I've posted to epic about the issue, but the post got closed and redirected by the mods.<br><br>The simple post was, to put the thinking huts on and realize this is 2008 and we, the core UT promoters have been here since 1999.
<br>Thanks to GOTY and developers there was a Linux client in 1999, when not many Linux clients or direct rendering drivers were available, same was for MAC's<br>Epic and the parties of interest are trying to promote a "Close Source" release. It's not that there is no dev's are capable to release a nix client.
<br>All they need the suckers, not the players, to buy the game and spend the mula. Lets face it, it's easier to find a sucker on a M$ platform since the numbers are high.<br>Linux gamers are tend to be free in one way or another and the "sucker" factor is small since not many desktops are available.
<br>Back to the point, it's 2008 almost ten years later and in Epic and the "investors" decided to go back in time with WindoZ only.<br>Maybe M$ is in it or proprietary interests need to be defended.<br><br>
I am a gamer and host several servers and regularly play UT99 and UT-2K4 because it s a computer game/condole game. UT3 tries to be more for consoles because that is where the investor interest are.<br>As to when we will see a Linux client, I can tell you that it's either when Profits and Numbers are met and people get paid, the game catches on, or the games fades and the answer than is never.
<br>Thank the lord I didn't have to dish out $80 bucks for the collectors edition, got it as a present. As to how is the new game? I don't know didn't/never played it and can't tell. <br>How's that for "word of mouth"?
<br><br>My .02cents<br>