Mad Max [Feral Mini Site] is officially being released on the 20th of October for Linux & SteamOS, it’s finally coming!
On October 20th, enter the outlandish post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max on Mac and Linux. pic.twitter.com/8Vx0qU9YpK
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) October 5, 2016
After initially being confirmed for Linux way back in March 2015, we finally have confirmation that not only is the Linux port real, but it’s coming damn soon too.
From the press release:
Quote“We’re delighted to be bringing Mad Max to Mac and Linux PC,” said David Stephen, Managing Director at Feral Interactive, “With its exhilarating combat, outlandish characters and beautiful end-of-the-world visuals, Mad Max perfectly captures the atmosphere and thrill of The Wasteland.”
System requirements:
Intel i5 or AMD FX8350 3.4 GHz CPU
8GB RAM
SteamOS 2.0 or Ubuntu 16.04 or better.
The game also requires an NVIDIA 660ti series graphics card or better, running driver version 367.35 or later. AMD and Intel GPUs are not supported at release.
If you want more information on AMD support in future, you can see this comment from Edwin who works at Feral, copied below:
Edwin, Feral InteractiveDue to various issues with Mesa we will not be supporting AMD on release. We only can officially support drivers if they meet the quality needed and sadly Mesa isn't quite there yet as it has a few issues and edge cases. It was a super close call but in the end we won't say a game is officially supported unless it runs great using release versions of the drivers and kernel.
However we developed the game using AMD cards as well as Nvidia so if you install the latest Mesa beta drivers and other updates as needed it runs it's just not at a level where we can provide official support as some edge cases will exist. Hopefully once all the Mesa developments get into a stable release version and all the related kernel improvements also are in a stable release then support for Mad Max and similar complex titles will be easier/possible.
Summary: AMD is unsupported meaning we don't recommend you purchase it on AMD GPUs, however we have don a lot of work towards support which should happen once all the improvements to Mesa/Kernel are in stable branches.
Releasing another game so soon after Dawn of War II [port report here], Feral sure are busy! I will hopefully have my usual report on the game up at release. Not long to go folks! Are you excited? Let me know in the comments!
After the news about Civ VI possibly not coming to Linux, this was a very well timed announcement.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Happy for the News, and they're going to release it at my birthday, but i'm a AMD user =\
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I'm really exited for this one. Mad Max has been at the top of my Steam wishlist since the port was first announced. But for now I really need to get on with Shadow of Mordor and then get started on Saints Row IV to make room in my sandbox-action queue.
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Bought this as part of a Humble Bundle (Monthly) quite some time ago, while it was at a very nice price. Back then, I'd been aware that it was very likely to be coming to Linux, so I took a chance on it. Even if I wasn't going to play on Linux, I still have the option to boot to Windows and play there instead (although that is something I avoid most of the time).
So, I'm very happy that it's nearly there on Linux now, because I already own it. (The same thing happened with Rocket League, a month ago). It seems that wishes do come true. :)
So, I'm very happy that it's nearly there on Linux now, because I already own it. (The same thing happened with Rocket League, a month ago). It seems that wishes do come true. :)
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In the words of Webster's thesaurus this news is consequential, earthshaking, earth-shattering, eventful, historic, major, material, meaningful, momentous, monumental, much, significant, substantial, tectonic and weighty.
I just say Hell Yeah!
I just say Hell Yeah!
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Not entirely my kind of game. But it's a good chance to give Feral some cash after they ported so many pre-SteamOs games that I bought when I still had a windows partition.
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edddeduck_feral Oct 5, 2016
i reaaaaly hope this will have mesa support at launch :D
Due to various issues with Mesa we will not be supporting AMD on release. We only can officially support drivers if they meet the quality needed and sadly Mesa isn't quite there yet as it has a few issues and edge cases. It was a super close call but in the end we won't say a game is officially supported unless it runs great using release versions of the drivers and kernel.
However we developed the game using AMD cards as well as Nvidia so if you install the latest Mesa beta drivers and other updates as needed it runs it's just not at a level where we can provide official support as some edge cases will exist. Hopefully once all the Mesa developments get into a stable release version and all the related kernel improvements also are in a stable release then support for Mad Max and similar complex titles will be easier/possible.
