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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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Luke_Nukem Feb 8, 2017
Quoting: liamdaweI think I need to do a mad panic over the next week to get some games finished so I have some time :D
I hear great things about drinking too much coffee!
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Joeyboots80 Feb 8, 2017
YEAHHHH!!! (Does Happy Dance)
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Feral take it easy I still trying to finnish Shadow of mordor. I have no Time to play anymore!
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Now what i need on ubunt is real FPS shoter like Call of Duty, Doom on Linux and never again Windows in my home.
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Quoting: Vuko2000Now what i need on ubunt is real FPS shoter like Call of Duty, Doom on Linux and never again Windows in my home.
You might try Insurgency or Ballistic Overkill. They're really good. As for that DOOM itch, I find that Shadow Warrior 2013 does a pretty good job.
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Nice ! Thanks Feral, I never played a Hitman but it seems interesting to try so I will buy it when you will sell it on your site.
for multiplayer FPS, you yet have some very nice one like UT2016/2017, and all the steam games (CS, L4D, etc.)?
I agree for Doom or Shadow Warrior 2 (that is still being planned to be ported natively to linux?)
Quoting: Vuko2000Now what i need on ubunt is real FPS shooter likeCall of Duty, Doom on Linux and never again Windows in my home.
for multiplayer FPS, you yet have some very nice one like UT2016/2017, and all the steam games (CS, L4D, etc.)?
I agree for Doom or Shadow Warrior 2 (that is still being planned to be ported natively to linux?)
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Wow! This is the game I was waiting for on Linux since its announcement on Windows and actually asked Feral several times! <3
Actually I was thinking about giving up and buy it for Windows, as the complete edition was out and nothing announced for Linux. Now I know I will get it in a few days! I just have to buy a new HDD, possibly 4To to keep up with all those ports :D
This teaches a lesson: Never lose hope on Feral Interactive, they are the one porting the greatest games! Thank you guys!
As far as our MacOS pals are concerned, it's a wee strange, but I feel that being on Linux is better than being on MacOS for gaming these days. Wish you guys the best and hope you're going to be able to play it! :|
Actually I was thinking about giving up and buy it for Windows, as the complete edition was out and nothing announced for Linux. Now I know I will get it in a few days! I just have to buy a new HDD, possibly 4To to keep up with all those ports :D
This teaches a lesson: Never lose hope on Feral Interactive, they are the one porting the greatest games! Thank you guys!
As far as our MacOS pals are concerned, it's a wee strange, but I feel that being on Linux is better than being on MacOS for gaming these days. Wish you guys the best and hope you're going to be able to play it! :|
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Perkeleen_Vittupää Feb 8, 2017
No reason to really lose hope on a Linux ports nowadays, pretty soon on any game! Linux gaming is notably starting to gather wind under its tiny wings :)
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Quoting: LeopardI recently had a crazy though about this one: Remember the Steam Summer Gateway trading cards from a few years back? They all represent Linux games. All but Skyrim. This, plus some other anecdotal evidence like early Steam Boxes/Controllers promotional videos let me think that a port was actually planned, then cancelled; although it was probably well underway (and running, if you want my opinion, unless they experienced big technical hurdles, which I don't expect). So, what happened for them to cancel the Steam OS launch? Steam OS "failure" as a platform (I feel like it will come back, but not yet)? That's a bit of the usual chicken and egg problem, though (which is getting better with the increasing number of games available). I guess they probably feared that it would be too hard to provide support for it (then, I would be happy wit an "unsupported" port).Quoting: ellie_feralQuoting: hardpenguinQuoting: lejimsterThey 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).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.
To clarify, we haven't announced what our first Vulkan game will be, nor a timescale of spring. We're aiming to get a Vulkan game out in the first half of this year.
If you got Vulkan tangled up with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, that's because we talked about Vulkan during a Deus Ex: Mankind Divided live stream. Which was nice and confusing, woo.
Please be Skyrim,please be Skyrim,it's already ported to Vulkan.
This is my best guess. Let's just hope that the situation will change at some point in the future.
Now, if you allow me...
WTF, Feral? You guys are way too fast for me. I used to be able to play and finish every game that was out on Linux, and then to play it over again before a new one went out. I am starting to wonder if I should start cherry-picking my Linux games instead of buying everything in bulk (to be fair, I stopped doing this some time ago, there are now too many Linux games).
Well, I will go on for now, anyway. You guys rock.
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cRaZy-bisCuiT Feb 8, 2017
Is there someone from the forum living in England? Please do write me a PM. It's somehow related to the topic. (:
PS: I'm a bit confused that Feral lately only ports titles that are "Mixed" on the review side at best. Might it be "Deus Ex" or "Hitman". I think that might also have an influence on copies sold, probably aiming for some good rated games would be an idea.
Regarding the possibly of Skyrim. Feral says at their website:
Source: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/about/
Most likely it will be a port of any of those games.
By the way, where did you find out anything about a Vulkan Skyrim port? I'd rather say that does not exist. Also Bethesda never did any move towards supporting Linux.
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PS: I'm a bit confused that Feral lately only ports titles that are "Mixed" on the review side at best. Might it be "Deus Ex" or "Hitman". I think that might also have an influence on copies sold, probably aiming for some good rated games would be an idea.
Regarding the possibly of Skyrim. Feral says at their website:
QuoteWe enjoy close relationships with developers and publishers such as 2K, SEGA, Square Enix, TT Games, Codemasters, Creative Assembly, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Io-Interactive.
Source: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/about/
Most likely it will be a port of any of those games.
By the way, where did you find out anything about a Vulkan Skyrim port? I'd rather say that does not exist. Also Bethesda never did any move towards supporting Linux.
Last edited by cRaZy-bisCuiT on 8 February 2017 at 10:54 am UTC
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