Lots Of Big Games Confirmed For SteamOS, Torchlight II Now Out, Payday 2, Mordor And More Coming Too
Please mind our panic while we get this all in, and we will keep updating this post!
Valve has announced a Steam sale simply titled ”STEAMOS SALE” with interesting games that are already available and games that they claim are heading over to the platform. The list seems to include some quite big titles too!
A big part of the games featured on the sale are titles that are already on Linux, such as the Aspyr ports Borderlands 2 and Civilization V and indies like Ziggurat and Kerbal Space Program, but as much as we love those games the announcement has something even bigger. Games that apparently are getting ported but have so far been unannounced.
Torchlight II is now officially available, so go check it out. It seems they waited for this big announcement to make a real splash!
Now, before I set out to list these games, I'd like to remind all of you not to blindly buy the games mentioned. I know, I know, it seems very official and all, but we haven't heard anything from some of these titles, so be careful. We are trying to reach out to everyone we know for confirmation.
However, they have massive "Coming to SteamOS" banners on the Steam homepage, so it's extremely exciting.
Okay, now that we have the disclaimers out of the way it's time to blow your minds.
The sales page promises titles such as
- Shadow of Mordor
- Payday 2
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Saints Row IV
- Company of Heroes 2
- Magicka 2
- Total War: Rome II
- The Witcher III
- GRID Autosport
- Total War: Attila
- Evolve - (listed here: http://store.steampowered.com/universe/games/)
All will be heading to SteamOS/Linux.
Shadow of Mordor is officially confirmed, and is being ported by Feral Interactive. Feral have stated to us officially that it will release “this spring”, and they have publicly announced it on twitter now too:
Payday 2 is fully official now too:
Saints Row IV, Company of Heroes 2, GRID Autosport and Total War™: ROME II are also official, and they have updated their store pages to say this:
Magicka 2 have updated their store page availability to state this:
Batman: Arkham Knight - Already has a Linux icon, possibly not a same-day release even though it has a Linux icon, as the store notes it will be released on SteamOS in the "fall" which is after the release. So, not sure why it has a Linux icon now.
The Witcher III - The only one not mentioning anything about SteamOS/Linux on their store page.
Source: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamos_sale
This is exactly the type of support and push we needed to see, and I'm extremely happy it's happening! I'm trying to remain coherent amongst this utter nuke of news.
Begin going nuts. Now where's my wallet? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Valve has announced a Steam sale simply titled ”STEAMOS SALE” with interesting games that are already available and games that they claim are heading over to the platform. The list seems to include some quite big titles too!
A big part of the games featured on the sale are titles that are already on Linux, such as the Aspyr ports Borderlands 2 and Civilization V and indies like Ziggurat and Kerbal Space Program, but as much as we love those games the announcement has something even bigger. Games that apparently are getting ported but have so far been unannounced.
Torchlight II is now officially available, so go check it out. It seems they waited for this big announcement to make a real splash!
Now, before I set out to list these games, I'd like to remind all of you not to blindly buy the games mentioned. I know, I know, it seems very official and all, but we haven't heard anything from some of these titles, so be careful. We are trying to reach out to everyone we know for confirmation.
However, they have massive "Coming to SteamOS" banners on the Steam homepage, so it's extremely exciting.
Okay, now that we have the disclaimers out of the way it's time to blow your minds.
The sales page promises titles such as
- Shadow of Mordor
- Payday 2
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Saints Row IV
- Company of Heroes 2
- Magicka 2
- Total War: Rome II
- The Witcher III
- GRID Autosport
- Total War: Attila
- Evolve - (listed here: http://store.steampowered.com/universe/games/)
All will be heading to SteamOS/Linux.
Shadow of Mordor is officially confirmed, and is being ported by Feral Interactive. Feral have stated to us officially that it will release “this spring”, and they have publicly announced it on twitter now too:
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is coming to Linux this Spring. View the trailer on YouTube: https://t.co/H3mfNsn2jN pic.twitter.com/ne2rXFNEuc
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) March 4, 2015
Payday 2 is fully official now too:
QuoteWe're also announcing that PAYDAY 2 is under development for SteamOS. It'll be released later this fall.
