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Fantastic news, looks like Mad Max is actually coming to Linux if new information from SteamDB is to be believed. Another AAA game to join the ranks on Linux.
Popping it's head on SteamDB today:
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234145/config/oslist: macos
234145/name: MM - Content: Mac
234146/config/oslist: linux
234146/name: MM - Content: Linux
And much more on there.
If you don't remember, SteamOS was originally confirmed as a platform for the game, then utter silence since. Looks like it slipped out early?
About the game (Official)
Become Mad Max, the lone warrior in a savage post-apocalyptic world where cars are the key to survival. In this action-packed, open world, third person action game, you must fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using brutal on-ground and vehicular against vicious gangs of bandits. A reluctant hero with an instinct for survival, Max wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace in the storied “Plains of Silence.” Players are challenged with treacherous missions as they scavenge the dangerous landscape for supplies to build the ultimate combat vehicle. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Wooot! Wow, that one I had totally given up hope on.
What's the next surprise: Batman?
What's the next surprise: Batman?
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slaapliedje 3 Feb 2016
GREAT!!! Because I really need to win the game, and I hate booting into Windows... at this point if I boot into Windows I end up playing Elite: Dangerous.
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linux_gamer 3 Feb 2016
Cool, but maybe Valve is just trolling us with Tomb Raider and Mad Max.
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That moderator said than it wasnt coming to linux and than he talked with a dev. Nevermind, what matter is than its on the way, or I hope so
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slaapliedje 3 Feb 2016
That moderator said than it wasnt coming to linux and than he talked with a dev. Nevermind, what matter is than its on the way, or I hope so
That Moderator is a well known chode. There is a reddit page out there where a guy wrote a python script to go through all of the steam forums with his name and did a grep for Linux and found he was all over the place always saying "just use Windows" or "Why would you use Linux? Just get Windows" etc.
So him talking to a developer.. maybe. But I wouldn't believe anything from the guy after the multitude of forums where he does that. Seems anytime there is someone asking for a Linux version he shows up and says why waste the time.
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That moderator said than it wasnt coming to linux and than he talked with a dev. Nevermind, what matter is than its on the way, or I hope so
That Moderator is a well known chode. There is a reddit page out there where a guy wrote a python script to go through all of the steam forums with his name and did a grep for Linux and found he was all over the place always saying "just use Windows" or "Why would you use Linux? Just get Windows" etc.
So him talking to a developer.. maybe. But I wouldn't believe anything from the guy after the multitude of forums where he does that. Seems anytime there is someone asking for a Linux version he shows up and says why waste the time.
Indeed, that moderator seems to moderate a few of WB published titles (so he's probably an employee). He's an obvious Microsoft fan and doesn't like Linux, I've come across him a few times across a few different titles, and he's always obnoxious. And in this case, he was clearly wrong since it looks like it's coming.
Anyway, less chat about a rogue moderator and more hype!
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 3 Feb 2016 at 8:00 pm UTC
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Really nice to hear, though if I should be brutally honest I'd be even happier to hear some positive news about Batman/Witcher3.
I actually wasn't too crazy about the Mad Max "reboot-movie" when I finally saw it (much, much, *much* preferred the old "Mad Mel" movies) So the game became "guilty by association" or something like that, I'm afraid. ;-)
Still, I'll buy it of course. No doubt about that.
Last edited by Feist on 3 Feb 2016 at 7:41 pm UTC
I actually wasn't too crazy about the Mad Max "reboot-movie" when I finally saw it (much, much, *much* preferred the old "Mad Mel" movies) So the game became "guilty by association" or something like that, I'm afraid. ;-)
Still, I'll buy it of course. No doubt about that.
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Having played Shadow of Mordor a lot lately, this game looks a lot alike ... and I mean A LOT. Not exactly excited to end up playing what effectively turns out to be "Shadow of Mad Max".
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slaapliedje 3 Feb 2016
Speaking of other WB titles, I see that Batman Arkham Knight is on sale.... sign they're going to do the Linux release?
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slaapliedje 3 Feb 2016
Having played Shadow of Mordor a lot lately, this game looks a lot alike ... and I mean A LOT. Not exactly excited to end up playing what effectively turns out to be "Shadow of Mad Max".
It really is a lot like it. Run to a Tower / Town, beat up a bunch of guys, find some objectives. Go to the next spot, rinse and repeat. Mad Max is a blast because you get to drive around a pimped out car and run people off the road. Going after convoys really give you the feel of being in a Mad Max movie.
Actually Shadow of Mordor is probably closer to the Batman games in game play.
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Please let this be true. 
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Ech, as someone who plays ps4 on the side another open world game makes me feel a bit bloated 
Especially when it's a bunch of meaningless sprawl, I suppose I'm just more of a linear boy :B
Though I'll admit I'm also still sour after such an insulting radio silence. Game publishers need to get over themselves.
Especially when it's a bunch of meaningless sprawl, I suppose I'm just more of a linear boy :BThough I'll admit I'm also still sour after such an insulting radio silence. Game publishers need to get over themselves.
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Well, no one officially came out and canceled port, so I guess they just waited for actual release to hype it. Yes, companies are weird regarding their SteamOS ports, but as their PR budgets are limited, maybe they just don't bother yet at this point.
While game seems to be deemed as medicore, I will buy it, because desert and buggies. Moment by moment gameplay looks atmospheric, and that's good enough for me.
While game seems to be deemed as medicore, I will buy it, because desert and buggies. Moment by moment gameplay looks atmospheric, and that's good enough for me.
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Wooot! Wow, that one I had totally given up hope on.Couldn't be more right.
What's the next surprise: Batman?
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Ech, as someone who plays ps4 on the side another open world game makes me feel a bit bloated
Though I'll admit I'm also still sour after such an insulting radio silence. Game publishers need to get over themselves.
I suspect they just don't care much about SteamOS - or they are very careful and not want to poke gamer's nest regarding SteamOS which might come up as sour subject. Either way I agree but I don't think that was deliberate. They just don't know how to handle us yet.
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I suspect they just don't care much about SteamOS - or they are very careful and not want to poke gamer's nest regarding SteamOS which might come up as sour subject. Either way I agree but I don't think that was deliberate. They just don't know how to handle us yet.
It's a big corporation. There is no "they", unless you mean the shareholders, and they only care about lining their pockets. This is probably just a case of one hand not knowing what the other hand is doing. Finance probably crunched the numbers and declared a Linux port feasible and passed it along to PR.
Then at some point, someone in management was probably supposed to commission a port but was never told by finance. The person in finance who got the ball rolling in the first place might not even know what SteamOS or Linux are. They might not know anything about games in general.
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Mountain Man 3 Feb 2016
What's the next surprise: Batman?Yes, but the surprise is that Arkham Knight for Linux has been cancelled.
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Rattlehead 3 Feb 2016
What a day! What a lovely day!
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