Team17 have announced that Worms W.M.D will release on August 23rd, but the Linux version is going to be post-launch.
@gamingonlinux We are looking at Linux support post launch on the 23rd Aug :)
— Worms™ (@WormsTeam17) July 12, 2016
Sad, but hopefully the delay will allow them to make sure the Linux version is properly polished and ready. I really want to play it, so I would hate for it to be riddled with issues.
The other issue is that their pre-order campaign includes bonus stuff from other games, but of course no Linux gamer will pre-order it since it won't have Day-1 Linux support. I asked, and it's being looked into:
@gamingonlinux This will be taken into consideration :)
— Worms™ (@WormsTeam17) July 12, 2016
It's really great to see that Team17 is so responsive!
Anyway, if you do decide to pre-order (or if they sort out something for us post-release) this is what you will get:
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ProfessorKaos64 12 Jul 2016
I wouldn't be so impressed with their track record, in case of Worms Reloaded for example it didn't support any DLCs on Linux, and if I recall correctly doesn't even do cross-platform multiplayer. Hopefully WMD will set their record straight about this :)Despite that, it seemed to work pretty good. What engine was it built on?
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hardpenguin 12 Jul 2016
I'll then play the Linux port bingo!
Last edited by mrboese on 12 Jul 2016 at 5:05 pm UTC
ElectricPrism 12 Jul 2016
The graphics look fun and nice, I hope it has full controller support, cross platform multiplayer and local multiplayer and its a win.
Inspector_Gidget 12 Jul 2016
Worms is super fun though, I'll probably buy this one once it's released for Linux.
If there is a delay with Linux version it means that Linux version was afterthought which means that original source is optimized for Windows and "port" will be bad as usual.Not necessary, it could mean that they were in the last part of development but very late and since they didn't want to delay the release they decided to focus on fixing Windows-only issues and doing only testing on Windows to be able to release Windows on date and then be able to release Linux later when enough fixing and testing is done on that platform as well.
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