Wine Staging [Official Site, Github], the testing area for future Wine releases has been updated today and it pulls in some patches that allow DOOM to actually run with Wine on Linux.
Notes
Wine Staging is highly experimental, use at your own peril.
I don't recommend buying Doom, since it is a Windows game, but it's good to know you have options available. If this becomes a way for dual-booters to stay on Linux more, then that's great.
What's going on?
The new DOOM game previously used Denuvo in the final release, which was one of the blockers for getting it working in Wine. The developers have now removed Denuvo, making this possible. Additional patches were needed, which a developer put up a few days ago, but now it's in Wine Staging itself.
In their latest news the Wine Staging said this today:
QuoteWine Staging 2.0-rc2 implements everything necessary to get DOOM (2016) running. Feel free to play around with the different features like Vulkan support and report remaining issues in the bug tracker.
You can find the install instructions here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Joeyboots80 Dec 23, 2016
That's exactly why I have a PS4 as well. I can get multi-platform games that aren't Linux native on it, completely bypassing having to use Windows. I recommend this setup for anyone who throws up in their mouth a little bit whenever they have to use Windows. Cheers. :)
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Comandante Ñoñardo Dec 24, 2016
OT: I am also considering to buy a PS4, because I know I am missing some good games.
I have one of those. Consoles are great. I know I'm not getting the best graphical experience there is, but I know I'm getting the best (and only) experience on my console and this lets me simply enjoy the game, instead of endlessly tweaking options, re-running benchmarks and wondering what piece of hardware I should buy to make the game that little bit better.
Wasn't that the original point of the mere existence of the Steam Machines and the SteamOS itself?
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for me it's pretty fantastic I can launch it on my workstation. Yeah, I'd prefer a native version , but still I'm quite surprised how well it performs under wine. Also it's the second game (after DeusEx: Mankind Divided) where I've noticed good multithreading.
The game itself is gorgous and testament how beneficial cross platform APIs can be.
The game itself is gorgous and testament how beneficial cross platform APIs can be.
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