The latest person to go ga-ga for Linux gaming is Lars Gustavsson, creative director for EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE)—the Electronic Arts studio behind the beloved Battlefield series. With Battlefield 4’s release right around the corner on Tuesday, October 29, Gustavsson recently told Polygon that DICE “strongly” wants to get into Linux.
Gustavsson said that all it takes is that “one killer app or game” to drive a niche platform into the mainstream. As Halo was to the Xbox, so could < insert title here> be to Linux, he argued.