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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By BillNyeTheBlackGuy, 4 July 2014 at 8:48 pm UTC
I doubt it's coming out anytime soon, they been mentioning Linux support for 2 years now I think? And despite putting this game on an updated infinity engine, they're more buggy than the original games.

Anyway, I rather GoG work on wine ports for the BG games. At least my favorite mods will be compatible with those ports.
Mount & Blade: Warband Now In Beta For Linux
By hummer010, 4 July 2014 at 7:05 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestWorks nicely on Arch Linux 64 bit, GTX 660, with maximum settings. Alt-tab works in the menues.

Only problems I’ve noticed:
- ~/.mbwarband/ directory instead of ~/.config/mbwarband/
- thinks my keymap is qwerty
- infinite loop at exit, you have to kill the process.

I'm also on Arch 64-bit with nvidia (GTX765M), but I can't get the configuration utility to run. It crashes with a few "wrong ELF class" messages. Did you have to do anything special to get it to run?
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By hummer010, 4 July 2014 at 6:54 pm UTC
I have both Metro 2033 and Last Light. Metro 2033 works fine with wine, so I've played both. I'm not sure there is enough value in the redux's to bother buying them.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By hummer010, 4 July 2014 at 6:47 pm UTC Likes: 1
I'm pretty hopeful of it. Trent Oster has mentioned it in the baldursgate forum several times. Both of the EE games work perfectly with wine, but a native version is always preferred.

I pre-bought both of the EE games - I wonder if I will have to purchase Linux versions, or if we will get them as part of the previous purchase?

The windows version is entirely DRM free. If you purchase it from BeamDog, you need to use the DeamDog client to download the game. The game itself is DRM free to run after that, but you still need the client for updates.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By Hyeron, 4 July 2014 at 6:30 pm UTC
Straw. Camel.
I've had enough of them. Not buying anything from them in the foreseeable future.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By Shmerl, 4 July 2014 at 6:28 pm UTC
Quoting: Radegast
Quoting: ShmerlDoes it have any DRM?
No, it doesn't.

Great. I'll wait until it will appear on GOG then.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By Radegast, 4 July 2014 at 6:05 pm UTC
Quoting: ShmerlDoes it have any DRM?
No, it doesn't.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By Shmerl, 4 July 2014 at 5:59 pm UTC
Does it have any DRM?
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By DrMcCoy, 4 July 2014 at 5:57 pm UTC
Quoting: sonicFutureSuture: Who cares about Mac?

I for one care about Mac. Because I care about portability as a whole.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By godlike, 4 July 2014 at 5:27 pm UTC
Does anyone know what is the difference between Metro last light and Metro last light redux? For the Linux versions of course. As far as I can tell Metro last light is OpenGL 3.x where the windows version supports OpenGL 4.x features (tessellation).
The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For June 2014
By FutureSuture, 4 July 2014 at 5:19 pm UTC
Could have had 3 in a row. :|
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By FutureSuture, 4 July 2014 at 5:16 pm UTC
Quoting: HamishIf this becomes native and is not tied to Steam I will probably give it a go, since I have never actually played a Bioware title despite them being loved by so many people and actually being based nearby in Edmonton. Got into Linux gaming too late for Neverwinter Nights, so maybe this can be my introduction.
Since Neverwinter Nights exists natively for Linux, I hope GOG can work some magic and get it running on modern Linux distributions instead of just wrapping it up. What do you think? Would GOG be so kind?
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By FutureSuture, 4 July 2014 at 5:12 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: sonic
Quoting: FutureSutureMetro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux won't be on Mac OS, just Linux and Windows. :O
Who cares about Mac? Playing on Mac is like programming on Windows...both sucks!
Considering how Mac OS has 3 times the market share on Steam compared to Linux, this is a very interesting development. One cannot deny this.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By Hamish, 4 July 2014 at 5:08 pm UTC
If this becomes native and is not tied to Steam I will probably give it a go, since I have never actually played a Bioware title despite them being loved by so many people and actually being based nearby in Edmonton. Got into Linux gaming too late for Neverwinter Nights, so maybe this can be my introduction.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By gemini, 4 July 2014 at 4:54 pm UTC
Already pre-orded, and ordered a GTX 770 yesterday which hopefully will be able to handle it. :p

