Linux Port of Disciples 2 Announced

bobz writes "Happypenguin is reporting that Linux Game Publishing has announced the next game they'll port to Linux will be Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy a turn-based strategy game that was well-reviewed but not terribly successful commercially. /me breathes a sigh of relief that it's not another first-person shooter."

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In case they get /.ed

[pardasaniman]

Product Title Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy

Available
LanguagesEnglish

Suggested Retail
Price£30.00

Product Description
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy returns gamers to the magical realm of the Sacred Lands where four races - the Empire, the Mountain Clans, the Legions of the Damned and the Undead Hordes - continue the battle for the destiny of their Gods. A decade after the First Great War, the final prophecy continues to unfold. Deep within the crevices of the Sacred Lands, the Chosen One has emerged, fated to bring salvation to some and destruction to others. Braced with renewed faith and newfound conviction, each race must once again take up the sword for the sake of their people and the glory of their God.

Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy comes in a DVD-style case on a single CD-Rom

Current Status:
Agreement signed, no development yet.
Minimum RequirementsCurrently unknown
Prerelease InformationRelease Date is currently not announced

Shameless Plug

[JohnFluxx]

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Re:Shameless Plug

[JohnFluxx]

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Doesn't work that way.

[Anonymous Coward]

I think that work has to begin on either porting massively popular games

Off course all of us linux users would love to have every big name game available in a native linux port, but Linuxgamepublishing (LGP) has not choice but to contiue down this path.

First off, game companies don't want to pay to have their games ported to Linux. LGP must pay the game company to port their game and also pay royalties on each copy to them as well in the same manner that Loki did (minus the corruption).

I asked Mike Simms about this a few weeks ago, and he brought up that new AAA titles are very expensive to port, so for LGP to be profitable they are mostly porting lesser known titles.

It would be great if he could work with game companies as a consultant to port games, but the very small nubmer of companies that are willing to pay for this service are being served by icculus.org.
Mike is a really nice guy and has no interest in competing with icculus for porting contracts.

Re:whats wrong with first person shooters?

[Samus]

For a good thinking game go give Ghost Recon a shot. A game is a lot harder when all it takes is one bullet to take you out of the picture. Its based on the Tom Clancy Op Center novels I believe.