News regarding Linux gaming

 Linux game maker Loki runs out of cash, Aug 14, 2001

Loki Software, which specialised in porting A-class PC games to Linux, has filed for bankruptcy.

According to a report on LinuxPorts, the company owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to Activision and other publishers it has worked with.

Nokia will on Monday announce that it has turned to the Linux free software community to develop applications for its Media Terminal home entertainment system due to be launched later this year.

The move by the world's largest mobile phone maker marks an important endorsement for Linux and the open source software movement, which challenges established software companies.

It has been a while since there has been a real debate going in the Linux gaming community, but recently a debate has raged over which was the better solution for bringing games to Linux.

On one side of the argument is Transgaming, which sees the reality that the process of creating native Linux ports is an extremely expensive procedure with very little monetary reward. Their solution is to refine and extend Wine...

On the other side of the issue are the porting houses such as Loki, Tribsoft, and Hyperion Entertainment. They have shown that Windows games can be ported successfully to Linux.

One of the more specific an obvious examples for Linux gamers is the fact that despite how bright things were just 6 months ago with dozens of companies joining the fray, the market for Linux games seems to have stagnated and even briefly collapsed.

The Duke of URL has just reviewed Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition. While this isn't a huge release in the gaming world, it is one of the first games to be released cocurrently on Linux, Windows, and MacOS. The review discusses just that, the performance of the game, as well as the gameplay and much more.

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