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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autonomouse Mar 5, 2015
We've come a long way since Heroes Of Newerth and Osmos (Although I am still very fond of Osmos).
You're getting a few more comments on your blog these days too :-)
You're getting a few more comments on your blog these days too :-)
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After reviewing the games, ... only four games I don't own already and want:
TW III, Shadow of Mordor, Grid, Cities Skylines. Eventually Batman too, but I'm still undecided about that one.
TW III, Shadow of Mordor, Grid, Cities Skylines. Eventually Batman too, but I'm still undecided about that one.
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Quoting: scotsman9999Just as I feared would happen eventually, on the sale page the icon for Linux is no longer Tux but the generic circled Steam logo. Does "Linux" still scare devs that Valve has to cover it up with 'SteamOS' now? I do worry that eventually this will turn into another Android situation where we don't get much of a benefit.Again?
People, gaming is bussiness. Linux has no fucking standarts and orients only on GPL. That`s why developers didn`t want to make games on Linux. Steam OS has this standarts (android gives this standarts too). That`s all.
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abelthorne Mar 5, 2015
Quoting: FredOIs there a reason why Total War Attila is also listed under the SteamOS Sale list? :-)Well, it's because it's planned for SteamOS. ;)
All the games in the sale are ones that are available or will be on Linux/SteamOS. Note that some of them are coming near the end of the year, so there's no need to rush to buy them.
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Quoting: abelthorneQuoting: r2rXThe skepticism is justified and understandable....however, AMD cannot afford to fuck around anymore. :) They'll have to get their act together. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they'll sort their drivers out....at the very least, proper Vulkan support. :pWell, the main problem IMO is that I'm pretty sure they think their current driver is good... It's been one year and a half since Valve announced the Steam Machines and said that they were working with nVidia & AMD on the drivers and though Catalyst has progressed since that time, it's still a piece of crap. On Windows too. ATI/AMD have never been able to provide correct drivers for their cards, I don't expect it to change anytime soon. :(
Can you, in any way, bring evidence for this claim? I mean, I'm a happy AMD user. On Linux I use the open source drivers with mesa and can play 96 of my 99 Linux-Games in Steam just fine. Some run better than on Windows, others slightly worse, but 96 of them are absolutely playable.
On my Windows I never had a single problem with my graphicscard. Truth be told, I never really cared for nvidia NOR amd, because I simply decided what to buy, when I wanted to buy it. I mean, I made a list of things I'd like to get from my card and then I evaluated nvidia and amd.
Back in 2011 the logical choice for me was amd... it would be today, because I will always use the open source drivers on Linux and they are great.
But the drivers suck on Windows? I know they had problems, like 10 years ago, but today? Sorry, this sounds like an old myth to me, people keep spreading and spreading. I ditched my windows a year back but had to set up a new partition this week. I installed Windows 10 for the work I am doing there (it's a game, actually. And sadly the requirements are for it to run on Windows :() and I have not faced any problems with my drivers.
Linux (and Windows) gaming is absolutely fine on AMD. I would not defend them if all my games were unplayable, but on Linux the open source drivers have greatly improved over the last year(s), and although I can't play some games like Metro, because OpenGl 4 is not supported (yet) I can play many games such as The Witcher 2 just fine.
But maybe that's due to me being a software engineer and knowing what I am doing. I'm using arch and am in (more or less) total control over my system. Not sure how mesa and the open source drivers work on Ubuntu.
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Quoting: abelthorneQuoting: FredOIs there a reason why Total War Attila is also listed under the SteamOS Sale list? :-)Well, it's because it's planned for SteamOS. ;)
All the games in the sale are ones that are available or will be on Linux/SteamOS. Note that some of them are coming near the end of the year, so there's no need to rush to buy them.
There was only mention of Rome 2 so far, so I thought I better mention Attila. For me at least, this is the biggest news on the list.
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Quoting: scotsman9999Just as I feared would happen eventually, on the sale page the icon for Linux is no longer Tux but the generic circled Steam logo. Does "Linux" still scare devs that Valve has to cover it up with 'SteamOS' now?
I had a bit negative feelings as well about this at first, but then...
If a very well know company with a hundred million users uses it's brand sign for a Linux distribution, it is counting on Linux.
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abelthorne Mar 5, 2015
Quoting: MaelraneCan you, in any way, bring evidence for this claim? I mean, I'm a happy AMD user. On Linux I use the open source drivers with mesa and can play 96 of my 99 Linux-Games in Steam just fine. Some run better than on Windows, others slightly worse, but 96 of them are absolutely playable.Well, first I'm not talking about Mesa but Catalyst. I too prefer using Mesa because it generally works better (the only problem being that some games don't work at all with Mesa and I don't think 96/99 games is acceptable: all games should work).
Catalyst doesn't integrate well with X, it randomly crashes in some games, it's a mess.
QuoteBut the drivers suck on Windows? I know they had problems, like 10 years ago, but today? Sorry, this sounds like an old myth to me, people keep spreading and spreading.AMD cards have generally less performances than nVidia ones on equivalent hardware, they still occasionally have issues with some games that need to be addressed by new drivers. Sorry, I can't be more specific, I don't keep a list of issues when I see them around, I see some two or three times per year. I remember issues with Brink in 2010/2011, though, because they happened to me and they pretty much killed the game.
Believe me, I'd be more than happy to say that AMD make good drivers and it's a joy to use their cards on Linux, as I own one (and was pretty specific in buying an AMD card with my new PC 5 years ago), but in the recent monthes I've really been tempted to ditch it and buy a nVidia card. And when you know that I bought an AMD card because I was really mad at nVidia for some of their commercial attitude and swore to never buy something from them again, that's a thing.
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I keep being sceptical about The Witcher III and CD Projekt RED in the case of Linux gaming. The Linux launch of The Witcher 2 was a huge dissaster. Instead of making a native port, they decided to use eON wrapper which performed like ...se. Some (not all of them) performance issues are resolved but the game is still performs on Linux not good as it performs on Windows... Sometimes I am okay with Wine ports as long as the original game uses OpenGL; that would removes Direct3D to OpenGL wrapping process and the game performs almost as good as the Windows version. But in the case of The Witcher 2 they decided to use eON wrapper to translate Direct3D calls to OpenGL which resulted poor performance. I still do not understand why would they do they while the native OS X version with OpenGL exists... Anyway, let us cross our fingers for a native GNU/Linux port The Witcher III...
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nattydread Mar 5, 2015
Quoting: rea987The Linux launch of The Witcher 2 was a huge disasterI disagree, this was the first AAA title I'd ever played on linux, and that for me was a big thing.
Tweaking the settings and have a powerful Gfx card and machine gave me flawless gameplay.
Yes it would have been nice to be in native OpenGL but it wasn't.
Maybe you need a better graphics card?
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