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Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking:
You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox*, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat. This means you won't be able to play it on Linux any more, at all, unless you find some sort of special workaround.
Previously the roll-out of this update was being tested only with some users. Now though it's here for everyone giving a 64 bit client and introducing their Hyperion anti-cheat software which they are intentionally blocking Wine with. Naturally plenty of Roblox fans on Linux are upset by this, asking their team for updates on what their plans are.
In a fresh statement on their official developer forum one of their staff said this, in reply to users asking about updates in regards to Linux support:
Hi - thanks for the question. I definitely get where you're coming from, and as you point out, you deserve a clear, good-faith answer. Unfortunately that answer is essentially "no."
[...] Again, I'm personally sorry to have to say this. Way back in 2000 I had a few patches accepted into the kernel, and I led the port of Roblox game servers from Windows to Linux several years ago. From a technical and philosophical perspective, it would be a wonderful thing to do. But our first responsibility is to our overall community, and the opportunity cost of supporting a Linux client is far, far too high to justify.
They're clearly not going to be releasing a Native Linux build, which I think most people probably already knew, but at least previously they repeatedly said that Wine was a "priority" to support but now it doesn't sound as likely going by the above.
What is Roblox? Roblox is an app that allows users to play a wide variety of games, create games, and chat with others online. It combines gaming, social media, and social commerce. Billing itself as the “ultimate virtual universe,” Roblox experiences are places where users can socialize, build their own spaces, and even earn and spend virtual money.
Apparently, it is very "popular with kids".
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday May 15, @06:17PM
I bought all that, D2, and D3, I avoided SCII, though. The auction house killed D3 for me. I've not played it since that whole debacle. I did play Overwatch with a friend for a while, but eventually I got to really thinking about lootboxes, etc. Pointed them to an article or two about it. We stopped playing around the time they decided to ditch their entire family and I got thrown in for good measure. I very much recommend against supporting Blizzard with anything at this point. The devs that actually cared about games / their users left or sold out a very long time ago. I still remember the Mac/PC combo disks for Diablo. You know back when game companies wanted to sell their games to people, for them to play. As opposed to monetizing their customer base. Oh, an Apple release? You have to buy the separate Apple platform version. Assuming, they even support it. Though, perhaps Steam has helped with that particular evil? I don't think so, but I've not really been on the Apple/Mac bandwagon.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"