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This is the image that showed up on Steam's home-page:
I am really hoping it will be a native port since the eON technology isn't for me up to scratch at all, but maybe in future it will be who knows. They have until February 2015 to sort out the Linux version, so one would hope it will be a decent port regardless of the tech used to bring it to our platform.
If it is a real port it will blow pretty much any other action+rpg type game we have right now away.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game, set in a graphically stunning fantasy universe, full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. In The Witcher, you play as Geralt of Rivia, one of a dying caste of monster hunters, and embark on an epic journey in a war-ravaged world that will inevitably lead you to confront a foe darker than anything humanity has faced so far—the Wild Hunt.
This is great news to see CD PROJEKT RED take notice of Linux. This news follows on from the fact that GOG.com's new game client will eventually support Linux too.
UPDATE: It seems someone flipped a switch too early and it may not even happen. That's quite a big derp someone did. See our comments for more info. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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They need to do 2 things for me to want to buy it:
1. Make a real Linux port
2. Make Triss more attractive :D
1. Make a real Linux port
2. Make Triss more attractive :D
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Quoting: ubuntumanThey need to do 2 things for me to want to buy it:
1. Make a real Linux port
2. Make Triss more attractive :D
The game also has Yennefer.
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Quoting: ShmerlI also start wondering whether the whole thing was a prank of someone who hacked Steam's front page :) Since there was no official announcement from either Valve or CD Projket Red. And actual Steam preorder page doesn't list Linux at all.
Oddly enough, the ad isn't there anymore. I couldn't imagine someone doing it as a joke though.
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Quoting: GNUzelQuoting: ShmerlI also start wondering whether the whole thing was a prank of someone who hacked Steam's front page :) Since there was no official announcement from either Valve or CD Projket Red. And actual Steam preorder page doesn't list Linux at all.Oddly enough, the ad isn't there anymore. I couldn't imagine someone doing it as a joke though.
Why not? Pranksters can come up with weird ideas. Valve would have commented on such prank however. The whole thing looks somewhat weird.
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Quoting: ShmerlQuoting: GNUzelWhy not? Pranksters can come up with weird ideas. Valve would have commented on such prank however. The whole thing looks somewhat weird.Quoting: ShmerlI also start wondering whether the whole thing was a prank of someone who hacked Steam's front page :) Since there was no official announcement from either Valve or CD Projket Red. And actual Steam preorder page doesn't list Linux at all.Oddly enough, the ad isn't there anymore. I couldn't imagine someone doing it as a joke though.
I don't know. The fact that the ad went down is really weird. I see multiple websites supporting the fact that they saw the ad, and if Valve removed it for being a prank than we would know. Maybe CD Red decided they weren't ready for a Linux port yet? Or something else is going on. I've seen games for sale without Linux versions before. (Metro Last Light in the beginning) so I am not sure what to make of this. I'll wait for a more definite word from one of the two although that seemed pretty definite to me.
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Yes I will buy it if it comes out for Linux. Only after I finish Witcher 2 though, have not had such fun with an RPG for years. The issues on the Linux version of Witcher 2 for me were addressed really quickly and I felt like the devs at CDprojekt were really paying attention to the Linux community and willing to fix the issues as a priority. Really great to have a AAA title on my favorite OS.
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Quoting: Stephen MurcottYes I will buy it if it comes out for Linux. Only after I finish Witcher 2 though, have not had such fun with an RPG for years. The issues on the Linux version of Witcher 2 for me were addressed really quickly and I felt like the devs at CDprojekt were really paying attention to the Linux community and willing to fix the issues as a priority. Really great to have a AAA title on my favorite OS.
Play also Witcher 1 if you didn't yet. It's also a lot of fun (it works nicely in Wine).
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SirBubbles Jun 9, 2014
Quoting: berarmaI think the same but I'm concerned that the games I buy may stop working next year or when I decide to move my gaming to a new GNU/Linux box I build myself. The complexity added by middleware wrappers like eON can make it difficult for me to run the game anywhere and when I want.
I hadn't considered that, to be honest. Fair point. I'm not sure if the linux version of UT2004 can be considered native, but that won't even work for me anymore, whereas it works perfectly under wine.
QuoteWine seems a better solution for me since it's opensource. This removes dependence from any company. Not saying Wine is perfect, I don't like it, still adds an unwanted layer of complexity and has its own quirks and problems, but I could get my hands in it.
I do use wine for most of my linux gaming, but I'm constantly frustrated by how much they're held back. Not only is dx9 support STILL incomplete, but it seems like they don't really care about dx10/11 support. Where does that leave us? Some sort of wine wrapper might be an option, if the game dev works with the wine team to make sure it works acceptably, and all the wine improvements got shared, of course.
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May be some Steam users can contact Valve and ask whether the recent ad about Witcher 3 on SteamOS was legit or it was a prank?
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The main page of Steam's store has changed ... I hope that it was not a prank ...
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