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Feral Interactive have officially announced their next Linux port and it's going to be 'HITMAN' [Steam]. Another awesome game for our platform. This is the complete first season too, so we get plenty of content.

They plan to release Hitman for Linux on Thursday 16th of February, so be sure mark your calendars.

This is amazing, as we get Civilization VI from Aspyr Media, Hitman and then DiRT Rally both from Feral Interactive in the space of about a month. All three games I'm incredibly excited to see on Linux, as all of them big franchises for us to have to keep moving forward.

I told you this year was going to be good, so don't doubt me eh!

I'm nearly out of hard-drive space, I'm actually going to have to buy an new hard drive just for games, on Linux, insanity.

David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral InteractiveHitman is a franchise that has defined the stealth genre, and this game is very much a return to the series’ roots. It’s been a long wait to get a Hitman title onto Linux, but I can’t think of a better way than this to introduce the series to Linux gamers.


Feral have confirmed it will be an OpenGL title, so no Vulkan at launch. Of course, it's entirely possible they may update it in future to use Vulkan.

It will cost £39.99/$59.99/€49.99 for the whole season, but episodes can be purchased individually.

About the game
Become the master assassin in an intense spy-thriller story across a world of assassination.
Travel the world from France, Italy & Morocco to Thailand, USA & Japan to take out powerful, high-profile targets.

- Complete freedom of approach in expansive freeform classic HITMAN levels
- 100+ hours of gameplay will challenge the creativity of all assassins
- Create your own hits and compete with other assassins in Contracts mode Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Suppen Feb 7, 2017
These big releases are starting to take their toll on my wallet and spare time
Eike Feb 7, 2017
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Crazy! They're back to pre Christmas speed! I cannot play all big ports anymore, but I guess I need to get this one.

Need moar tiime...!
veccher Feb 7, 2017
i'm still confused by hitman's episodic system, all episodes will be avallyable to linux or just the first?
WorMzy Feb 7, 2017
Awesome! :D

So was this the Fort du Kremlin-Bicetre teaser, or is that still a mystery?
Eike Feb 7, 2017
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Quoting: veccheri'm still confused by hitman's episodic system, all episodes will be avallyable to linux or just the first?

"Comlete first season", that's all episodes!
gustavoyaraujo Feb 7, 2017
Awesome!!!
I hope more companies will do the same as them, cause supporting games for Linux nowadays turned to be as important as Mac.

Thumbs UP!
Dribbleondo Feb 7, 2017
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: veccheri'm still confused by hitman's episodic system, all episodes will be avallyable to linux or just the first?

"Comlete first season", that's all episodes!

Also Bonus episodes and such. I'm taking a guess that season 2 will be released simultaneously, given the nature of the game.
fabertawe Feb 7, 2017
Good-o! Looking forward to this, just finished DeusEx too :D
AldoRaine Feb 7, 2017
Shut up and take my money.... Incredible ! Feral I love u
1xok Feb 7, 2017
Wow. Hitman 2016. Really? Feral do not make any prisoners. :D


EDIT: "HITMAN FOR MAC IS STANDING BY FOR METAL"

Metal becomes a running gag.


Last edited by 1xok on 7 February 2017 at 4:26 pm UTC
Kohrias Feb 7, 2017
Amazing, Feral! Not really a big fan of the genre but I am gonna pick it up nonetheless ;-)
cRaZy-bisCuiT Feb 7, 2017
@Feral: Will it be vulkan? Are there any vulkan ports to be announcet right now? :)
Cmdr_Iras Feb 7, 2017
Damn it, there are not enough hours in my days to play the sheer amount thats being ported now. Such a good position to be in.

Well another hit to my wallet is coming; Im going to be broke and out of HDD space at this rate!
m2mg2 Feb 7, 2017
This year is looking good indeed, admittedly I was a little worried. If Two Worlds 2 actually hits its latest release date this month (no real reason to believe it will but maybe) it'll be 4 big games in about 1 month! :O
MayeulC Feb 7, 2017
Quoting: WorMzyAwesome! :D

So was this the Fort du Kremlin-Bicetre teaser, or is that still a mystery?

I think that was it, since it's not on the radar anymore.

I'm not sold on the episodes. I just heard about it on this thread, sounds like I'll have to investigate before I buy it. But I won't buy it before it's out and we have some reports, of course.
I never played Hitman before, thank you for bringing the series to Linux! (I was in the same case with tomb raider, and I loved it).
g000h Feb 7, 2017
Quoting: PixelPiWow. Hitman 2016. Really? Feral do not make any prisoners. :D


EDIT: "HITMAN FOR MAC IS STANDING BY FOR METAL"

Metal becomes a running gag.

Mac users can upgrade their beautiful hardware with Linux. ;)
Liam Dawe Feb 7, 2017
Feral have confirmed it will be an OpenGL title, so no Vulkan at launch. Of course, it's entirely possible they may update it in future to use Vulkan.
lejimster Feb 7, 2017
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT@Feral: Will it be vulkan? Are there any vulkan ports to be announcet right now? :)

I asked on Facebook. They said its opengl. Vulkan is coming later in the year, it wasn't clear if they are planning Vulkan for an unreleased game or for titles like Hitman and Dues Ex that have a DX12 back end already.
Arehandoro Feb 7, 2017
Never played a Hitman game before, maybe it's about time...
hardpenguin Feb 7, 2017
Quoting: lejimster
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT@Feral: Will it be vulkan? Are there any vulkan ports to be announcet right now? :)

I asked on Facebook. They said its opengl. Vulkan is coming later in the year, it wasn't clear if they are planning Vulkan for an unreleased game or for titles like Hitman and Dues Ex that have a DX12 back end already.
They already confirmed last year that Deus Ex MD will be their first Vulkan title (that they will add Vulkan support for the game in Spring 2017).

EDIT:
Seems like I was vastly inaccurate about that (sorry!), here's the GOL source on the subject:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/feral-interactives-linux-ports-may-come-with-vulkan-sooner-than-we-thought-updated.8418


Last edited by hardpenguin on 7 February 2017 at 8:23 pm UTC
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