It seems the president of Gearbox is looking into how much interest there is for a Linux version of their extremely popular Borderlands series of FPS/RPG games.
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This is interesting considering just how popular the games are, I've played them myself before and they are popular for a good reason. The blend of FPS with RPG levelling and randomized weapons works really well. The graphics are also damn good as well.
The news comes from many people emailing this in, it just got buried in my inbox below actual releases.
It seems reddit wants a Linux port of Borderlands 2. I'll probably chat with some folks on twitter about that this weekend.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) April 19, 2014
This isn't anywhere near happening yet though folks as Randy mentioned to a user:
@RoadRunnerdn who said there will be a Linux port - I just want to learn more about customer interests there.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) April 19, 2014
So, he is just looking at how big the market is for a Linux port, can we show him how big it is?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
- SteamOS Compatibility
- Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)
- Userbase is in fine shape, 1.2% of steam, the target market is large.
- Ports get you a LOT of goodwill from both the users and Valve.
- You will have GabeNs <3
Quoting: PankakeShould we make a petition?
No. Petitions are pretty much useless.
lordfragger Apr 19, 2014
Quoting: Half-ShotUnreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)
unreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)
while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux
editor is not yet working
one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one
There was already a petition for this, but it hasn't encountered the expected success (not enough promoted, I think)
It would be great to be able to play borderlands2 on my Linux rig. I am a bit afraid of performance issues, though : B1&2 were very smooth on windows, but I don't expect anything stellar from the R600 driver (yet).
Quoting: AnonymousQuoting: Half-Shotunreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)
while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux
editor is not yet working
one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one
I made the judgement is that we now have (at least) 2 games ported on the engine and from what I've heard its getting a lot easier to do it. But yes, I would probably attempt to port it to UE4 if possible as well. However I think the engines are built like Valves engines so that despite them being called the same thing, the jump is too great.
However all this doesn't rule out any future Gearbox titles now that UE4 is there.
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