Crytek Announces A New FPS Game With Linux Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Crytek Announces A New FPS Game With Linux Support

Crytek has just announced Homefront: The Revolution as a new first-person shooter game that will feature native Linux support with the CryENGINE and launch on the same-day as for other platforms...

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

[clementl]

Interesting how third-party developers (like Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT) are actively supporting Linux, while big publishers (EA, Ubisoft, Activision, 2K) are generally awefully quiet. Aside from that one comment a Ubisoft representative made.

[omglotsofdots]

maybe it will be one of the launch titles of steamos

[AJenbo]

That game looks so much like Half-life 2 -Gordon-Freeman +updated-graphics.

Interesting how third-party developers (like Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT) are actively supporting Linux, while big publishers (EA, Ubisoft, Activision, 2K) are generally awefully quiet. Aside from that one comment a Ubisoft representative made.

That is to be expected, the play it super safe and will be the last to change.

[justmy2cents]

Interesting how third-party developers (like Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT) are actively supporting Linux, while big publishers (EA, Ubisoft, Activision, 2K) are generally awefully quiet. Aside from that one comment a Ubisoft representative made.

it is perfectly normal when you think about it. they can't grow much more, so another os support is more or less nuisance in their eyes. 2nd tier stream from more adoption and that is why they are eager to support platform which could enable them to grow. 1st tier will start doing when that when it is unavoidable and their throne comes in question. whole gaming industry is more or less hype driven.

[grndzro]

Interesting how third-party developers (like Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT) are actively supporting Linux, while big publishers (EA, Ubisoft, Activision, 2K) are generally awefully quiet. Aside from that one comment a Ubisoft representative made.

2K is pushing Xcom to Linux.

That makes 5 major developers on board.

[clementl]

2K is pushing Xcom to Linux.

That makes 5 major developers on board.

Ah yes, forgot that one. But 2K isn't a developer, it's a publisher. Firaxis Games developed XCOM.

Also, that would make 6 (Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT, Firaxis Games). Then we have Codemasters, so maybe 7. And can we call WMD a AAA-developer too?

[Chaz]

The plot of this game is that North Korea has invaded and occupied the entire United States. It would be about equally plausible if they had us invaded by a small Canadian girl armed with a squirt gun.

[grndzro]

Ah yes, forgot that one. But 2K isn't a developer, it's a publisher. Firaxis Games developed XCOM.

Also, that would make 6 (Epic, Crytek, Deep Silver, Microprose, CD PROJEKT, Firaxis Games). Then we have Codemasters, so maybe 7. And can we call WMD a AAA-developer too?

You could also consider RSI and Kingdom Come Reckoning major players due to hype
Star Citizen will be huge
Kingdom Come Reckoning is coming along nicely and just opened their funding packages. Game scope and funding should increase drastically.

[AJenbo]

Shouldn't Valve be somewhere on that list?