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by:Lucas Bishop
Really have to tip your hat to the developers who do game dev for *nix. I'd think the dev investment would be significantly higher than the potential return.
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by:Brandon Lyon
Linux games are seeing more investment lately. All of the major game development engines support Linux. As long as a developer makes sure their toolkits support multiple platforms it becomes fairly easy to support Linux. I've also heard developers mention that developing cross-platform games on Linux can decrease bugs on other platforms. It helps that companies like Android and Nintendo have Linux based OS and a large target audience.

Sometimes the Linux version is cost-prohibitive to implement but other times it works out alright, especially since Linux gamers are typically starved for good games.
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