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LGP brings back Loki, Kind Of

Posted by timothy on from the games-are-a-good-indicator dept.

michaelsimms writes "Linux Game Publishing has announced a publishing deal with Epic Interactive to publish Northland for Linux. What's this about Loki, you ask? Well, Northland is a game featuring the Norse god Loki, and a group of heroes battling to save the world in the time of Odin and the gods of Nordic myth."

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  1. Re:Linux != commercial games by Ralp · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Just admit that linux users are too small of a percentage to viably sell any commercial games popular on other platforms.

    Although this is obviously a troll, there is a little truth to it (at the very least, truth in the minds of game publishers, where it counts most).

    However on the other hand, there are countless thousands of tech-smart gamer kids out there who would not hesitate to give Linux a try if only they could play games on it. So the argument is really invalid, since the demand for Linux games is not constant (presumably too low a constant to justify Linux game production, although this might be arguable too), but in this case directly related to the supply.

    And besides, I don't know what this other guy is talking about; Linux is some damn tasty fruit if you ask me.