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Here's something that didn't come up in our interview with CCP last week! According to ShackNews, EVE Online will have both a Mac OS X and Linux client by years-end, with the help of TransGaming. Apparently, the game was already playable in Linux via Cedega, but this catered solution should prove more reliable.
Although I am not a fan of EVE personally, I have to hand it to CCP for knowing how to push and market their game. When it first launched, it "flopped" by many people's considerations. Even I thought it would be shut down rather quickly. But CCP took the game, turned things around and now the game has over 200,000 players. If only other MMO publishers took a lesson (aka Turbine with their Asheron Call series). The fact that they are now going to cater to all three operating systems is a big step forward also one that should be mimicked by others.
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The move is the result of a partnership with TransGaming, a Canadian company specializing in platform redevelopment. EVE Online was already playable on Linux through Cedega, a Windows shell for Linux users. Now the game will be totally converted using TransGaming's tasty Cider engine. "By integrating TransGaming's excellent technology, we are able to keep our laser-focus on evolving EVE Online, while sim ultaneously expanding the EVE universe to even more players," quipped CCP chief technical officer Halldor Fannar.
Source: ShackNews
Although I am not a fan of EVE personally, I have to hand it to CCP for knowing how to push and market their game. When it first launched, it "flopped" by many people's considerations. Even I thought it would be shut down rather quickly. But CCP took the game, turned things around and now the game has over 200,000 players. If only other MMO publishers took a lesson (aka Turbine with their Asheron Call series). The fact that they are now going to cater to all three operating systems is a big step forward also one that should be mimicked by others.
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The move is the result of a partnership with TransGaming, a Canadian company specializing in platform redevelopment. EVE Online was already playable on Linux through Cedega, a Windows shell for Linux users. Now the game will be totally converted using TransGaming's tasty Cider engine. "By integrating TransGaming's excellent technology, we are able to keep our laser-focus on evolving EVE Online, while sim ultaneously expanding the EVE universe to even more players," quipped CCP chief technical officer Halldor Fannar.
Source: ShackNews
