Here’s the news you have been desperate to hear, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [Official Site] is officially heading to SteamOS & Linux and it’s being ported by Feral Interactive.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac and Linux this year. Embrace what you've become. pic.twitter.com/0AS5HCQpaI
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) September 15, 2016
They have confirmed the game will release this year, but they aren’t being any clearer than that right now. Could it be my early Christmas present? Oh please say it is–although even sooner than that would be great!
From the Press Release:
Quote“Over the past 16 years, the Deus Ex games have been leaders in game design, expertly blending innovative storytelling and gameplay within a compelling game world,” said David Stephen, Managing Director at Feral Interactive. “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided takes it to the next level, giving players an unprecedented degree of freedom in a spectacular cyberpunk setting, where their actions shape both narrative and gameplay.”
They will announce the required PC specifications closer to the launch date.
Incredible news! I played through the previous game years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. So I am already a fan of the series.
It’s worth noting that reviews for the game overall on Steam are "Mixed", mainly due to microtransactions and an apparent abrupt ending. As usual though, I reserve all my thoughts on it until I actually play it.
It’s not cheap at £39.99, so at release you may need to dig a little deep into those pockets of yours. It also has a £24.99 season pass, so hopefully given that price it means extra actual story content will come too.
It’s also one of a select few games that you can buy bundled with a Steam Controller, so if you don’t own one it’s a chance to get some money off buying them together.
About the game
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a life of complete and total segregation from the rest of society.
Now an experienced covert operative, Adam Jensen is forced to operate in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Anders1232 Sep 15, 2016
But I would love to play the predecessor Deus-Ex Human Revolution too!
Quoting: NezarnBut how? Denuvo didn't had Linux version so far :O (or in linux it will use a different DRM?)
It is possible that under Linux they are content with just the Steam DRM.
Last edited by Shmerl on 15 September 2016 at 4:15 pm UTC
Mohandevir Sep 15, 2016
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Deus-Ex-No-API-Comment
Seems like Vulkan is not dismissed from the start...
elbuglione Sep 15, 2016
[email protected] Sep 15, 2016
Quoting: meracoCan we expect minus 50% performance again, as with Tomb Raider?
TR performs pretty darn well after a few patches though. I hit more than 60 consistently in almost the whole game and I'm on a dated card.
Granted though, if you want tressfx and ultra shadows, you're likely gonna need at least a pascal card. But that goes for Windows too.
Poor Meraco got bored of trolling Steam forums. Liam.. looks like he likes his new home.
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Quoting: MohandevirMmmm... Interresting.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Deus-Ex-No-API-Comment
Seems like Vulkan is not dismissed from the start...
Indeed. No news yet can go either way. I suppose that in time it will be easier to maintain both a Metal and Vulkan path for DX12 games than it is to do DX11 to OpenGL. But before that is the case, they'll need to have that Vulkan stuff done. Maybe they don't know yet whether they can make that happen in time.
Quoting: cxphergmailcom... meraco dude, meraco ...Quoting: meraco[...][...]
Kuduzkehpan Sep 15, 2016
Quoting: ajgpQuoting: Mountain ManYeah, but sometimes it fees like Feral is the only one.
That is true, I havent heard much about Aspyr or VP porting anything to Linux for sometime now. I guess Aspyr is likely to be involved in Civ6 given their previous and I know VP is working with ARMA, but their output in comparison to Feral is a drop in the ocean.
Not that Im complaining about getting ports I like Feral's work, but I fear as most AAA studios seem to outsource the ports we are in a single source market for Linux games and would hate the rug to be pulled now if something were ever to happen to Feral.
Have you actually counted the VP ports?
Witcher 2, Bioshock Infinite, Dirt Showdown, Spec Ops the Line, Saints Row II, Saints Row III, Saints Row Gat Out of Hell, Overlord, Overlord II, Arma III
That is 10 games, really close to the same numbers as Feral. Overlord just got released last month(I think). Aspyr are pretty far behind though.
VP isn't showing anything else being worked on right now, but that doesn't mean they aren't working on anything else. Or at least it doesn't mean that they don't have anything lined up after Arma III becomes current.
Feral is really lining them up though.
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Quoting: zebQuoting: NezarnBut how? Denuvo didn't had Linux version so far :O (or in linux it will use a different DRM?)
It is possible that under Linux they are content with just the Steam DRM.
I asked them on Facebook, but they wouldn't tell (yet):
Quoting: FeralQuoting: meWill it use Denuvo on Mac and Linux?No word on that just yet. We'll be releasing more information down the line.
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