This might be old news (Oct. 11), but I just found out today... EA is going to buy out BioWare... well their owner company (if they haven't already)... After the amazing job BioWare did with Neverwinter Nights in Linux, does this mean all hopes for upcoming games from that studio for Linux will be squashed? Of particular interest for me would be Dragon Age... I'm not so sure, but I thought there were strong signs of a Linux client for this game... Would the EA buy-out mean no Linux hope for games from that particular studio? I certainly hope not... comments?
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So this means no more good RPGs for Linux?
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Well if its far enough in development i dont think it makes sense to drop it. I think it also depends how much EA will actually interfere. This was the worst news for the gaming industry in a while imo. I hope they just leave Bioware do their thing and just cash in on the sales.
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Originally posted by Thetargos View PostYes there are many good RPGs for Linux but NWN is the only one commercial I know about... Lets just see how well do they play with Linux.
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Originally posted by W.Russell View PostKeep in mind that just because it is the only commercial does not mean that there are not many other great titles out there.
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Originally posted by Thetargos View PostI'm not saying that. Of course there are great titles (FreeDroid RPG, *Hack nethack implementations, etc, etc), despite how good they are, (native) commercial titles are also very much appreciated
There will hopefully be at least 1 fully commercial title in the CRPG space, if not 2-3 of them, by middle to end of next year. And, I am NOT referring to Dragon Age (which would be nice if it DID grace Linux as a native client...).
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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostHmph... And here you were all worked up over the stuff I was teasing you all over...
Originally posted by ScartalfThere will hopefully be at least 1 fully commercial title in the CRPG space, if not 2-3 of them, by middle to end of next year. And, I am NOT referring to Dragon Age (which would be nice if it DID grace Linux as a native client...).
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Originally posted by Thetargos View PostWhy you, you... teaser!!
Now that's interesting... I guess you can't for the time being reveal which games are you referring to? Still these news are both soothing a reassuring.
I'm rather hopeful with what we're attempting over at LGP- but I'm not going to get you lot's hopes up until it's a LOT closer to reality.
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