Hopefully it will be better then the original M:LL release, never got to finish it due to the game keeps crashing. :( Haven't tried it in while though, anyone knows if it got fixed?
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By sonic, 4 July 2014 at 4:47 pm UTC
FutureSuture: Who cares about Mac? Playing on Mac is like programming on Windows...both sucks!
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By FutureSuture, 4 July 2014 at 4:44 pm UTC
Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux won't be on Mac OS, just Linux and Windows. :O
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By Bestia, 4 July 2014 at 4:35 pm UTC
Linux versions won't be available in August.

http://enterthemetro.com/uk/news/game_information_uk/return_to_post_apocalyptic_moscow/

QuoteDedicated Linux and SteamOS versions will also release later this year.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition For Linux Is Still Planned
By FutureSuture, 4 July 2014 at 4:18 pm UTC
This endeavour will be native, correct? I already own all of Baldur's Gate on GOG so once GOG introduces Linux support later this year, I should be able to play the game. Not natively, of course, since they are old, but still.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By Funigtor, 4 July 2014 at 3:55 pm UTC
I had Metro 2033 for free in a giveaway but I never played it. Also, I didn't buy Metro Last Light.

I pre ordered both, to play them on GNU/Linux. And as I already own Metro 2033, I had the Redux version half-price. :D
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By Liam Dawe, 4 July 2014 at 3:06 pm UTC
Quoting: DrMcCoyI guess there's no chance the original Metro 2033 will see Linux support?

Highly doubtful since they are doing this.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By DrMcCoy, 4 July 2014 at 3:04 pm UTC
I guess there's no chance the original Metro 2033 will see Linux support?
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By LinuxGamesTV, 4 July 2014 at 3:00 pm UTC
Thx for this Update Liam :)

+1
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By Orkultus, 4 July 2014 at 2:58 pm UTC
I had friends bothering me to buy it so i could play it. So i bought it during the summer sale not knowing if it would run well in Wine, and it actually runs pretty smooth. A native Linux version of this would be most excellent.
Metro Redux FPS Games Due At The End Of August
By omer666, 4 July 2014 at 2:55 pm UTC
Already pre-ordered both. Metro Last Light will always remain my first cult Linux AAA title.
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By Funigtor, 4 July 2014 at 2:32 pm UTC
I had to buy this game due to my friends who asked me a lot to play with them. :D

A GNU/Linux version will be nice for me. I thought it could be great when I was playing it few days ago.
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By abelthorne, 4 July 2014 at 1:24 pm UTC
Well, Payday 2 is a coop game and is best played with people you know. So, as long as you have three friends available, you can play it for years! ;)
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By HadBabits, 4 July 2014 at 1:15 pm UTC
Is Payday 2 still relevant? The other day I stated to an XCOM player that there wasn't as much activity as I expected for such a game. He then reminded me that the game was a couple years old. While it's not such an issue with XCOM, since the multiplayer is 1v1 and the single player is rich and lengthy, games like Payday 2 are strictly multiplayer. When the servers die the game dies.

Either way, good to see popular titles coming to Linux. Granted, I'm more keen to a solo affair ;)

Edit: Well shut my mouth; the game's more recent than I thought. Also, 40k players presently, so forget what I said :D ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN *Choo Choo*
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By Zelox, 4 July 2014 at 1:14 pm UTC
YES YES YES! Cant say how glad I'm to see this. I really hope this will happen. This game is something I'v spent alot of hours in. And its one step closer for me to use Linux 24/7. I only hope wow could get a linux port soon, I know they got one. Vanilla even hade a linux client when its was in beta. And if I can make a wish to santa, I would like to see GTA V get a linux version :).
Payday 2 Could See A Linux Release In Future, A Developer Noted
By abelthorne, 4 July 2014 at 1:09 pm UTC
Oh, that would be great, the game is really good. People have been asking for a Linux port since the first game (as it already used an OpenGL-friendly engine) but until now it was a pretty firm "no plans for a Linux version".
Let's hope we won't get a similar answer as for Borderlands 2.
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