A recent Polygon article that covered Valve's new hardware has some information from Valve, and it's not entirely clear, but it looks like Just Cause 3 could come to Linux.
To quote Valve from the piece:
Erik Johnson, ValveThe range of games is triple-A titles like Just Cause 3 that are multiplatform, all the way back to games like System Shock 2 and Half-Life. The idea that we'd be playing those games in the living room with a controller was not something we had ever considered. We had to solve all the problems there.
Robin Walker, ValveWe talked to Avalanche Games to see if we could show Just Cause 3, which is not out yet.
They don't specifically mention SteamOS, but this is an article talking about the Steam Machines and SteamOS, and it's under the Games section. It's easy to assume they mean it will see a SteamOS/Linux release, but it's too unclear to be solid.
I'm pretty excited at the possibility of it, as the game looks fantastic, but for all we know they could have been testing out the Streaming ability at this point. It would be a huge title to have though, that's for sure and I would personally buy it out of interest if it does come out for us.
About Just Cause 3
The Mediterranean republic of Medici is suffering under the brutal control of General Di Ravello, a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power. Enter Rico Rodriguez, a man on a mission to destroy the General’s hold on power by any means necessary. With over 400 square miles of complete freedom from sky to seabed and a huge arsenal of weaponry, gadgets and vehicles, prepare to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways you can imagine. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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ricki42 22 Oct 2015
That would be fantastic! Hope it's true. So much fun randomly blowing things up! :)
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Keyrock 22 Oct 2015
I'm not about to click on a Polygon link, but I do hope this turns out to be true. Just Cause 2 was freakin' awesome and I expect 3 to be just as crazy.
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fscherrer 22 Oct 2015
I think Just Cause 2 is the game I've spent more time on. I'm buying JC3 the day it's released for GNU/Linux / SteamOS, no matter the price.
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TobiSGD 22 Oct 2015
This would be awesome, I loved Just Cause 2 and played it for countless hours. Too bad it doesn't work with Wine.
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I've spent 70+ hours playing jc2. Such a fun game. Never finished it though - story was idiotic.
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adolson 22 Oct 2015
In one of the articles I read - I forget where - it said that Just Cause 3 was demo'd via in-house streaming. I'm keeping my hopes very, very low. But damn if I won't buy the shit out of it if it does come to Linux!
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edo 22 Oct 2015
This game is being optimized for the steam controller, so maybe if they are so involved with valve they may create a linux port. But lets remember than on the steam community they said time ago than they didnt had planned any linux or mac version at the moment.
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chipgw 22 Oct 2015
This would really make my day! I tweeted them a while back and they said they had no Linux plans, but it's possible things have changed since then...
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Segata Sanshiro 22 Oct 2015
That would be nice. Played the original two games on console and enjoyed them a lot.
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ElectricPrism 23 Oct 2015
My wallet protests! I on the other hand think this is great news! :)
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boltronics 23 Oct 2015
I own JC 1 & 2. JC1 works under Wine. JC2 does not last I tried (as it requires DirectX 10), but CodeWeavers said some months back that they are expecting DX10/11 support to be added to Wine by the end of the year (and I took out a new CrossOver subscription and have been more active in testing and updating bug reports to support them in their quest).
This is good, because I don't generally play games out of order. I'd want to complete the campaign for both JC1 and JC2 before taking a look at JC3.
This is good, because I don't generally play games out of order. I'd want to complete the campaign for both JC1 and JC2 before taking a look at JC3.
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ChiKin 23 Oct 2015
I think this is highly doubtful. More likely a misunderstanding.
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ungutknut 23 Oct 2015
I think this is highly doubtful. More likely a misunderstanding.I also think it's not very likely - but JC3 is at the moment the only AAA title I really would like to buy. So let's hope avalanche is out for some experimenting.
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Beamboom 23 Oct 2015
Oh man that'd be the bomb.
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Nanobang 23 Oct 2015
I have bled the black rooster and said the necessary incantations. It will happen. ^_^
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Seems pretty unlikely:
9. Linux & Mac support
We are not planning to support Linux and Mac for now.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/225540/discussions/0/617320628338253439/
That said, JC3 would still be playable on Linux via a Windows guest in KVM/Xen w/ GPU passthrough or a cloud game streaming service, such as LiquidSky or Amazon EC2 w/ ec2gaming AMI + Steam In-Home Streaming + VPN.
Last edited by Xaero_Vincent on 23 Oct 2015 at 1:28 pm UTC
9. Linux & Mac support
We are not planning to support Linux and Mac for now.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/225540/discussions/0/617320628338253439/
That said, JC3 would still be playable on Linux via a Windows guest in KVM/Xen w/ GPU passthrough or a cloud game streaming service, such as LiquidSky or Amazon EC2 w/ ec2gaming AMI + Steam In-Home Streaming + VPN.
Last edited by Xaero_Vincent on 23 Oct 2015 at 1:28 pm UTC
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lvlark 23 Oct 2015
a huge arsenal of weaponsThis is usually not my thing. The game looks good though.
Square Enix doesn't have a lot of Linux support, they appear to have something to do with Wakfu, but are not listed on the Steam store page. I think Avalanche Studios has no Linux supported games yet. So I'm not getting my hopes up.
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silverphil 23 Oct 2015
This is usually not my thing. The game looks good though.Yes but [Mad max](http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/234140/) which is officially confirmed for linux is also developed by Avalanche Studios, though the difference there is the publisher, so there is still a chance!
Square Enix doesn't have a lot of Linux support, they appear to have something to do with Wakfu, but are not listed on the Steam store page. I think Avalanche Studios has no Linux supported games yet. So I'm not getting my hopes up.
Last edited by silverphil on 23 Oct 2015 at 7:47 pm UTC
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tuubi 23 Oct 2015
Yes but [Mad max](http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/234140/) which is officially confirmed for linux is also developed by Avalanche Studios, though the difference there is the publisher, so there is still a chance!The games also share their in-house Avalanche Engine 3.0, so porting one of the games would most likely mean less work for the other one.
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melkemind 23 Oct 2015
This is usually not my thing. The game looks good though.Yes but [Mad max](http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/234140/) which is officially confirmed for linux is also developed by Avalanche Studios, though the difference there is the publisher, so there is still a chance!
Square Enix doesn't have a lot of Linux support, they appear to have something to do with Wakfu, but are not listed on the Steam store page. I think Avalanche Studios has no Linux supported games yet. So I'm not getting my hopes up.
Is it officially confirmed?
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