5 Months After Migrating Servers, Linux Game Publishing Remains Knocked Out

[phoronix]

Phoronix: 5 Months After Migrating Servers, Linux Game Publishing Remains Knocked Out

Five months ago today was when LGP was planning a server migration with minimal downtime, while to this day they've yet to return...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc5OTM

[Kivada]

Hand over all assets to Valve, Desura and GoG already.

[Apopas]

With the majority of studios to seek Linux porters during these days, I believe this could be the best era for LGP.
Pity.

[xpander]

With the majority of studios to seek Linux porters during these days, I believe this could be the best era for LGP.
Pity.

exactly... LGP could have been in the same boat with Feral and Aspyr

[Lysius]

Wasn't there this "Our developers have the ability and right to release a patch to remove the DRM when we stop operation" statement when they introduced their DRM system?
I think now would be a good time to make it happen.

[gbudny]

"Likely my favorite port done by LGP, Cold War."

The Linux port of Cold War was ported by one of the employees from Mindware Studios. I know that LGP made some patches for a Linux version of this game and they are a Linux publisher of this game.

I agree that Cold war was an awesome game for Linux, but I noticed that many people just ignore it. I remember that was a first game for Linux that did not work on computers with Geforce 4 MX, and I had to buy a new graphic card in order to run this game.

[gbudny]

Wasn't there this "Our developers have the ability and right to release a patch to remove the DRM when we stop operation" statement when they introduced their DRM system?
I think now would be a good time to make it happen.

Well, I remember that Michael Simms promised to remove DRM from several Linux games in this case, but Clive Crous as a new CEO did not say anything about it.

[gbudny]

With the majority of studios to seek Linux porters during these days, I believe this could be the best era for LGP.
Pity.

We do not know exactly if programmers still want to work for them.
I remember that many well-know companies, and individuals worked, or cooperated with them. Now, I just see a long list of companies that are closed, or companies that sell their Linux version of games.

That is a list of companies that still exist:

DestraX Entertainment Software (Software Tycoon)
Strategy First (Disciples II: Dark Prophecy)

That is a list of companies that still exist, but they do not publish new games:

Creature Labs (Creatures: Internet Edition)
Hyperion Entertainment (Gorky 17)
Slingshot (Soul Ride)
Pyrogon (Candy Cruncher, NingPo MahJong)

That is a list of companies that were closed:

Ascaron Entertainment (Sacred)
Cyberlore Studios (Majesty: Gold Edition)
CogniToy (MindRover: The Europa Project)
Eon Games (Hyperspace Delivery Boy!, NingPo MahJong)
Grin (Ballistics, Bandits: Phoenix Rising)
IGIOS (Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor)
Joymania Entertainment (Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom)
Metropolis Software (Gorky 17)
Loki Software (MindRover: The Europa Project)
Mindware Studios (Cold War)
Monkeystone Games (Hyperspace Delivery Boy!)
Tribsoft (Majesty: Gold Edition)

That is a list of companies that sell/will sell own versions of Linux games

Egosoft (X3: Reunion)
Frozenbyte (Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor)
RakeInGrass (Jets'n'Guns)
RuneSoft (Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom)
Running with Scissors (Postal?: Share The Pain)

That is a list of programers that ported games for LGP:

Ryan C. Gordon (Candy Cruncher, Postal?: Share The Pain)