Today is already a good day, you can now add CRYENGINE to the official list of game engines that support Linux, so here's to hoping more games can come over.
This means games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Evolve, Crysis (I can dream!) and many more can easily come over to Linux. It's still probably not a click of a button, but it means developers have far less work to do.
QuoteNew API: OpenGL Support
Starting with 3.8.1, we are shipping a fully-featured OpenGL rendering implementation with CRYENGINE, which goes hand in hand with Linux support for your games (see below).
New platform: Linux
As previously announced, we are adding Linux support for your Game.exe. While you will still need Windows to use the Sandbox Editor, you can now release your commercial games on Linux as well as on PC- and of course, there are still no royalties whatsoever!
See their full announcement here.
It's doubtful we will see any older games coming over, that is unless developers really care about their older games. It's a shame, as we do need a back catalogue of older games, and not just newer games. If Crytek ported their Crysis games over to Linux, that would be a great showcase for their engine, but I extremely doubt they would. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Kingdom Come and Star Citizen...im just waiting both getting a STEAMOS logo to get it up!
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Quoting: pd12=) I think that's all the "major" engines (that aren't built just for 1 franchise/developer) now on Linux - CryEngine, Unity, UE, Source 2 ..
Dice's frost engine is missing, but that's about it!
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Insperatus Jun 21, 2015
This serves to further convince me: SteamOS, Steam Machines, and popular linux gaming will all be here to stay. Again demonstrating the amazing pull Valve has, they cut the trail and others are following. They've led this charge and we owe them. Okay, I don't owe them shit, I've bought hundreds of games on their platform :P But they've earned my gratitude. Thanks, Gabe.
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Quoting: GuestCryengine wouldn't have this without Unity3D and UE4 giving them some incentive to do so.
Would ue4 and Unity have done it without Valve/Steam? I have my doubts.
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Quoting: BeamboomUnity already had Linux support in the works, but it probably would've remained on the back burner if it hadn't been for projects like Wasteland 2.Quoting: GuestCryengine wouldn't have this without Unity3D and UE4 giving them some incentive to do so.
Would ue4 and Unity have done it without Valve/Steam? I have my doubts.
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Hm. Ok then. Thanks for contributing with nuances to the picture. :)
I still do believe that Valve is a *major* drive to the current events, at least the rate as they occur.
I still do believe that Valve is a *major* drive to the current events, at least the rate as they occur.
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So now we have the two major engines in the industry officially supporting Linux. This is a win no matter how you look at it! :D
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Comandante Ñoñardo Jun 22, 2015
Finally! After 4 years...
Cryengine 4 Linux, naively wished 4 years ago
Cryengine 4 Linux, naively wished 4 years ago
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