Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. It seems Rocket League may actually release sometime soon after a developer posted about it on their Steam forum.
From the post:
QuoteHey all, just wanted to let you know that we're getting close to a release window, but still need to polish more, address remaining bugs, and ensure that cross-play properly works :)
They said a while back it was pushed back to a Q2 release, so they may actually hit that.
The Linux build is in the "QA branch", so it could arrive with the patch due at the end of this month.
I am pleased they are finally saying something a little more positive, hopefully there aren't too many things they need to finish up.
It has been a bit of a rollercoaster with being pushed back multiple times, originally due out in December 2015 it will be fantastic to finally be able to actually write up a release post on it, and play the damn thing.
It does further solidify my stance on buying games: Don't buy them until the Linux version is confirmed to be out.
Will you still be picking up a copy? I know I will be, delay or not it's still a very popular game and looks incredibly fun.
Maybe we will get to play it for GOL's birthday on the 5th of July at this rate!
Thanks for pointing it out fabry92. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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The game seems really fun. Too bad my friends have probably already lost interest, and playing with random strangers isn't really my cup of tea. I'll most likely still get it but I might have to wait for a sale. Happily the Steam summer sale isn't far off.
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The game seems really fun. Too bad my friends have probably already lost interest, and playing with random strangers isn't really my cup of tea. I'll most likely still get it but I might have to wait for a sale. Happily the Steam summer sale isn't far off.Then join in some games with the GOL community, I am sure there will be plenty ;)
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@tuubi agree @liamdawe agree.The game seems really fun. Too bad my friends have probably already lost interest, and playing with random strangers isn't really my cup of tea. I'll most likely still get it but I might have to wait for a sale. Happily the Steam summer sale isn't far off.Then join in some games with the GOL community, I am sure there will be plenty ;)
Rocket League coming to Linux/SteamOS is great. Period.
Like always I see glass half empty - I'm closer to tuubi's opinion - I would love to play it when my colleagues are playing it - and it seems it is past already.
Nevertheless we need this title like many others in our library. I'm just afraid that there will be next game of the same developer, which won't come to Linux/SteamOS because of the bad financial result of this port. And bad financial result may be caused by the fact that many people won't be so eager to spend 20 euro on a game witch was abandoned by their friends, so like tuubi (and probably me as well), many people will buy it when it's on sale for a price 70% lower then it is now.
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lucifertdark Jun 4, 2016
6 months too late if you ask me, it was fun on Christmas day playing it through the Steam Link on a big screen though.
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Then join in some games with the GOL community, I am sure there will be plenty ;)I'll have to do that. :)
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Finally, I have resorted to using Windows 10 to play this game with friends and now there's one less reason to ever boot it, yay! I also got Psyonix at least two more customers.
And yeah I realize I'm not supporting Linux as well as I should but I reckon having some semblance of a social life makes the trade-off worth it.
And yeah I realize I'm not supporting Linux as well as I should but I reckon having some semblance of a social life makes the trade-off worth it.
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It is is really a shame that this game wasn't available during the Steam Controller/Machine launch, as everyone who bought a controller or Steam Machine experienced that they couldn't play this game.
I will still be purchasing it, because I have learned to resist the temptation to dual boot, it looks like a good game and to reward developers for supporting Linux. I might not pay full price though and wait for a sale, as it is an older game by now. Hope they do a sale on Linux launch.
I will still be purchasing it, because I have learned to resist the temptation to dual boot, it looks like a good game and to reward developers for supporting Linux. I might not pay full price though and wait for a sale, as it is an older game by now. Hope they do a sale on Linux launch.
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"close to a release window" sounds like "in only a few months we can definitly tell that the game is coming within in the next 6 months".
Do not trust "windows", guys ... ;)
Do not trust "windows", guys ... ;)
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Yes! This game is so good and I don't agree, that it is too late. Well it is late, but it is a game I can see myself still playing in 5 years.
