CrossOver Games releases version 8.1.0

The folks behind CrossOver Games sent us a note that version 8.1.0 of their software has come out, and it's got some nice upgrades for Mac and Linux folks who prefer to run their games in Windows almost-emulators (it's based on Wine, and as we all know, Wine Is Not an Emulator) rather than Boot Camping over to the real thing. We tried out CrossOver Games a while back, and found it lacking in almost everything but Steam games, but actually that's OK, because lately Steam has a lot of games going on. Accordingly, this new version has support built-in for the brand new Left 4 Dead 2, as well as fixes for Steam's voice chat, a few upgrades for WoW on Linux and Guild Wars, and a couple of changes to ensure compatibility with Snow Leopard. Sounds like a nice solid upgrade -- owners of the software can grab it for free, or you can try out the app for yourself from their website.

In case you don't have the app yet, CodeWeavers also let us know that they're giving away a Linux rig that's the "ultimate" in... wait for it... gaming. Yes, putting together a Linux rig for gaming is like putting a UFC fighter on a dance show, but we guess stranger things have happened. Anyway, CrossOver Games will definitely help you play at least a few games on the decked-out rig, if you want a shot at winning the thing, all you have to do is pick up the software before December 1st. They'll pick a name out of a hat, and if it's yours, there'll be an awesome 'nix box headed your way. Good luck with getting smooth fullscreen Flash video to work. We kid! You Linux guys make it so easy.

Oh wait, what's that? Flash on the iPhone? I have no idea what you're talking about.

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dagamer43

It rendered everything but the actual world when I tried to play TF2. The on screen GUI was nice though. =/

November 21 2009 at 9:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andy Barratt

" version 8.1.0 of their software has come out "

what? is it gay? learn how to write for chrissakes.

November 20 2009 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mark

No need to get feisty, Andy. We know you're anxiously awaiting for your 12th birthday party this Sunday but you just have to learn to patiently wait it out.

November 21 2009 at 2:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Willson Smith

L4D2 still doesn't work, despite what their update says.
It doesn't decrypt the files,
I did some hackjobs to work around this

And actual gameplay doesn't work, it gets about 90% loading and then quits.

November 20 2009 at 2:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Quine

CG 8.1 still has a fair amount of issues with L4D2, but it looks like [based on their forum activity] they are working really hard to get it working. I urge everyone who wants to run games pseudo-natively to try CrossOver and support it if you like it, the guys who make it are really devoted.

As soon as L4D support reaches Silver (and works consistently for me, even if performance is worse) I'll be purchasing it.

November 20 2009 at 1:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

GCarden

If you're REALLY serious about gaming on your Mac, you need to just get it over with and BootCamp. I tried CrossOver Games and it frankly does not deliver the same kind of performance. In fact, I thought my MBP was pretty sucky at games until I installed Windows. Huge difference.

November 20 2009 at 1:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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mikehild

The big difference is that with Crossover you do not have to go out and buy a full Windows license like you do if you want to take the Bootcamp or virtualization routes.

November 20 2009 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ViRGE

I agree.

I give major kudos to Codeweavers for trying, but even on a good day on Linux, gaming under Wine is a mess. Meanwhile the Mac versions of Wine get the indignity of being even slower and buggier. It's not really practical to use Wine to play new games - at best it becomes a viable option when you're looking at games 4 years old and older, as by that time the Wine devs tend to have worked out all the kinks for that specific game.

Wine just isn't a reasonable replacement for Windows when it comes to gaming.

November 21 2009 at 8:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steven Rushing

Crossover Games on a Mac, on SUPPORTED games = 2 thumbs up
Crossover Games on a Hackintosh = 1 thumb up

November 20 2009 at 1:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply