DICE says it will support Linux, could see Battlefield 4 on SteamOS

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DICE Exec says the company will support Linux, does this mean that Battlefield 4 might come to Steam for SteamOS and Steam Machines?

Charles Gantt

TweakTown

Published Oct 14, 2013 5:51 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:20 PM CST

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During a recent interview, DICE's Director, Lars Gustavsson alluded to the company officially supporting Linux with a port of the new Frostbite Engine 3. He said that all it will take is for a single killer game (such as Battlefield 4) to be ported to the free OS and the platform would become as popular for gaming as Windows.

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Gustavsson says that DICE wants to create the "Halo" of Linux, referencing the Bungie title that made the Xbox a success overnight. He said that the company will port Frostbite 3 over to Linux and that means that we could see games like Battlefield 4, and other big name titles coming to Linux machines everywhere. A big factor in this will be Valve's SteamOS which has support from AMD and NVIDIA and is needed to get the high-end graphics support needed on Linux.