Summary: AMD is unsupported meaning we don't recommend you purchase it on AMD GPUs, however we have don a lot of work towards support which should happen once all the improvements to Mesa/Kernel are in stable branches.
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Thanks again, Feral! You are doing an amazing job, keep it up!
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Great news! Feral coming up with an astonishing release cycle towards the end of this year!
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If anyone wants to risk buying it now, 2 weeks before its Linux release, I spotted a sweet deal here:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max
66% off the full price.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max
66% off the full price.
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Weeell, to be brutaly honest, this was not one of my most wanted titles. Together with "Homefront: The Revolution", these two titles held the dubious distinction of being my two *least* desired aaa-titles, out of all the current aaa titles that I still technicaly did desire to buy on linux.
So, right now I´m feeling a really weird mixture of happiness and dissapointment. Still, it´s pretty much a 75/25 mixture in favor of happiness, meaning that I´ll make this another "Day1 Purchase". ;-)
So, right now I´m feeling a really weird mixture of happiness and dissapointment. Still, it´s pretty much a 75/25 mixture in favor of happiness, meaning that I´ll make this another "Day1 Purchase". ;-)
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Fantastic News!
This is definitely my cup of tea! cant wait to see a report on how it runs :)
This is definitely my cup of tea! cant wait to see a report on how it runs :)
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If anyone wants to risk buying it now, 2 weeks before its Linux release, I spotted a sweet deal here:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max
66% off the full price.
Pretty sure that counts as a Windows sale. And bypasses Feral completely of course. But if supporting Linux gaming isn't a priority for you, that's a decent deal.
I'm hyped for this one. I haven't bought Dawn of War yet (not really my thing, but I'll probably pick it up around Christmas), and I haven't finished Life is Strange yet. But this... this is instabuy/instaplay material. Great stuff!
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Kuduzkehpan Oct 5, 2016
Feral FEral FERal FERAl FERAL FERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL take my money biiiatch...!
beyond that screems..
Thank you so much Feral im glad we have a greate company like you and developppers porters as your's.
my linux rig is ready to go!
beyond that screems..
Thank you so much Feral im glad we have a greate company like you and developppers porters as your's.
my linux rig is ready to go!
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Hi,
This raises an interesting point. If you buy a game (e.g. when it is on Sale), but don't USE the Steam key (i.e. you don't activate the game on Steam immediately) then you can hold back and activate it when it is out on Linux.
This raises an interesting point. If you buy a game (e.g. when it is on Sale), but don't USE the Steam key (i.e. you don't activate the game on Steam immediately) then you can hold back and activate it when it is out on Linux.
If anyone wants to risk buying it now, 2 weeks before its Linux release, I spotted a sweet deal here:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max
66% off the full price.
Pretty sure that counts as a Windows sale. And bypasses Feral completely of course. But if supporting Linux gaming isn't a priority for you, that's a decent deal.
I'm hyped for this one. I haven't bought Dawn of War yet (not really my thing, but I'll probably pick it up around Christmas), and I haven't finished Life is Strange yet. But this... this is instabuy/instaplay material. Great stuff!
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Hi,
This raises an interesting point. If you buy a game (e.g. when it is on Sale), but don't USE the Steam key (i.e. you don't activate the game on Steam immediately) then you can hold back and activate it when it is out on Linux.
If anyone wants to risk buying it now, 2 weeks before its Linux release, I spotted a sweet deal here:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MADMAXR/mad-max
66% off the full price.
Pretty sure that counts as a Windows sale. And bypasses Feral completely of course. But if supporting Linux gaming isn't a priority for you, that's a decent deal.
I'm hyped for this one. I haven't bought Dawn of War yet (not really my thing, but I'll probably pick it up around Christmas), and I haven't finished Life is Strange yet. But this... this is instabuy/instaplay material. Great stuff!
No, do not buy a game from any place before the Linux version is released. No matter what, it will NOT count as a Linux sale.
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This raises an interesting point. If you buy a game (e.g. when it is on Sale), but don't USE the Steam key (i.e. you don't activate the game on Steam immediately) then you can hold back and activate it when it is out on Linux.
The money would probably be accounted by the shop (for Windows), not by Steam.
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