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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. Fascinating! by seebs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think it'll work well for them. I know at least 4-6 people who have WoW only because it has a Mac port, even though only one of them got WoW to actually play it on a Mac.

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    1. Re:Fascinating! by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Interesting
      It seems to get worse over time, and I'm pretty sure it's not the PCI bay temperature that's the problem. It ran fine with slightly higher fans for a month or two, then it started overheating again. It eventually gets to the point where even with the fans at max it was crashing 3-4 times a day. At that point I ordered a third party VGA cooler with heat pipes. It still requires the fans to run at max but it's not crashing anymore.

      I suspect that the problem here may be at least partially seasonal. I don't have AC at my place and it can get up to 90 or so on the hottest days (It's so dry here it's not particularly uncomfortable.) Now that we're getting the cooler fall temperatures again I'm seeing that it's a lot more stable.

      If you look on the WoW support forums though, you'll see that this problem is not limited to just you or me. There are pages full of people having the same exact video and crashing issues that I was seeing. If you talk to the WoW mac support guys about the problem, the first thing they'll suggest is that your system is overheating. These are NOT isolated incidents. If Apple still thinks they are, it's because their problem tracking system is woefully deficient.

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  2. Cross Platform Future? by p0tat03 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    With companies seemingly jumping aboard the Mac gaming wagon (great for a Mac user like myself), I wonder if Cider will become a stopgap, or the future. On the one hand, the recent move towards Macs is obviously because publishers feel the Mac market is now worth capturing, but at the same time will companies continue to rely on the crutch that is Cider far into the future, or will developers shift towards developing for both platforms natively?