Mac. Those games were ported to Linux/Mac many years ago, but Topware Interactive prefer to publish games for Windows because they desperately need money. Perhaps, this is one the reasons why they don't want negotiate with companies like LGP, Runesoft, and Hyperion Entertainment.
Wine is an amazing bit of software for old games.
I want to point out that Runesoft sells the native Mac version of KAM in the Mac App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knights-merchants-shattered/id595411919?mt=12 [External Link]
How will it make a loss if the price of this game isn't so high for the Mac users?
Knights and Merchants strategy game to return to Linux using Wine, now in beta
11 Mar 2016 at 8:49 pm UTC
11 Mar 2016 at 8:49 pm UTC
I have the Linux version of this game which I bought many years ago.
This game was ported to Linux by Runesoft and LGP was only the publisher.
Many months ago, I was informing you that Runesoft was working on the new version of this game for Linux.
Unfortunately, Runesoft did not publish this game on Desura, and probably Topware Interactive does not know about the existence of KAM for Linux.
This game was ported to Linux by Runesoft and LGP was only the publisher.
Many months ago, I was informing you that Runesoft was working on the new version of this game for Linux.
Unfortunately, Runesoft did not publish this game on Desura, and probably Topware Interactive does not know about the existence of KAM for Linux.
Looks like Feral Interactive are porting Medieval II: Total War to Linux (updated)
17 Dec 2015 at 11:45 pm UTC
17 Dec 2015 at 11:45 pm UTC
I think it won't happen, but It will be cool if Feral will port Max Payne to Linux because the Mac version is outdated. I have to use Mac OS X 10.6 from 2009 to run this game which is a painful practice because Apple abandoned this operating system.
http://support.feralinteractive.com/en/mac-games/maxpayne/ [External Link]
http://support.feralinteractive.com/en/mac-games/maxpayne/ [External Link]
openage, an open source clone of the Age of Empires II engine
16 Dec 2015 at 12:10 pm UTC
16 Dec 2015 at 12:10 pm UTC
It is a great news that I do not have to use Wine in order to run Age of Empires II on Linux.
I noticed that Freeablo (Diablo 1) was not the actively developed project for the last two months, but a couple of days ago they have started to add some patches.
I like those projects, but many of them are developed slowly for many years e.g. AvP, OpenRaider, and many of them were abandoned by their authors e.g. Free in the Dark.
I noticed that Freeablo (Diablo 1) was not the actively developed project for the last two months, but a couple of days ago they have started to add some patches.
I like those projects, but many of them are developed slowly for many years e.g. AvP, OpenRaider, and many of them were abandoned by their authors e.g. Free in the Dark.
Don't Be Patchman Is The First Game On Steam To Be Linux Only
31 Jul 2015 at 11:35 pm UTC
31 Jul 2015 at 11:35 pm UTC
This is the really sad news that they are planning to make versions for other operating systems. In this case, we won't have the competition for Voltley which was released in 2009 by Entourev LLC:
http://www.entourevllc.com/index.php?content=products [External Link]
They have never ported this game to other operating systems.
I remember that OBLONE Software ported Sun Blast to PC-BSD.
http://www.entourevllc.com/index.php?content=products [External Link]
They have never ported this game to other operating systems.
I remember that OBLONE Software ported Sun Blast to PC-BSD.
President Of Blizzard Responds To The Linux Petition, Petition Owner Creates Childish Response
11 Mar 2015 at 1:28 pm UTC
I want to remind you that Activision was one of the first companies that decided to cooperate with Loki to port games to Linux. They allowed Loki to port their games to Linux x86, and they even allowed them to port games to niche platforms like Linux PowerPC, Linux Sparc, and Linux Alpha.
I think that Activision do not want to lose money again, and perhaps people from Blizzard can not decide about it. I think that we have many big companies who supported Linux in the past, and they do not want to make this decision again. They consider Linux as the experiment for games, and we should not buy games from them.
I read a lot of comments about WoW for Linux, but I did not notice anything about their old games for Linux. I will be happy if they start to port games like The Lost Vikings to Linux,
Similarly, I do not see to many people interested in the open source projects e.g. Wargus, Freeablo, because ten years ago I did not even dream that I will have chance to play e.g. Morrowind on Linux.
11 Mar 2015 at 1:28 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestBobby Kotick and Activision have been blocking Linux games since he took over the company, why did we ever think they/he would allow Blizzard to?This theory about Microsoft and Apple is ridiculous.
My guess is, he is under some kind of contract with Microsoft and Apple to stop Linux taking over.
I want to remind you that Activision was one of the first companies that decided to cooperate with Loki to port games to Linux. They allowed Loki to port their games to Linux x86, and they even allowed them to port games to niche platforms like Linux PowerPC, Linux Sparc, and Linux Alpha.
I think that Activision do not want to lose money again, and perhaps people from Blizzard can not decide about it. I think that we have many big companies who supported Linux in the past, and they do not want to make this decision again. They consider Linux as the experiment for games, and we should not buy games from them.
I read a lot of comments about WoW for Linux, but I did not notice anything about their old games for Linux. I will be happy if they start to port games like The Lost Vikings to Linux,
Similarly, I do not see to many people interested in the open source projects e.g. Wargus, Freeablo, because ten years ago I did not even dream that I will have chance to play e.g. Morrowind on Linux.
Tell Blizzard You Want Linux Support In Their Games
8 Mar 2015 at 2:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
8 Mar 2015 at 2:54 pm UTC Likes: 1
I think that nobody knows the plans of Blizzard about the porting games to Linux, but I had remembered that from 2004 to 2010 I had the similar bad opinion about Valve.
