Is this actually coming to Linux? All I can find info on is that there's dedicated server for Linux, and that there was some rumors and guesses about Linux release just because there was empty linux32 folder in the game's directory on the other platforms and because the game uses Source engine. Nothing even half official seems to have been published/announced.
The best sources I could find for it were these two:
* http://www.zdnet.com/wheres-valve-going-with-linux-7000003778/
* http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE3Mzg
But as anyone can see, CSGO's status is purely hypothetical with no official word on it.
(edit: really dislike Phoronix since they seem to do a lot of articles that grasp for straws for Linux releases)
About Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Michael Larabel doesn't grasp at straws. He gets on a plane and finds the developer in person. Then follows them until they answer his questions.
CS:GO is being overhauled to allow for Linux
Now, contact Michael Larabel and apologize. And if you doubted him when he was the first to say Valve was developing Steam for Linux, apologize for that as well.
CS:GO is being overhauled to allow for Linux
Now, contact Michael Larabel and apologize. And if you doubted him when he was the first to say Valve was developing Steam for Linux, apologize for that as well.
For something that came 2 years later with no acknowledgement before? And I've seen other articles on that site that similarly make the announcement for just the word linux appearing somewhere even if it's not confirmed (even if confirmed not to get on linux in official statements).
Actually, the phoronix article doesn't say CS: GO is being ported.
I'm trying to remember, I don't think the information came from the web. I must have been IRC chatting with someone who knew or talking on the phone. In any company there's always those employees that no one considers well before talking too and thus they haven't been given instructions on what to do or not do with the information they hear. In most cases I never get anything conclusive, but I must have in this case.
Official statements are usually made by someone who doesn't know what's going on. And if they do, chances are their official statements have been through a redaction process anyhow. And even then, official statements can rarely be verified at the time (this seems to be one of the goals of the redaction process) Personally I prefer reasonably verifiable, unofficial statements.
I'm trying to remember, I don't think the information came from the web. I must have been IRC chatting with someone who knew or talking on the phone. In any company there's always those employees that no one considers well before talking too and thus they haven't been given instructions on what to do or not do with the information they hear. In most cases I never get anything conclusive, but I must have in this case.
Official statements are usually made by someone who doesn't know what's going on. And if they do, chances are their official statements have been through a redaction process anyhow. And even then, official statements can rarely be verified at the time (this seems to be one of the goals of the redaction process) Personally I prefer reasonably verifiable, unofficial statements.
Quoted from http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE3Mzg:
With all of Valve's modern games running off the Source Engine, which is now natively working on Linux, going from L4D2 to other titles like say Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life 2 won't take as long as starting from scratch.
With all of Valve's modern games running off the Source Engine, which is now natively working on Linux, going from L4D2 to other titles like say Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, and Half-Life 2 won't take as long as starting from scratch.
That, and it was linked because it was one of the very, Very few even vaguely credible sites that mentioned Counter-Strike on Linux at all.