Considering how terrible the Windows PC release of Batman: Arkham Knight was/is I’m not really surprised. Hopefully we will get some of the other better ones.
This is what a developer posted on Steam:
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While I’m not surprised by the news, I am still saddened by it. The Windows PC release was truly terrible as has been detailed quite widely, and they still haven't managed to fully patch it up.
I guess we have to bug the publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment about it since publishers are usually the ones who have the actual say in what happens.
Sad news, but XCOM 2 on Friday, Dying Light Enhanced Edition & The Following DLC and Firewatch next week. All those games coming to Linux in the space of a week! Remember to check our Release Calendar to keep up with it all.
Try not to be too sad about it my little cherubs. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
This is what a developer posted on Steam:
QuoteWe are very sorry to confirm that Batman: Arkham Knight will no longer be coming to Mac and Linux. If you have pre-ordered Batman: Arkham Knight for Mac or Linux, please apply for a refund via Steam.
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While I’m not surprised by the news, I am still saddened by it. The Windows PC release was truly terrible as has been detailed quite widely, and they still haven't managed to fully patch it up.
I guess we have to bug the publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment about it since publishers are usually the ones who have the actual say in what happens.
Sad news, but XCOM 2 on Friday, Dying Light Enhanced Edition & The Following DLC and Firewatch next week. All those games coming to Linux in the space of a week! Remember to check our Release Calendar to keep up with it all.
Try not to be too sad about it my little cherubs. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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YoshiTheFox347 3 Feb 2016
Dang.
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great! was shit for windows also at least according to media around it
Feral can now concentrate to other projects :)
Feral can now concentrate to other projects :)
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great! was shit for windows also at least according to media around it
Feral can now concentrate to other projects :)
My thoughts exactly, Feral will live on and their name won't get tarnished by working on an already terrible game.
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No!!! That was the Feral Interactive game that I was most interested in!!! :'(
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Would have been really salty about it...
But actually....
XCOM 2 and Dying Light are my highlights so I couldn't care less :D
But actually....
XCOM 2 and Dying Light are my highlights so I couldn't care less :D
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Sad but unsurprising. I bought the boxed version, but never played it until them. Maybe it could be a collector later on :D
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I was looking forward to it, but I played other Batman games on PS3 and I found the first one was great, and they progressively got worse. I feel I'm not missing much, and hopefully it means we'll be getting other, better games from Feral.
Perhaps this is why Mad Max suddenly popped back up?
Perhaps this is why Mad Max suddenly popped back up?
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Hmmm... I was just briefly looking for a new hardware because of the XCOM2 and number of decent new games coming to Linux and was going to buy one at the moment when Batman AK and Witcher 3 state is clarified. Now I see that Batman AK is not coming and nothing, literally nothing happened with Linux port of a Witcher 3 for almost a year. Now I'm pissed off.
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Well, the Windows version was an unmitigated disaster, so I'm not shocked. Still a bummer, though. :(
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LinuxGamesTV 3 Feb 2016
I have delete Batman AK from my Wishlist now.
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Sad news. Did Feral give a statement already? I guess they were already working on the port and found unfixable issues.
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Well, I was kinda hoped for Arkham series game on Linux, but ohh well....It's not like Arkham Knight was best representative of series. And with all huge issues with port for Windows this is not surprise at all.
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walther von stolzing 3 Feb 2016
This would have been a nice 'high-profile' addition to the roster -- but that's about all it would've been.
I'm a filthy double-booter; so I've played it on windows. I luckily didn't run into too many technical problems, but I was extremely frustrated by the fact that before the
'fix' the visuals were demonstrably worse than the console versions at supposedly highest settings -- blurry textures, ugly post-processing that you couldn't turn off, missing effects, etc. etc.
... and the game itself was an outright mediocrity; save for a couple of interesting ideas here and there. (Which ideas, tellingly, were adopted from Arkham Origins. Actually I'd be happier if AO gets a Linux port sometime down the line.)
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I'm a filthy double-booter; so I've played it on windows. I luckily didn't run into too many technical problems, but I was extremely frustrated by the fact that before the
'fix' the visuals were demonstrably worse than the console versions at supposedly highest settings -- blurry textures, ugly post-processing that you couldn't turn off, missing effects, etc. etc.... and the game itself was an outright mediocrity; save for a couple of interesting ideas here and there. (Which ideas, tellingly, were adopted from Arkham Origins. Actually I'd be happier if AO gets a Linux port sometime down the line.)
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Mountain Man 3 Feb 2016
Well, this is too bad. I wonder why it was cancelled? Was it because WB was concerned it wouldn't sell enough to be worth the trouble, or did Feral encounter insurmountable technical hurdles?
However, this news is mitigated by the Mad Max news, so WB apparently still has faith in the Linux/SteamOS platform.
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However, this news is mitigated by the Mad Max news, so WB apparently still has faith in the Linux/SteamOS platform.
Last edited by Mountain Man on 3 Feb 2016 at 9:28 pm UTC
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Here's a thought, maybe they was worried that feral may do a good job thus make the window/team look bad and linux/steamos look good :D
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I can live with that - never was a Batman fan.
Now, let's just hope the same doesn't happen with the promised Witcher 3...
Now, let's just hope the same doesn't happen with the promised Witcher 3...
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Here's a thought, maybe they was worried that feral may do a good job thus make the window/team look bad and linux/steamos look good :DWhile I doubt it, that fear would probably have been proven right.. ;)
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linux_gamer 3 Feb 2016
Better they do 2 good ports for the price for one bad, hopefully they didn't invest too many man-hours on reviewing the code.great! was shit for windows also at least according to media around it
Feral can now concentrate to other projects :)
My thoughts exactly, Feral will live on and their name won't get tarnished by working on an already terrible game.
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