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Bioware Releases Neverwinter Nights Linux Client Beta

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-only-spring-first dept.

valedaemon writes "Well, I thought that the world would end before this day dawned, but Bioware has finally made good on its promise of a Linux client for Neverwinter Nights. You still need a Windows installation in order to copy the game data, but the good news is that the downloadable is only 4.4 MB. I could write more, but why? Go play!"

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  1. Cool! by MikeDX · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like a great reason to install Linux! :)

  2. haha i just finished submiting a similar article by m0rph3us0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    anyways, this removes my final dependance on windows. tonight i shall remove MS OS's from my household. w00t.

    I'm just waiting for OO to come out with an Aqua edition for my iBook and then no more MS.

    Hey, maybe by that time NWN Mac will be out

  3. now we know by geekd · · Score: 1, Troll

    Now we know the definition of "shortly"

    "shortly after" - 6 months.

  4. Dear Bioware by StormyWeather · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck you for tricking me into pre purchasing NWN a year ago because you said it would support Linux then.

    Fuck you for using the linux community (including me) to host servers for you because you were planning on "supporting linux".

    Fuck you for forcing me to boot to windows to play your buggy beyond belief game.

    Fuck you for forcing me to leave a "play" pirate proofing cd key in the drive while playing, which caused me all sorts of problems because I was lucky enough to have one of the many types of cdroms that your pirate proofing cd wouldn't work with. I had to download the pirated executeable off the net just to play my legit game, then I was crippled to do anything with legitimate installations.

    Fuck you for putting the cd key on the inside of the manual which I threw away while cleaning my room 6 months ago. At least I can't install the game again if I ever feel like being punished for being a customer of yours again.

    I'm sure this will be modded as a troll, but it's the truth. While the game had a ton of strong points, they make the end user jump so many hurdles and lies to use it it's just not worth ever dealing with them again.

    P.S. Oh yea, fuck you for releasing a game with a bug that wouldn't let me get past level one with my character without waiting weeks for a patch.

    RMS is right, closed source sucks.