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GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By leillo1975, 18 March 2014 at 12:06 pm UTC

It's a very, very, very awesome new!!!

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By scaine, 18 March 2014 at 11:52 am UTC

Great news. Really superb. I've been avoiding them for years - I buckled last year and bought Planescape, because there was a great post about getting it working natively in Ubuntu. And last month, I bought Descent because of the DXRebirth project (which is amazing, BTW), but I never considered them for general purchases, because I can't stand wine.

So yeah. Fantastic news!

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By , 18 March 2014 at 11:42 am UTC

First the pcbsd.org site goes bonkers and offers FreeNAS and now GoG say they will support Linux... I'm dreaming or something.

DUELYST Squad-Based Tactical Combat Announces Linux Support With First Stretch Goal, I Asked Why
By , 18 March 2014 at 11:39 am UTC

Quoting: KittyI'd be more excited if the rooster of characters wouldn't be almost exclusively male, and the only female one cleavage almost bouncing out of her top -.-

Not really surprised though, considering the whole team is only male, but still...

I do agree with you, the oversized look quickly get old.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By Sabun, 18 March 2014 at 11:11 am UTC

QuoteI admit, I'm surprised; I didn't expect that to happen any time soon (or at all). In fact, I'm still suspicious this is an early April Fools' joke.

Same here! I honestly thought GOG had no interest, and were really set on not supporting Linux. I'm surprised at the sudden turn around! This is awesome, and now it looks like I can buy games from them again :D

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By , 18 March 2014 at 11:04 am UTC

this was a nobrainer...

I already have bought some gog games and my choices run fine via wine so far

I guess some little penguin icon next to games will help me know in advance if they are going to work

I dont expect them to do much work aside from what work out of the shell... but being acknowledged feels good

Gauntlet Action RPG From Warner Bros & Arrowhead To Launch On Linux
By , 18 March 2014 at 10:47 am UTC

No thanks. A cold box of beer, 3 mates and that big old cabinet I can see over in the corner
of my games room looks better.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By FireFlower Games, 18 March 2014 at 10:31 am UTC

QuoteThis means we will finally have a true DRM free store that really fights for DRM free

Thought you already had that. ;)

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By DrMcCoy, 18 March 2014 at 10:23 am UTC

If they do use Wine, I'd want them to add that info to the game page (just like I want them to state when they use DOSBox and ScummVM).

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By killx_den, 18 March 2014 at 10:18 am UTC

So they finally gave up their resistance :)
Looks like they will get my money again in the future ^^

Quoting: godlikeThat is great news indeed! Linux support for DOSBOX powered games is definitely a no brainer and a trivial technical challenge. DOSBOX runs everywhere. For all the rest of the windows games... we hope but it's a big challenge to emulate them using wine with no issues.

If they really want to make wine wrappers they should probably ask the playonlinux guys.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By muntdefems, 18 March 2014 at 10:16 am UTC

Quoting: DrMcCoyI admit, I'm surprised; I didn't expect that to happen any time soon (or at all). In fact, I'm still suspicious this is an early April Fools' joke.

Hahaha, I had the very same reaction and I checked the date to make sure this is still March. :D

Seriously though I don't think they'll start porting games to Linux -and I really don't expect them to- but I'd be just as happy if they offered Linux builds of games that are already available on our OS.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By Maquis196, 18 March 2014 at 10:12 am UTC

Fantastic news!

Been avoiding them recently (especially if the game has a Linux version on Steam), but sweet. I imagine this only really includes games that run in Dosbox right? I wonder if theyre going to start packaging wine... but then I suppose whatever works on OS X should be alright for us (native versions not withstanding)

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By DrMcCoy, 18 March 2014 at 10:11 am UTC

Quoting: godlikeLinux support for DOSBOX powered games is definitely a no brainer and a trivial technical challenge

Also: ScummVM.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By godlike, 18 March 2014 at 10:07 am UTC

That is great news indeed! Linux support for DOSBOX powered games is definitely a no brainer and a trivial technical challenge. DOSBOX runs everywhere. For all the rest of the windows games... we hope but it's a big challenge to emulate them using wine with no issues.

Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan Action & Adventure Game Now On Steam For Linux
By , 18 March 2014 at 10:04 am UTC

Got some negative reviews on Steam... since it looks quite similar to Bastion I think I'll give a try. And Celtic mythology is something not really seen on videogames

Toribash On Steam Beta Access, 15 Keys To Give Away
By activate2010, 18 March 2014 at 9:50 am UTC

Looks like an awesome game. Saw it mentioned on this site once before indeed.

If you have a key left I'd love to try it. And if not I'll just see how far I get with the Windows version and wine. ;)

Cool stuff :)

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By DrMcCoy, 18 March 2014 at 9:46 am UTC

Wait, what? I...I don't...what...

I admit, I'm surprised; I didn't expect that to happen any time soon (or at all). In fact, I'm still suspicious this is an early April Fools' joke.

Unity Confirms They Have No Plans For A Linux Editor
By , 18 March 2014 at 9:34 am UTC

When they'll wake up, it's gonna be too late.
Leadwerks is powering through with the linux beta of the editor.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By Xpander, 18 March 2014 at 9:29 am UTC

Woow...thats some great news.
hope the Witcher 3 comes to linux as well

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!
By Liam Dawe, 18 March 2014 at 9:28 am UTC

FutureSuture from the community is going to have a fit...

Earth 2140 Gold Edition RTS Game Linux Version Released
By s_d, 18 March 2014 at 7:03 am UTC

Nice work, here. Glad to pick it up :)

Quoting: Linuxian
Quoting: liamdaweI know, like I said though only one person is working on their Linux ports at the moment, both do work for RuneSoft though.

One is doing mobile related stuff atm, like I said I've been chatting to them.
So what's next ? Ankh or Pinball 3D ?

Jack Keane 2?

Dead Man's Trail Zombie Survival & Travel Game, Interview Included
By hardpenguin, 18 March 2014 at 5:44 am UTC

They are inspired by Organ Trail which is inspired by Oregon Trail... Hello to the creativity!

Actually I am a big fan of Organ Trail and I think that classy, simplistic pixel look is better than poor 3D look like in this game. Also, what kind of recreation is that? Is 'oregon-trail' a new genre of game?

I still wish them best luck...

LYNE, A Minimilistic Puzzle Game Now On Steam For Linux
By , 18 March 2014 at 3:43 am UTC

indeed looks nice.

here's also another linux game that could use some help to get on steam:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214144938

Toribash On Steam Beta Access, 15 Keys To Give Away
By , 17 March 2014 at 11:24 pm UTC

I would love to check it out but im also new in Toribash.

My email address is [email protected]
Thanks in advance

Chaos Reborn From the Creator Of The Original X-COM With Linux Support
By , 17 March 2014 at 10:37 pm UTC

Anything with the name Gollop catches my attention. Laser Squad, X-Com, Magic & Mayhem (this is a gem that gets less mentions than it deserves). Looking forward to this.

Gauntlet Action RPG From Warner Bros & Arrowhead To Launch On Linux
By , 17 March 2014 at 10:29 pm UTC

This isn't an action RPG, it's an arcade game remake.

Toribash On Steam Beta Access, 15 Keys To Give Away
By philip550c, 17 March 2014 at 9:30 pm UTC

looks cool. Ill wait to buy this when its officially out. Thanks for looking out for the community though.