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Yes, but all of the previously-released Linux versions of Humble Bundle games have been high-quality native ports.


What is it with that idea that somehow "Wine isn't native"? It's not an emulator and it's not a virtual machine. It runs the native executables and provides a couple of Windows-like folders, DLLs, a "registry", environment variables etc. What's not to like? Sure, would be neat if the game devs had a dedicated Linux build target working with /usr/lib/ etc. paths but -- does any gamer care? As long as Wine is as hidden and stable and packaged in the background as Transgaming's Cider (try the three GTA 3 games on Mac from the App Store -- awesome smooth gaming! -- granted they're quite old) I don't see a problem for the gamer. And the devs are free to concentrate on their games and creative instead of headaches with painful "native porting" code issues.


If you agree that Wine can be an appropriate tool for helping port games, please sign http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/use-wine-as-needed-in-fut...




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