Overlord Is Being Released For Linux Tomorrow

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Overlord Is Being Released For Linux Tomorrow

Just one day after Virtual Programming released a new teaser video for Overlord on Linux, the OSX/Linux game porting company announced their release date for the game that is coming to Linux and Mac, the better part of a decade after the Windows release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Overlord-Tomorrow-Linux

[eydee]

There seems to be no benchmark mode in Overlord at all.

Interesting: The game has a hardcoded "exit to windows" menu, and a VP port suggest that it may remain that way. Shitstorm is about to come...

[starshipeleven]

Interesting: The game has a hardcoded "exit to windows" menu, and a VP port suggest that it may remain that way. Shitstorm is about to come...

It wasn't terribly graphics-intensive game anyway, and what's wrong with "exit to windows" menu?

Would be an issue if Overlord's head was replaced with a Bill Gates trollface or something

[cj.wijtmans]

It wasn't terribly graphics-intensive game anyway, and what's wrong with "exit to windows" menu?

Would be an issue if Overlord's head was replaced with a Bill Gates trollface or something

Because renaming it to "Exit to desktop" or simply " Quit game" is so diffcult.

[starshipeleven]

Because renaming it to "Exit to desktop" or simply " Quit game" is so diffcult.

Oh come on, they just slapped the whole game without touching it inside a compatiblity layer...

[computerquip]

It wasn't a bad game. I already own it so we'll see how it goes. I hope they port the sequels.

[computerquip]

Welp, it's not been released yet. Seems the article had incorrect information.

EDIT: Apparently, it's been released under a different distributor. Namely, https://www.deliver2.com/products/overlordlinux

That's some bullshit since I'm not buying the game again for them to slap a fucking wrapper over that required next to zero effort for them and ends up with a half-assed port. The game wasn't that great for me to pay full price twice.

[smitty3268]

Because renaming it to "Exit to desktop" or simply " Quit game" is so diffcult.

Better not use "Exit to desktop." Somebody might be running the game straight from the command line and they'll be offended!

[Ansla]

Turns out I already own it, must have been part of a humble bunde, but it won't start because it's linked against gtk3 and that is not part of the steam runtime. And I use KDE so no native gtk installed.