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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Quoting: edddeduckferalQuoting: Comandante oardoFeral acquired the publishing rights for Mac and Linux...
If that is the case, yes, they deserve money for job..
That's how all Feral games work.
So you're solely paid by game copy sells and don't get money from the studio/original publisher?
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edddeduck_feral Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: Skudranot amd again. this sucks
AMD's drivers are improving but they aren't at the level of Nvidia (yet). Right now Mesa has a slight lead overall and is the driver we usually support for the last few games. However we're constantly evaluating all drivers and we always aim to get the game running on both if possible.
For Mad Max the game runs on both Mesa and AMDGPUPRO but not at a level where we could support it officially due to various issues.
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edddeduck_feral Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: EikeQuoting: edddeduckferalQuoting: Comandante oardoFeral acquired the publishing rights for Mac and Linux...
If that is the case, yes, they deserve money for job..
That's how all Feral games work.
So you're solely paid by game copy sells and don't get money from the studio/original publisher?
Correct, we're the publisher on Linux for all our games.
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Quoting: Comandante oardoFeral already has been paid out by Warner, so We don't have to give a single cent to them...Like Edwin said, Feral are the publisher for all of their games. That alone should have told you it was not Feral being paid off, likely the other way around. Which is another reason I have a lot of respect for what Feral do. They seem to be the ones actively going to these publishers and developers for the ports (a lot of these ports are games people have highly requested too, like this one!).
Unless that Feral acquired the publishing rights for Mac and Linux...
If that is the case, yes, they deserve money for job...and We deserve a refund if they did a bad job.
On top of that they are active in the community, have helped with drivers and so on.
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Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf that is the case, yes, they deserve money for job...and We deserve a refund if they did a bad job.Like Edwin said, Feral are the publisher for all of their games. That alone should have told you it was not Feral being paid off, likely the other way around. Which is another reason I have a lot of respect for what Feral do. They seem to be the ones actively going to these publishers and developers for the ports (a lot of these ports are games people have highly requested too, like this one!).
So the requestinator might be (at least a little bit) more than just some social media fun...?
Editor note: Fixed quote from the wrong person.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 7 October 2016 at 10:43 am UTC
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edddeduck_feral Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: EikeSo the requestinator might be (at least a little bit) more than just some social media fun...?
It's 100% real not just a social media fun thing, it's not the only way we decide to license games of course but popular requests are taken on board when we look at what games to license for Linux (and Mac).
Luckily Linux users tastes for games and our own tastes are pretty similar so usually you guys are just reinforcing what games we think are awesome :)
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Quoting: edddeduckferalIt's 100% real not just a social media fun thing, it's not the only way we decide to license games of course but popular requests are taken on board when we look at what games to license for Linux (and Mac).
That's very cool! I wonder if many people think (like me) it's just a fun thing. But either way you're getting your input. So I'll continue to feed it with Bethesda, Bethesda and... hm, I'll think about the third.
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edddeduck_feral Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: EikeI'll continue to feed it with Bethesda, Bethesda and... hm, I'll think about the third.
Let me guess.... Bethesda? ;)
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Quoting: edddeduckferalQuoting: EikeI'll continue to feed it with Bethesda, Bethesda and... hm, I'll think about the third.
Let me guess.... Bethesda? ;)
Need to think a bit more about it. But yes, Fallout and Elder Scrolls is what I'm missing by far the most after dumping Windows.
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