5 Months And Still No UT3 For Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: 5 Months And Still No UT3 For Linux

Five months ago from today, Unreal Tournament 3 for the PC was released in North America. Linux gamers around the world, however, were let down with the lack of an available Linux client and all UT3 gamers were impacted by the lack of any Linux server for this game...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NjQ0MA

[gilboa]

Don't feed the troll.

Thank you.

- Gilboa

[D0pamine]

what?...where is my game?... oh bollocks .... it must be burned ......what comes around goes around as they say (/me raises two fingers to epic)...bollocks to em and their cocain fueled lifestyle - i've seen that mark rein - off his face on the stuff! *cough* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EycZ9Vdzln8 << white man speak out of arse!
anyway if you want to watch the latest on me burning my crap with epic logos on it then watch this thread , if you want the latest information regarding the GNU/Linux release for ut3 check the FAQ on epic forums or check the thread marked 12 months and still no ut3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHVzkUK41yI

Gerls!....Gobshite!

or lock it as the gobshites suggest...

[xav1r]

If and only if the rights holder ALLOWS that. Keep that in mind.

You need to sell Epic on that idea at the minimum.

And with the way people have comported themselves here and elsewhere with that title, do you HONESTLY think they're going to want to do that, hm?

There's a reason I've been trying to get people to temper their remarks, you know...

Well, you know, everyone has a price, and thats specially true when it comes to Epic. *cough* m$ *cough*. Give the right amount they might give it a good consideration.

[Svartalf]

OK fair enough, but in the Unreal tournament games' case it would be possible to distribute them digitally in their linux flavors (which is really just the windows retail data files with the linux client) by linux game stores, right?

If and only if the rights holder ALLOWS that. Keep that in mind.

You need to sell Epic on that idea at the minimum.

And with the way people have comported themselves here and elsewhere with that title, do you HONESTLY think they're going to want to do that, hm?

There's a reason I've been trying to get people to temper their remarks, you know...

[xav1r]

Consider whom the rights holder is.

In the case of iD's stuff, they are. Activision really only distributes the stuff for them.

In the case of Epic's stuff, the story is the same.

Not all games are licensed in a manner that allows for anything other than meatspace distribution. To point to UT and to presume that everything is like that is applying chop-logic for your argument. One doesn't lead to the other. It SHOULD, but it doesn't.

OK fair enough, but in the Unreal tournament games' case it would be possible to distribute them digitally in their linux flavors (which is really just the windows retail data files with the linux client) by linux game stores, right?

[Svartalf]

But all unreal tournament games, including UT3, are now being offered as digital downloads in Stardock's Impulse service, which in my opinion, is much better than steam.

Consider whom the rights holder is.

In the case of iD's stuff, they are. Activision really only distributes the stuff for them.

In the case of Epic's stuff, the story is the same.

Not all games are licensed in a manner that allows for anything other than meatspace distribution. To point to UT and to presume that everything is like that is applying chop-logic for your argument. One doesn't lead to the other. It SHOULD, but it doesn't.

[deanjo]

But all unreal tournament games, including UT3, are now being offered as digital downloads in Stardock's Impulse service, which in my opinion, is much better than steam.

I believe the entire UT series is available as well on steam now as well.

EDIT: Yup it is. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/683/

[xav1r]

Uh... Not all titles are licensed for electronic distribution.

If you don't have the permission to publish in that specific format, you don't get to DO it in the first place.

But all unreal tournament games, including UT3, are now being offered as digital downloads in Stardock's Impulse service, which in my opinion, is much better than steam.

[Svartalf]

Which begs the question, why arent linux games stores not incorporating the digital distribution service ? Shouldnt that make sense, since most linux users are used to downloading their linux distribution, drivers, etc? Wouldnt that increase their market share too?

Uh... Not all titles are licensed for electronic distribution.

If you don't have the permission to publish in that specific format, you don't get to DO it in the first place.