Saints Row IV, Company of Heroes 2, GRID Autosport and Total War™: ROME II are also official, and they have updated their store pages to say this:
Quotewill be available on SteamOS and Linux in 2015.
Magicka 2 have updated their store page availability to state this:
QuoteAvailable: May 26th, 2015 (Linux: Fall 2015)
Batman: Arkham Knight - Already has a Linux icon, possibly not a same-day release even though it has a Linux icon, as the store notes it will be released on SteamOS in the "fall" which is after the release. So, not sure why it has a Linux icon now.
The Witcher III - The only one not mentioning anything about SteamOS/Linux on their store page.
Source: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamos_sale
This is exactly the type of support and push we needed to see, and I'm extremely happy it's happening! I'm trying to remain coherent amongst this utter nuke of news.
Begin going nuts. Now where's my wallet? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Shadow of Mordor , and witcher 3 Linux gaming is suddenly VERY compelling Fantastic!
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Yay! Been waiting for PAYDAY2 for ages! =D Thanks for the confirmation! =)
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Polochamps Mar 5, 2015
Pulled the trigger.
Borderlands 2 Game of the Year
Torchlight II
The Witcher 2
Trine Collection
Not quite yet sure on Dead Island.
Borderlands 2 Game of the Year
Torchlight II
The Witcher 2
Trine Collection
Not quite yet sure on Dead Island.
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Quoting: GuestTorchlight II have better performance in Linux than Windows, it loads much faster and i get more FPS. Glorious port.
Agreed! @ 1080p it seems to be running really well. I have "crazy" specs so it is hard to say if the port is good or bad. I however, am nearly positive that an amazing GOL headline article is incoming though. :D
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Sounds awesome ! "Gamingonlinux" has come a long way (both the site and the actual gaming on linux :) )
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Kallestofeles Mar 5, 2015
HOLY:::::::::::::SHAIIIIITTTTT!!!
Now this is the news I've been waiting for. I don't usually pre-order, but when I do, I do it out of respect for the Linux dev. effort.
Kerbal Space Program
GRID Autosport
Wasteland 2
Batman
Wanted to throw my moneys at Mordor as well, but I will gladly wait for a second payday until pulling another trigger and pay the full price.
I wonder when will we be seeing the drivers implement Vulkan and if any of those titles on sale will be getting a Vulkan treatment as well...
Now this is the news I've been waiting for. I don't usually pre-order, but when I do, I do it out of respect for the Linux dev. effort.
Kerbal Space Program
GRID Autosport
Wasteland 2
Batman
Wanted to throw my moneys at Mordor as well, but I will gladly wait for a second payday until pulling another trigger and pay the full price.
I wonder when will we be seeing the drivers implement Vulkan and if any of those titles on sale will be getting a Vulkan treatment as well...
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Quoting: EKRboiQuoting: GuestTorchlight II have better performance in Linux than Windows, it loads much faster and i get more FPS. Glorious port.
Agreed! @ 1080p it seems to be running really well. I have "crazy" specs so it is hard to say if the port is good or bad. I however, am nearly positive that an amazing GOL headline article is incoming though. :D
I can run it on my laptop.... I honestly didn't think that was going to be possible since many games I have experienced with 3D rendering don't play well with Intel's integrated graphic card (HD3000 I believe). With low shadows/lighting it's around 14FPS. I'm hanging around 22-24 FPS if I disable shadows all together, which I find quite reasonable and playable.
Of course, a better experience would be nicer, but hey, I'm pretty sure that's my hardware being generally crap and not meant for gaming. :) I will be upgrading to an actual desktop this year. Can't miss out on all this awesome stuff!
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Yes, now all we need is working Vulkan and getting rid of X server input overhead -- looking at you Wayland.
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