Personally, I try to be realistic, and I really want to see more people who will be working on the open source projects in order to run classical games created by Blizzard on Linux:
http://freeablo.org [External Link] - Diablo
https://launchpad.net/wargus/trunk [External Link] Warcraft 2
https://launchpad.net/stargus [External Link] - Starcraft
Personally, I try to be realistic, and I really want to see more people who will be working on the open source projects in order to run classical games created by Blizzard on Linux:
http://freeablo.org [External Link] - Diablo
https://launchpad.net/wargus/trunk [External Link] Warcraft 2
https://launchpad.net/stargus [External Link] - Starcraft
Steam Now Has Over 700 Linux Games, What A Milestone!
3 Oct 2014 at 9:26 pm UTC Likes: 1
I have to admit that sometimes I can't stand opinions that are formulated in a very critical way about games for Linux.
3 Oct 2014 at 9:26 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: AsavarTzethI know English is not the easiest language to everyone. But could people please learn how to use paragraphs and also try to follow common good practices when writing comments, such as proof reading and trying to keep it short (as much info in as little text as possible).I'm a non-native English speaker, but I try to treat these types of remarks seriously. I made some small changes in my previous comment.
I have to admit that sometimes I can't stand opinions that are formulated in a very critical way about games for Linux.
Steam Now Has Over 700 Linux Games, What A Milestone!
3 Oct 2014 at 6:52 pm UTC Likes: 2
3 Oct 2014 at 6:52 pm UTC Likes: 2
@liamdawe
"I remember the days of old when "Linux has no games!" was a common argument against using it."
Do you realize that situation never had anything to do with the reality?
I still remember these critical comments posted by many users about overpriced games, free Linux installers, and indie games that were constantly ignored by Windows users who just installed Linux for fun. This category of users never planned to buy any games for Linux, even if it cost them a couple of dollars.
I think that the most of the Linux gamers preferred to play games published for their platform. They, usually, had to purchase classical or indie games, because some of the triple-A title games were frequently cancelled by producers or date of publication was delayed by the companies.
I'm not the biggest fan of producers who use C#/Mono/XNA/Flash/Wine to create games for Linux. On the other hand, I remember a time when people had three games for Linux that weren't made by the indie developers during the year. You can't say that indie games are garbage because that isn't the truth, and these people drew attention of the big companies such as Valve.
I think that many people noticed positive changes about the Linux game market. I don't to have be in a situation when I could read news about one or three new indie games in a week. I don't have to worry if there will be a chance for one or two popular games at the end of the year. This is the situation from the past.
However, I have to admit that I had a chance to play in many great games. I never thought that I will be in a situation when I can choose from such a wide range of games for Linux. I think that you should stop moan about the current situation, and I recommend you to spend more time on the playing games for Linux because you have a huge choice right now. I believe that Linux will be a significant platform for gamers in the future.
Unfortunately, I can't say anything about "Windows standards" because I don't care about this operating system. From my perspective, Linux is my favorite platform for games, and I'm happy that every day I have an ever-increasing number of games that I can play on it.
"I remember the days of old when "Linux has no games!" was a common argument against using it."
Do you realize that situation never had anything to do with the reality?
I still remember these critical comments posted by many users about overpriced games, free Linux installers, and indie games that were constantly ignored by Windows users who just installed Linux for fun. This category of users never planned to buy any games for Linux, even if it cost them a couple of dollars.
I think that the most of the Linux gamers preferred to play games published for their platform. They, usually, had to purchase classical or indie games, because some of the triple-A title games were frequently cancelled by producers or date of publication was delayed by the companies.
Quoting: a4360825Please stop circle-jerking!!! There is cca. 15-20 good quality ports (B2,Civ5,x-com,valve-games...) and all other is garbage, all Unity3D and C#/Mono/XNA/Flash based games are pure 5hit. Im Linux user for 10+ years and I never saw Linux community choosing quantity over quality. Where is your spine Linux users? Will you buy my biological 5hit if I stamp Tux logo and write Linux supported all over it?? Write articles about incompetent developers, poor performance and stability of ports, about games that only work on specific distribution/version-of-distribution, about no OGL4 development even if Windows version is using D3D11 etc. So there is NO 700 games, there is 20 games MAX depending on your standards, and Linux gamers obviously have lowest standard of all gamers.You're just typical user of Windows, who installed Linux, and you probably didn't have a chance to play in games for Linux for the longer period of the time.
I'm not the biggest fan of producers who use C#/Mono/XNA/Flash/Wine to create games for Linux. On the other hand, I remember a time when people had three games for Linux that weren't made by the indie developers during the year. You can't say that indie games are garbage because that isn't the truth, and these people drew attention of the big companies such as Valve.
I think that many people noticed positive changes about the Linux game market. I don't to have be in a situation when I could read news about one or three new indie games in a week. I don't have to worry if there will be a chance for one or two popular games at the end of the year. This is the situation from the past.
However, I have to admit that I had a chance to play in many great games. I never thought that I will be in a situation when I can choose from such a wide range of games for Linux. I think that you should stop moan about the current situation, and I recommend you to spend more time on the playing games for Linux because you have a huge choice right now. I believe that Linux will be a significant platform for gamers in the future.
Unfortunately, I can't say anything about "Windows standards" because I don't care about this operating system. From my perspective, Linux is my favorite platform for games, and I'm happy that every day I have an ever-increasing number of games that I can play on it.