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EVE Online Coming to Linux, Mac OS X

Posted by Zonk on from the in-space-only-penguins-can-hear-you-scream dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linuxlookup.com is reporting that CCP today announced a partnership with TransGaming to bring EVE Online to Linux and Mac platforms starting later this year. From the article: '"EVE Online has always ranked highly with our Linux users and there is significant demand for it among other platforms, including the rapidly growing Mac base," said Vikas Gupta, CEO of TransGaming Technologies. "As EVE takes place within a single-server persistent universe, it's vital that the game is identical in every way across different platforms. This challenge is what makes the partnership with CCP both important and rewarding."'

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  1. So what? by sinner6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The mac version of Eve was reported as in development as far back as March but as of yet no offical statements. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/09/eve/index.php And people ALREADY run Eve on linux using Cedega. Running Eve on linux is nothing new, people have been doing it for at least 9 months, maybe more. Nice of slashdot to pick up a PR statement.

  2. Wha? by Kantara · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Between this, ArsTechnica's report on Guitar Hero III Coming-to-PC and Macs via Aspyr, GameTap, and EA following through with their game announcements, It's finally looking 'not bad' for Mac gaming this year. I truly thought that Cider was a bunch of hooey, but it seems to be doing well.

  3. Re:Where's the post on Vendetta Online? by Zeussy · · Score: 2, Insightful
    You maybe after realistic physics, but it sometimes makes me laugh too. Realism != fun (most of the time). If in EvE you had to fly to a planet, get into orbit, match orbits with the station, approach it, properly match velocities, pilot into the docking bay. You would get pretty sick of it by your 5th go. That's why in my opinion the players should be kept away from game design, as the majority do not have a clue. I have had a couple of conversions with friends along these lines

    Wouldn't it be cool if you had to properly dock with stations.
    No it wouldn't.
    But it would look so cool!
    It would look cool, but how many times do you dock with a station?
    About 10-20 times a day
    How long do you imagine it would take to dock?
    About 3-5 minutes
    So you want to spend an extra hour of you day to just look cool while you dock.
    Well I suppose not.
    Although saying that some developers don't have a clue about game design either, and I'm no game designer myself.
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