So it seems Tripwire the creators of Killing Floor and Red Orchestra will be porting the rest of their games to Linux as well as having their new unannounced title support us from the get-go.
Speaking to PCGamer they said:
So FPS fans it seems like you will have plenty to choose from soon enough, this will also be another Unreal Engine 3 game that will support Linux.
I hope other developers take a note of this as well:
I am glad to see more developers publicly say it is worthwhile.
About Red Orchestra 2
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the leading tactical multiplayer WWII shooter on the PC, will take the award winning Red Orchestra franchise into the next generation of gaming. Cutting edge graphics and audio built using the Unreal Engine 3, inventive features and streamlined realism will deliver an unrivalled tactical shooter experience.
Heroes of Stalingrad will focus on the Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations, both German and Russian, from July 1942 to February 1943. The game allows the player to experience one of the most brutal battles in all of human history. Delivering unrivalled accuracy and attention to detail, along with gritty, vicious combat in multiplayer and single-player modes the game will feature everything from quick, brutal firefights to more intricate and challenging tactical modes.
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The game does look fantastic, I have a few friends who play it so it will be nice to be able to play with them natively!
Thanks for pointing it out DerRidda Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Speaking to PCGamer they said:
QuoteGibson: We actually just learned about SteamOS a few days before the rest of the world and we haven’t gotten our hands on it just yet. Fortunately Valve gave us a heads up a while back that adding Linux and Big Picture support would “be a pretty good idea going forward.” So we started working on Linux and Big Picture support soon after that. We’ve now got three of our four games released on Linux and one of those games with Big Picture mode support. That has put us in a really good position to take advantage of SteamOS when it is released since it is essentially Linux + Big Picture + Awesome Performance Optimizations + Other Cool Stuff. We’ll be working on setting up the rest of our recent titles with SteamOS support in the not too distant future. We also plan on releasing our next unannounced title with SteamOS support right out of the box.
So FPS fans it seems like you will have plenty to choose from soon enough, this will also be another Unreal Engine 3 game that will support Linux.
I hope other developers take a note of this as well:
QuoteWhat we’ve seen in the past since Steam has come to Mac and Linux that about 10 percent of our game sales are now on those platforms. That extra 10 percent in sales was definitely worth putting our games on those platforms.
I am glad to see more developers publicly say it is worthwhile.
About Red Orchestra 2
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the leading tactical multiplayer WWII shooter on the PC, will take the award winning Red Orchestra franchise into the next generation of gaming. Cutting edge graphics and audio built using the Unreal Engine 3, inventive features and streamlined realism will deliver an unrivalled tactical shooter experience.
Heroes of Stalingrad will focus on the Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations, both German and Russian, from July 1942 to February 1943. The game allows the player to experience one of the most brutal battles in all of human history. Delivering unrivalled accuracy and attention to detail, along with gritty, vicious combat in multiplayer and single-player modes the game will feature everything from quick, brutal firefights to more intricate and challenging tactical modes.
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Thanks for pointing it out DerRidda Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Unfortunately, something terrible has happened. With every article I ready, the word Linux is fading into oblivion. Instead of wanting to develop for Linux (In name only), now they all want to develop for "SteamOS". Valve has turned it into another Android. :><:
My personal opinion of Valve is changing dramatically.
My personal opinion of Valve is changing dramatically.
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Quoting: Quote from Mike FrettUnfortunately, something terrible has happened. With every article I ready, the word Linux is fading into oblivion. Instead of wanting to develop for Linux (In name only), now they all want to develop for "SteamOS". Valve has turned it into another Android. :><:It doesn't matter, SteamOS games will work on any distro.
My personal opinion of Valve is changing dramatically.
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I understand the concerns, but quite frankly I do not see this as a problem as long as there exists a non-SteamOS Linux version of Steam. As long as Steam is installable on your distribution, you should be able to play games.
Even now they only support Ubuntu, but people have been running Steam on Arch, Fedora, Debian, and probably others. I fail to see how the addition of SteamOS would make things worse.
