CrossOver Linux 6.0: Because WoW isn't just Games for Windows

Posted Jan 29, 2007 at 8:03AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Off Topic Tags: Blizzard, Linux, mmorpg rumors, Steam

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Keep this up and the PC Gaming section here at QJ might have to drop the Windows tag. Well, might. CodeWeavers' CrossOver Linux application allows Linux users to enjoy Windows-exclusive programs on their OS. Sort of like PlayStation gamers being able to enjoy Xbox-exclusive titles (and from here we say no more, lest we brew up someone's wrath by the mere suggestion).

Their latest version of CrossOver Linux, v6.0, is also the first to offer official support for Steam-powered Windows-based games. Yes, this includes Blizzard's World of Warcraft and Valve's Half-Life, among others. Steam-downloaded demos of these two, along with Heroes of Annihilated Empires and Medieval II: Total War have been tested and found working.

Quite the interesting find. CrossOver Linux 6.0 comes in Standard for US$ 60.00, and Professional for US$ 70.00. Version 6.0 has "moderate hardware requirements, and most Linux distributions should satisfy its software requirements". Aside: wonder if this will work in PS3 Linux? If the thought of WoW working on Wii would cause Blizzard's Jonathan LeCraft to toss his cookies, the potential thought of having it run on a PS3 via CrossOver Linux might just give him a heart attack.

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# No... — Guest 2007-01-29 09:19

It won't work on PS3 Linux. PS3 Linux is a PPC distribution and WINE does not have a built-in x86 emulator.



The overhead for that would be too great to run something like WoW even if it were implemented.

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# Anyway the ps3 only give 256Mg of RAM for linux... — Guest 2007-01-29 16:38

:(



But SO WHAT? I already have a PC, my ps3 will be used as a console and as a media center, that's enough! lol

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