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PC game developers could hardly be wooed any further in that direction. A game being released for Linux two years after Windows is hardly an imminent threat.

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• StavrosK 14y ago
  It's not a matter of when it was released, but that it's an indication that Valve is porting its Source engine to Linux. It looks like Future Valve games are going to be released on all three platforms simultaneously, which is a pretty big win for Linux.
  • chc 14y ago
    That was my impression when Valve started porting Steam, but then Dota 2 came along and proved us wrong.
    • AimHere 14y ago
      Dota2 hasn't even been released yet. People are still playing a test version. It's still possible (though unlikely) for a simultaneous Windows/Mac/Linux release!
      • chc 14y ago
        Meh, that's a weird nomenclature game. It's beta like Google Maps was for the first six years of its life. Valve is selling and running international tournaments on this "open beta." Like, it may say "beta," but it is definitely released. You can go on Steam and buy it right now. They even have a separate test client in addition to the nominally "beta" normal client.
• 14113 14y ago
  It my understanding that they were being somewhat turned off by windows 8, but I could be mistaken.
• Andrex 14y ago
  Portal was released in 2007, so... six years for that game. :(
• quiesce 14y ago
  It wasn't a big deal when Portal was added to OS X Steam years after the Windows release, it was a big deal when Portal 2 was available on day one.