Even now they only support Ubuntu, but people have been running Steam on Arch, Fedora, Debian, and probably others. I fail to see how the addition of SteamOS would make things worse.
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Quoting: Quote from Mike FrettUnfortunately, something terrible has happened. With every article I ready, the word Linux is fading into oblivion. Instead of wanting to develop for Linux (In name only), now they all want to develop for "SteamOS". Valve has turned it into another Android. :><:
My personal opinion of Valve is changing dramatically.
Vanity is what's most important to you?
Not the proliferation of free OSes or removing the video game medium from its proprietary api shackles?
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I agree with Linas.
I never saw Linux as a real 'brand' anyway beyond Operating Systems development. It's always been more about the distribution you use; it's Debian, Canonical, RedHat and the like that handle marketing for Linux, not really the Linux Foundation itself.
Let's say someone wanted to try Linux. Would you point them to https://www.kernel.org/ or your favourite distribution's website? The answer is obvious.
All the distributions have Linux in common which provides them with a significant level of compatibility, but beyond that... most people are well aware that Ubuntu and SteamOS are Linux distributions and work with Linux software. That really is good enough.
I never saw Linux as a real 'brand' anyway beyond Operating Systems development. It's always been more about the distribution you use; it's Debian, Canonical, RedHat and the like that handle marketing for Linux, not really the Linux Foundation itself.
Let's say someone wanted to try Linux. Would you point them to https://www.kernel.org/ or your favourite distribution's website? The answer is obvious.
All the distributions have Linux in common which provides them with a significant level of compatibility, but beyond that... most people are well aware that Ubuntu and SteamOS are Linux distributions and work with Linux software. That really is good enough.
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I am not concerned at all, Valve got Linux out of Stone Age when we talk about games, we have better graphic drivers support, more and more games coming out, Valve stated in their SteamOS´s. page that it is based on Linux, so, what´s the problem? Really, we can´t complain about everything forever, we must see the positive side, they have a Steam client that works with Ubuntu and other distros, for me, the most important thing is to remove monopoly from M$ hands, to give another choice to people. I respect more and more Valve everyday, because I am not forced to use an OS only to play the games I want, now I can use an OS that I like to play these games.
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Not amazingly on topic anymore, but I guess that if there's one negative here it is for the Steam-haters. There exists the potential that future games don't support "linux" but do support "SteamOS". At that point, the developer is only distributing his game through Steam and not really making it natively available to all distros.
I mean, yeah, it's available to all distros, but only "supported" on Ubuntu and only via Steam.
But given what Valve have brought to the table here, I'm happy with the situation.
I mean, yeah, it's available to all distros, but only "supported" on Ubuntu and only via Steam.
But given what Valve have brought to the table here, I'm happy with the situation.
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QuoteNot amazingly on topic anymore, but I guess that if there's one negative here it is for the Steam-haters. There exists the potential that future games don't support "linux" but do support "SteamOS". At that point, the developer is only distributing his game through Steam and not really making it natively available to all distros.
I understand not wanting DRM, but this Steam-hate is almost ridiculous, because I think we can honestly say Valve pretty much made Linux gaming a thing. Luckily the game selection has also grown outside of Steam too, so people that avoid Steam like plague will get the indie stuff that's floating around in Humble Store for example, but they will most likely miss all the great AAA titles that are coming to Linux.
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Nah, it's not ridiculous, Samsai, it's based on valid concerns over DRM, that's all. I'm a realist about this now and I use Steam, but I have no grudge over people who don't feel the same way.
And Valve didn't "make Linux gaming a thing", I'd argue that Humble Bundle did that and Valve saw an opportunity that was aligned to their business needs (closed markets forming on Mac/Windows that would shut them out). So even though I like the company, let's not be going all holier-than-thou with them - their decision are based on economic drivers, not passion for the platform.
And Valve didn't "make Linux gaming a thing", I'd argue that Humble Bundle did that and Valve saw an opportunity that was aligned to their business needs (closed markets forming on Mac/Windows that would shut them out). So even though I like the company, let's not be going all holier-than-thou with them - their decision are based on economic drivers, not passion for the platform.
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