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CardJoe · 10th Oct 2007, 15:50

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10...pc_beta_soon/1

Mark Rein of Epic has announced that an open beta of Unreal Tournament 3 will be available within two weeks for the PC. OSX and Linux versions are on the way. Check out the details within.

steveo_mcg · 10th Oct 2007, 15:57

Its interesting that both QW as and UT are doing Linux ports, i know they usually do but they must be a market for them, wonder why other co's don't?

oh yeah... cool! Can't wait for this

yakyb · 10th Oct 2007, 16:49

yeah it interesting does any one game on linux here?

steveo_mcg · 10th Oct 2007, 16:57

Nah my linux box is a modest powered silent runner.

DrFreeze · 10th Oct 2007, 17:04

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Originally Posted by yakyb

yeah it interesting does any one game on linux here?

if only the mobility x200 would be supported for 3d mode by atis closed source drivers....

my main rig runs windows, although i might just get a linux partition going, the only real thing holding me back right now is that both my data disks are NTFS

Techno-Dann · 10th Oct 2007, 17:24

I game on Linux. It's one of the reasons that I really like Unreal, actually.

mclean007 · 10th Oct 2007, 17:54

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Originally Posted by DrFreeze

my main rig runs windows, although i might just get a linux partition going, the only real thing holding me back right now is that both my data disks are NTFS

I'm pretty sure there are now Linux NTFS modules providing full read/write access

The_Pope · 10th Oct 2007, 17:59

I would guess no Mac this side of a Â£1500 G5 desktop beastie would have enough grunt to play this. Macbook Pro peeps are probably out of luck

Nikumba · 10th Oct 2007, 18:08

Im pretty sure since the first UT it has been avalible on Linux so news that UT3 is there isnt suprsing and the fact GoW is made by Epic again not a suprise.

However it will be interetsing if other UT3 Engined games come with Linux versions. I know WoW has one, well it did during the beta but then disappeared but I think with the rise of distros like Ubuntu and nVidia and ATI getting their act together on drivers we might get some more games on it

Kimbie

KoenVdd · 10th Oct 2007, 19:05

I'm looking more towards this game than Crysis (also because it'll be probably 3 years before I get a machine good enough to run Crysis, not that my machine (P4 3.2 2GB x600) will run this any better). Far Cry was a great game, but also had enough to keep the game from achieving history, I'm just keeping my hopes low so I won't be disappointed in any case.

TTmodder · 10th Oct 2007, 21:04

Seems like if all newer games are ported to linux the only big obstacle in terms as linux as main OS would be native ntfs support in the kernel(S)

leexgx · 10th Oct 2007, 21:42

id say its more the video driver then any thing els makeing the game work, the games will be OpenGL i guess so thay should work very well

steveo_mcg · 10th Oct 2007, 22:27

Its quite ironic, ATI tended to be stronger with OpenGL games than nVidia, but ATI linux drivers are completely rubbish. I think the NTFS thing is going to become largely mute once Vista sp2 comes mainstream with WinFS(?)

samkiller42 · 10th Oct 2007, 23:24

yay, this is a great alternative to playing Halo 3, and PGR 4, and C&C Yuris Revenge:P

Sam

Rebourne · 11th Oct 2007, 03:36

YAY!

keir · 11th Oct 2007, 13:22

pew pew, everyone wins!

devdevil85 · 11th Oct 2007, 16:45

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

The PS3 port is, according to Rein, looking like it will still ship alongside the PC version of the game

My friends are going to be happy about this news.......I seriously can't wait to play this game using the M+K setup on the PS3 just to see how well it functions.......man it feels good to have friends in high places that can afford setups like these.....

10th Oct 2007, 15:50	#1
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The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	I would guess no Mac this side of a Â£1500 G5 desktop beastie would have enough grunt to play this. Macbook Pro peeps are probably out of luck

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Nikumba Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Dark Place Posts: 371	Im pretty sure since the first UT it has been avalible on Linux so news that UT3 is there isnt suprsing and the fact GoW is made by Epic again not a suprise. However it will be interetsing if other UT3 Engined games come with Linux versions. I know WoW has one, well it did during the beta but then disappeared but I think with the rise of distros like Ubuntu and nVidia and ATI getting their act together on drivers we might get some more games on it Kimbie

10th Oct 2007, 19:05	#10
KoenVdd Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 117	I'm looking more towards this game than Crysis (also because it'll be probably 3 years before I get a machine good enough to run Crysis, not that my machine (P4 3.2 2GB x600) will run this any better). Far Cry was a great game, but also had enough to keep the game from achieving history, I'm just keeping my hopes low so I won't be disappointed in any case.

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10th Oct 2007, 22:27	#13
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