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In my personal case, I don't care about the delay because there are plenty of other game (yep, plenty of good games on Linux, what a day to be alive :D ) that I could play in the meantime. But I'm pretty sure it had a bad effect on the (probably few...) early adopters of the steam boxes.
Seeing an important title sold as being available on the platform unplayable during more than half a year can't be a first experience for someone wanting to try Linux/SteamOS.
So, yeah... Valve Time... I hope that Linux gaming will finally get the same intention as Windows in the long run... If it is to end up like this, I am ready to wait ^_^
Seeing an important title sold as being available on the platform unplayable during more than half a year can't be a first experience for someone wanting to try Linux/SteamOS.
So, yeah... Valve Time... I hope that Linux gaming will finally get the same intention as Windows in the long run... If it is to end up like this, I am ready to wait ^_^
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don’t rules this game out entirely, it sold lots of copies and a lot of games now don't make it to version 2, they get a massive update + DLC expansion.
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Well, Rocket League is a game where multi-player is important and for multi-player games, the community often shrinks when the game gets older. So the delay certainly matters and decreases the amount of money the game is worth However, the fact that recently cross-platform play with Xbox has been added should counter that, so I expect we can still have great fun with it. It should not take another 6 months though.
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ProfessorKaos64 Jun 4, 2016
The game seems really fun. Too bad my friends have probably already lost interest, and playing with random strangers isn't really my cup of tea. I'll most likely still get it but I might have to wait for a sale. Happily the Steam summer sale isn't far off.Then join in some games with the GOL community, I am sure there will be plenty ;)
Is that via the Steam group?
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Kuduzkehpan Jun 4, 2016
more gameeees! more linuuuuuuux! more peeeeeeps! loop;
my friends waiting for me
my friends waiting for me
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This game has single player, and local coop. So, longevity isn't a problem.
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This game has single player, and local coop. So, longevity isn't a problem.
I don't think single player is the heart of the game.
And local co-op, well, I could ask my wife, but...
So I guess if I'll play it, it's all about showing GOL how bad people in the country of the world football champion can play. ;)
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1mHfoksd1Z Jun 4, 2016
I played it in alpha and I loved it, now I bought it in the Humble Monthly and I love it even more. It finally made my Windows partition useful for something other that collecting virtual dust and wasting valuable space on my SSD. (My university requires some Windows-specific development tools so I did have to keep that partition just in case the Linux alternatives can't handle the task - which did occasionally happen)
Can't wait to have it on Linux, rebooting is very annoying even if it takes a very short time on an SSD, for multiple reasons... I hope it will have good performance, because my laptop is quite aged and many Linux games performed better on Windows in my tests and I fear it won't be playable, because that did happened before with other games :(
I'm also planning to build a kick-ass console-PC with SteamOS sometime next year and this game will fit right in.
Can't wait to have it on Linux, rebooting is very annoying even if it takes a very short time on an SSD, for multiple reasons... I hope it will have good performance, because my laptop is quite aged and many Linux games performed better on Windows in my tests and I fear it won't be playable, because that did happened before with other games :(
I'm also planning to build a kick-ass console-PC with SteamOS sometime next year and this game will fit right in.
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According to SteamDB, the game has approximately 3.4 million owners, of which 1/3 were active in the last 2 weeks.
Also, 24k are playing right now, and the average daily peak is 40k.
So yeah, bring it on.
Daily peak is much more than that, 90k+ players (displayed ingame), every GMT evening.
Last edited by sigz on 4 June 2016 at 3:01 pm UTC
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Actually Linux has been added to the QA branch for the June patch :
https://steamdb.info/app/252950/history/?changeid=1997802
But this isn't the first time :
https://steamdb.info/app/252950/history/?changeid=1683398
Hopefully this time is the right one. There is absolutely no chance that they release it before the June patch, so it will be either at the end of June or later.
https://steamdb.info/app/252950/history/?changeid=1997802
But this isn't the first time :
https://steamdb.info/app/252950/history/?changeid=1683398
Hopefully this time is the right one. There is absolutely no chance that they release it before the June patch, so it will be either at the end of June or later.
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