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Loki Dead

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 24, 2002 6:23am PST

Related Topics – Games: PC

According to this email on FuckedCompany, Linux game developer/publisher Loki will be shutting down after three years. Thanks /.. Until January 31st, Loki will still be clearing inventory and the email has some details on that. It's not very surprising that they are shutting down, considering they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August.

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By: Midshift x Show Full Post

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As I posted over at Slashdot, what Loki did would be like a company in the porn industry devoting itself to gay midget double fisting videos.

Sure there's a couple of people out there who get a kick out of it, but there sure isn't a market for it.

Jan 24, 2002 3:20pm PST

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As I posted over at Slashdot, what Loki did would be like a company in the porn industry devoting itself ... : Midshift
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- There is probably a huge niche industry around just that. If the internet has taught us anything, it... : parker

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I guess selling software to a community that is formed on the belief that all software should be free is not a good business model.

Jan 24, 2002 3:14pm PST

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  First of all, the intentions of the community were not to have just free software. They wanted a free... : parker
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    It might be true that the GPL is more concerned with building free libraries but that does not stop the ... : TheOccifer
    - Most script kiddies would be downloading games from warez sites no matter what OS they are using. Thes... : parker

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I don't understand why stupid people gloat over something like this. It's a shame, really.

Jan 24, 2002 8:25am PST

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I don't understand why stupid people gloat over something like this. It's a shame, really. : xvdl
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- Hey, most people just like to bash... I love how these guys gloat on so many people losing their jobs... : Zoesch

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cry me a river, Linux zealots.

Jan 24, 2002 4:04pm PST

cry me a river, Linux zealots. : V0lk

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THOR KILT 'EM! []--~ <--- the hammer

Jan 24, 2002 11:28am PST

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THOR KILT 'EM! []--~ <--- the hammer : haikeebah!
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  Thor and Loki were friends in Norse mythology. The person who kills Loki (and gets killed by Loki at th... : ZeBFFd00d
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    Oh come on... /. is over that way, you think I put that much thought into that stuptarded post? : haikeebah!
    - LOL! =) : Grigory

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Oh, geez, I'm surpised...

NOT... (Insert generic lamer anti-linux comment)...

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We knew Loki was dead, Bartleby killed him in Dogma! ... Right?

Right?

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Damn, that sucks. I woulda played their games had they been ported to Windows... (Haha)

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I just shouldn't say anything because I'm not funny.

Jan 24, 2002 2:05pm PST

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Oh, geez, I'm surpised... NOT... (Insert generic lamer anti-linux comment)... OR We knew Loki wa... : afext
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- No Ragnar killed Loki in Rune. : Slaykill
- "Damn, that sucks. I woulda played their games had they been ported to Windows... (Haha)" Woah, that wa... : Grigory

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Ah well I have quite a few loki games, it really is too bad to see them go. They were a great group of people, always have had the right mindset on bringing games to linux, just too many things led to them shutting down. Just for all the people who dont know, loki isn't the only one who has ported games to linux and put them up for sale. So there is not an end to the linux gaming market after this, just too bad to see the best of them go.

Jan 24, 2002 12:21pm PST

Ah well I have quite a few loki games, it really is too bad to see them go. They were a great group of pe... : ovrlrd

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I knew this was going to happen when one day I went into #loki to get help making Win quake3 work in linux, and one of the devs asked me to just buy it from their website. Wtf? They were almost begging.

But i know it must have been hard watching your company go down the tubes.

Jan 24, 2002 8:18am PST

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I knew this was going to happen when one day I went into #loki to get help making Win quake3 work in linu... : unixwhore
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  Uhh, what #loki were you in? The 'official' one is on irc.openprojects.net You _should_ buy the offici... : zakk.
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    Uhh, what copy of Quake3 did you buy? id software did the linux port. Not loki. : Mad_Dog
    - Um, no. I have a Linux tin. Which I purchased at LWCE. id currently maintains the port but a good deal ... : zakk.

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I hearby declare games on Linux dead. Thanks!

Jan 24, 2002 9:16am PST

I hearby declare games on Linux dead. Thanks! : Ride-My-Rocket

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Note to all aspiring and future businessmen:

If you want to succeed, make a product that a) people want, and b) people will pay for. Loki Games was neither.

Jan 24, 2002 6:33am PST

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  Correction: a) ENOUGH people want, and b) ENOUGH people will pay for. Linux has a gaming community, i... : skynet
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    I'm sure there are enough people that want but I don't know about pay for. I used my Windows CDs of Qua... : Rushmore
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      True, but 3 of my 4 PC's at home run Linux and one is a dedicated Linux box and I've been using Linux fo... : Rushmore

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I'm sorry old friend, but you've lost the faith.

Jan 24, 2002 8:19am PST

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I'm sorry old friend, but you've lost the faith. : the archvile
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- well played. Well...played... : Deathlove

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Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn.

I won a whole bunch of Loki games, have used SDL in the past, and have found support from
Loki to be excellent.

By the way, Loki was making money. They had just made some really shitty decisions in the past
that came up and bit them in the ass.

Jan 24, 2002 7:26am PST

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Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn. I won a whole bunch of Loki games, have used SDL in... : parker
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    While you are not going to sell as many titles as the windows equivolent, there is a pretty large market... : parker
    - well, there may be a demand for linux games, but people aren't willing to pay for it. That is the proble... : Grigory
    - But the thing you have to understand, is that this "large market" is mostly those people who go to /. to... : ZeBFFd00d
- ahahah decision such as supporting linux? =P : -=kodiak=-

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Bummer,just about two weeks ago the local best buy had the qIII linxs in a tin box for 9.99.I missed out on them kicks self repeatly in ass

Jan 24, 2002 8:37am PST

Bummer,just about two weeks ago the local best buy had the qIII linxs in a tin box for 9.99.I missed out : brutal

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teh lokibox is dead >:(

Jan 24, 2002 7:58am PST

teh lokibox is dead >:( : logik?

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This is really too bad. If linux had game support that was as good as windows I would be all over linux.

Jan 24, 2002 7:15am PST

This is really too bad. If linux had game support that was as good as windows I would be all over linux. : GravyBoat

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I thought this happened ages ago!

Jan 24, 2002 6:25am PST

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I thought this happened ages ago! : gingerninja
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- That was Chapter 11. Protection from creditors in August. : terracon

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chillin likes banging big women

Jan 24, 2002 6:25am PST

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- oh no! you found out my secret :( : chillin
- the more the cushion, the better the pushin'! : ZeBFFd00d

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like a doorknob

Jan 24, 2002 6:24am PST

like a doorknob : chillin