Many asked, now Feral Interactive have answered. Rise of the Tomb Raider [Steam] is officially on the way to Linux! What a fantastic way to start a Tuesday with news like this! It still amazes me to this day that Linux will have games like this, very happy with the news!
Feral aren't saying exactly when it will arrive, but they had a tweet out that said "This Winter" which has since been deleted (Edit: replaced with this one). You can see the official confirmation on their official site which now says "This spring", so it could be here sometime between March and late June.
The advantage of getting a game later than Windows, is we get the 20 Year Celebration edition which has all the DLC.
For those wondering, it will indeed use Vulkan on Linux! This is confirmed at the bottom of the Features page on the mini-site.
Here's the trailer Feral put up:
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The game has been loved by reviewers and users alike, so it looks like it will be a solid hit for Linux gamers after more Lara. It takes the first game and makes nearly all aspects of it bigger and better than before, including more actual Tombs.
It seems this is the game that has replaced the previous Linux port teaser of "O VAIN ILLUSION OF GLORY AND GRANDEUR" that was put up back in October of last year. We still have to discover the game behind the "It's just a shot away" teaser that was put up in January, so there's more on the way remember!
Are you hyped? Let us know in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
dmacofalltrades Feb 13, 2018
I can play all of the old tomb raider games on Linux using Wine, except I can't get GoG Tomb Raider III to start at all (tried several versions of Wine and all the WineHQ tips). Anybody have any work around for Ubuntu 16.04 (actually Mint 18.3 and NVidia)? Does it play well under VirtualBox or similar?
ElectricPrism Feb 13, 2018
Since the game has a VR version I wonder if the Linux Vulkan version is getting ship shape for VR.
Looking forward to some Twitch Streams of this and some play. Glad Feral is pumping things through the pipeline I want to buy.
Thank you to Feral/Square Enix for bringing the next game in the franchise to us Linux folks. Cannot wait to see what other games you are working on.
The other yet to be announced Linux game on the feral radar, Call Of Duty perhaps?
Quoting: GuestI get very confused when that's done as well. Most annoying. I don't get what's wrong with using good old fashioned Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4.
... well, not as old fashioned as spring or fall by a margin of several thousand years, I figure.
Comandante Ñoñardo Feb 14, 2018
However, I do wish they'd try to get ports out sooner to the Windows launch. Surely they would make far more money that way. Since it looks like they're interested in porting Tomb Raider, I do hope Shadow of the Tomb Raider port happens more quickly. Only if you launch day one can you know the true Linux gaming market.
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