Strange and sad news, Deep Silver responded to me on twitter to let me know that Dead Island Riptide Definitive Edition and Dead Island Definitive Edition are not coming to Linux. I find this odd going by the recent SteamDB activity.
I tweeted to them on the 15th and they have only just replied today (my emails went completely unanswered as usual):
@gamingonlinux We currently don't have plans for Linux versions for these editions.
— Deep Silver UK (@DeepSilverUK) May 26, 2016
This is really weird, because both games have Linux in the "oslist" and only within the last day did they both add in the "linuxclienticon". I pointed this out to Deep Silver, but no reply yet.
There could be many reasons for this. It could be that Deep Silver simply has their wires crossed, it could be for testing purposes only or even being announced at a later date.
If it is true that the new editions are not coming to Linux, this will mean Linux/SteamOS gamers will not be able to buy Dead Island at all, as the old editions are being removed.
Kimyrielle May 26, 2016
Quoting: MGOidDeep Silver may be Linux friendly, but Techland is not so much.
Eh, a company that launched Linux ports is Linux friendly in my book. If you want an example for a Linux unfriendly company, look at Blizzard. They flat out told people to use Windows if they want to play their games.
marcelomendes May 26, 2016
Quoting: lucifertdarkWell I hope I'm not about to waste 15Gb of bandwidth as they're downloading ready for release right now.It seems I also am able to download one of them (don't own Riptide), we will soon find out eh.
marcelomendes May 26, 2016
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marcelomendes May 26, 2016
Quoting: musojon74Hey all. Quick point - if they are removing the old versions for sale, will people with the old version in library still be able to download after a reformat etc?
Probably. I still have old Metro games on my library (that one before the redux remaster)
Quoting: GuestQuoting: manero666Dead Island is a GREAT game, unfortunately the native port sucks so badUh, why? It runs very well here.
well i guess i'll give it a try again!
when i did some months ago it was more like a "crash simulator" experience honestly
something like what you can see in this video
and when i ran it with wine the performance was like 1/2 compared to DIRiptide + wine on the same system..
FutureSuture May 26, 2016
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