In case you've been living under a rock recently, Bethesda have announced Fallout 4 with the release date on 10 November. Some observant people out there may have noticed that this is also the release date for Steam Machines.
Now while this is most likely a coincidence (a lot of stuff comes out at that time of year for the holiday season), I'm sure every Fallout fan out there has a small part of them that wishes this is due to it being a Steam Machines "launch title" and these rumours have been appearing on the Steam forums and elsewhere.
This wishful thinking is understandable since not only would this be awesome for those of us who want to play the game on Linux, but also since having a developer like Bethesda on board would be a massive breakthrough for Linux gaming.
I for one will remain cautiously sceptical, but it is a very tantalising prospect and, considering we're getting some huge AAA games which many of us never expected to come to Linux, it also makes sense not to rule anything out.
It could be a secret project from Aspyr Media, Feral Interactive or other well known game porters. We haven't heard anything on it though.
Let's keep our fingers crossed but not get our hopes up too much! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Now while this is most likely a coincidence (a lot of stuff comes out at that time of year for the holiday season), I'm sure every Fallout fan out there has a small part of them that wishes this is due to it being a Steam Machines "launch title" and these rumours have been appearing on the Steam forums and elsewhere.
This wishful thinking is understandable since not only would this be awesome for those of us who want to play the game on Linux, but also since having a developer like Bethesda on board would be a massive breakthrough for Linux gaming.
I for one will remain cautiously sceptical, but it is a very tantalising prospect and, considering we're getting some huge AAA games which many of us never expected to come to Linux, it also makes sense not to rule anything out.
It could be a secret project from Aspyr Media, Feral Interactive or other well known game porters. We haven't heard anything on it though.
Let's keep our fingers crossed but not get our hopes up too much! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Valve is the biggest, most influential player in PC gaming, I have every confidence they will do whatever they need to do to ensure SteamOS is successful. One of those necessary things is having the best AAA games available for your platform. Gabe Newell is smarter than you, smarter than me, he knows what must be done. Have no fear, Fallout 4 is coming to linux, so is GTA V, mark my words. Look at how many AAA titles have been ported to linux already and this is before the new platform has even been launched. Valve has some BIG pull to get all these ports in motion before release, just wait till a year, two years after launch, no new AAA title will come without support for SteamOS, I'd wager my gaming rig on it.
Fallout 4 launch day SteamOS support? I dunno, but it won't be long after if not.
Would I love to see FO4 on Linux happen? Hell, yes. Do I believe it will happen? Not until the moment they officially announce it.