Game Support in Linux

[Blue Banana]

Hey guys, I'm ashamed to say I have worked with Linux a long time ago (6 years+) and all I can recall about game support is Unreal Tournament 2004 and a few others. How has things changed?

I'm excited about the idea of a free OS that can run many of my favorite games, but does such a thing exist? Some sort of a list of supported commercial games in any Linux flavour would be incredibly useful.

 

[kotarel]

You can use Wine/Cedega/PlayOnLinux they are all pretty advanced now to play windows games. They all have the directx emulated almost perfectly. Of course there are lots of manual configs to be done beforehand for every game but it's far easier now than it used to. Also make sure you have updated drivers for your graphic card.

 

[Blue Banana]

You can use Wine/Cedega/PlayOnLinux they are all pretty advanced now to play windows games. They all have the directx emulated almost perfectly. Of course there are lots of manual configs to be done beforehand for every game but it's far easier now than it used to. Also make sure you have updated drivers for your graphic card.

I have a fairly new version of Ubuntu (can't find the disc now but it was released this year). From what I see, Ubuntu already includes Wine. How does Cedega and PlayOnLinux compare to Wine?

 

[kotarel]

I have a fairly new version of Ubuntu (can't find the disc now but it was released this year). From what I see, Ubuntu already includes Wine. How does Cedega and PlayOnLinux compare to Wine?

Cedega and PlayOnLinux are pretty much customized versions of Wine (Wine for gaming in other words). I wouldn't try running the games only with Wine as you will miss alot of dependencies and customisations that Cedega (not free) and PlayOnLinux (free) have done their modified Wine.

 

[RichmondTech]

I was a longtime Linux user (until Win7 came out) and found games on Linux decent, but nothing special. Since running Win7 I've just about dumped Linux and have a better gaming platform (although most of the games I play these days are on my Android phone).

 

[Rob]

As much as I like Linux I haven't been able to see the worth in taking the drop in using it as a gaming platform. In the land where framerate is king, I can't see Linux getting an edge when hardware vendors put the majority of their effort into developing and improving their Windows drivers first. It's always going to be a case of catch up for Linux when it comes to game performance. I've got no doubt you'll get them up and running though - good luck!

 

[16k_zx81]

I'm excited about the idea of a free OS that can run many of my favorite games, but does such a thing exist? Some sort of a list of supported commercial games in any Linux flavour would be incredibly useful.

Final Fantasy XI Online Windows Client W00

World of Warcraft 4.1.x

Guild Wars All Versions

Left 4 Dead Full (Steam)

Warcraft III The Frozen Throne: 1.x

Half-Life 2 Retail (32-bit)

Day of Defeat: Source Steam

Unreal Tournament 3 Retail

Half-Life Counter-Strike: 1.6

EVE Online 6.4x - Incursion

StarCraft I Retail CD/DVD

Fallout 3 1.x

StarCraft II Retail

The Sims 3 All

Counter-Strike: Source Retail / Steam

Supreme Commander SC 1.x.3xxx

Bioshock 1.0

Source:
http://appdb.winehq.org/

More:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...iId=2&sAction=view&sTitle=Browse+Applications

 

[Rob]

Minecraft, my timewaster of choice, can go on that list too - it's Java-based

 

[Blue Banana]

Cool, thanks for the help guys.

 

[FourSixOne]

Linux Games

I have successfully played Steam platform based games and World of Warcraft (up to Cataclysm) on both CentOS and Ubuntu.

I initially used out-of-the-box Wine, but I learned about a company called CodeWeavers that basically tweaks Wine for not only games, but other Windows applications for optimal compatibility and performance. They also provide you with technical support.

They have a 30 day unrestricted trial on their application.

Google Codeweavers or Crossover Games and check them out.