Shadow Warrior 2 was due to get a Linux version, then suddenly information on it vanished from the Steam page and Humble Store. The plot thickens from there.
When queried about it, a developer for Flying Wild Hog blamed it on a publisher decision (Devolver Digital) not to have Linux at day-1. I personally spoke to Devolver on twitter, who claimed this was false and they didn't know why the developer said so. That developer very quickly deleted their post after this, and then made a new one that was entirely different.
Now, the German games magazine Gamestar had a twitch stream of a preview version of the game with Paweł Książek of the developer Flying Wild Hog. They asked watchers' questions as well, including this one...
See this video at 43:55, partly in German, partly in English (direct link to the question):
Paweł Książek is level designer, so he's likely not the one to make decisions on this.
We also know that Aaron from Knockout Games who ported the previous Shadow Warrior will not be in on the porting job this time around, as he is too busy.
It's still possible there's yet more miscommunication going on, so don't lose hope just yet.
Thanks to Eike for letting us know! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
When queried about it, a developer for Flying Wild Hog blamed it on a publisher decision (Devolver Digital) not to have Linux at day-1. I personally spoke to Devolver on twitter, who claimed this was false and they didn't know why the developer said so. That developer very quickly deleted their post after this, and then made a new one that was entirely different.
Now, the German games magazine Gamestar had a twitch stream of a preview version of the game with Paweł Książek of the developer Flying Wild Hog. They asked watchers' questions as well, including this one...
gamestarWhich graphics API will the game use and will there be a Linux version?
Paweł, DeveloperLinux version - no, I don't think so.
See this video at 43:55, partly in German, partly in English (direct link to the question):
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Paweł Książek is level designer, so he's likely not the one to make decisions on this.
We also know that Aaron from Knockout Games who ported the previous Shadow Warrior will not be in on the porting job this time around, as he is too busy.
It's still possible there's yet more miscommunication going on, so don't lose hope just yet.
Thanks to Eike for letting us know! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Oct 14, 2016
Quoting: g000hWell, Shadow Warrior 2 has now been released, and the people who've bought it, for Windows, seem to be loving it. Sounds like it is well optimised, and runs well even on older graphics hardware, and the gameplay is great.
Fingers crossed for a Linux release *soon*. I, for one, am very interested in getting this on Linux and enjoying it. (Yes, I know it may never happen, but then... look at Mad Max and Rocket League.)
I prepurchase it on GOG and I am downloading it right now on Linux for my windows 7 offline test machine... 14GB is heavy for my poor bandwidth.. this will take all day..
Im sure they will port it to Linux and Mac a couple of years later, like they did with the DX9 version of Shadow Warrior 2013...
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