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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.
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Segata Sanshiro Jun 16, 2015
Doing a quick Google search, it seems that Valve won't be going to E3.
flesk Jun 17, 2015
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I think it's a coincidence too, but... Bethesda is releasing their own DRM client, which probably isn't going to give them a whole lot of goodwill initially. Valve will probably want to allow content providers on SteamOS, like Netflix and HBO, to appeal to the console market. It doesn't seem completely absurd to me that Bethesda's client might be pre-installed on the official Steam Machines, since it could benefit both companies. Unlikely, yes, but highly unlikely...? Maybe not.
Insperatus Jun 17, 2015
All the best AAA games are coming to linux, because SteamOS is linux.

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.
Kimyrielle Jun 17, 2015
Don't get your hopes up. We got a LOT of truly awesome games lately, but they are almost exclusively coming from smaller and medium sized developers. The heavy weights have shown almost zero interest in Linux support so far. EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Rockstar and Bethesda seem to be perfectly happy with Windows and the consoles at least. Their announcement of tying their games to yet another stupid DRM platform probably doesn't help, because not only would they have to port the game, but the stupid DRM platform on top of it.
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.
loggfreak Jun 17, 2015
i'm hoping for doom more than for Fallout 4, fallout looks great, but man if doom doesn't come to linux i'm going to need windows again
loggfreak Jun 17, 2015
to add a note about bethesda, id software stopped releasing linux binaries once they got bought by bethesda, just saying
neowiz73 Jun 18, 2015
I'd really like to think positive about this, I'm a rather positive person. But I do know games and game systems and the like are released on Tuesdays a huge majority of the time. the 10th happens to be a Tuesday... So it's most likely just coincidence. I will hope for the best but expect the worst. We'll have to wait and see how the Steam Machines fair in the coming year.
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