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PayPalIt seems we're going to get more strategy game goodness, as Feral Interactive have confirmed Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia [Steam, Feral Store] will release for Linux. This is fantastic, as the Total War games are popular with a lot of people, having more of them on Linux is ideal.
Curiously, this is not a game they previously teased. It's now showing up as a new game on their teaser radar, so we still have the "It's just a shot away" game to be properly announced. This makes three games announced/teased for Linux this year so far from Feral, not a bad start!
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About the game:
Thrones of Britannia is a standalone Total War game which will challenge you to re-write a critical moment in history, one that will come to define the future of modern Britain. With ten playable factions, you must build and defend a kingdom to the glory of Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans, Welsh tribes or Viking settlers. Forge alliances, manage burgeoning settlements, raise armies and embark on campaigns of conquest across the most detailed Total War map to date.
It releases for Windows on April 19th, with Feral Interactive saying the Linux version will release "shortly after Windows".
“The choices players make in THRONES OF BRITANNIA’s campaigns have far-reaching consequences,” said David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral Interactive. “As they make decisions in response to a sequence of seismic events, players will forge their own diverging paths through the turbulent years following King Alfred the Great’s initial victory over the Viking invasion.”
Feral aren't giving out many other details yet, with system requirements due closer to release.
It's said that this is the first in "series of standalone games inspired by great turning points of history" so it's likely there's more to come after this as well.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Mountain ManIs this going to be substantially different from any other Total War game? Seems like if you've played one Total War game, you've pretty much played them all.
It will be about the same, there are some changes to certain aspects as recruiting, technology etc.
https://www.pcgamer.com/thrones-of-britannia-makes-significant-changes-to-the-total-war-formula/
That said, it will be roughly the same as all others still. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since the game has success and it's fans are asking for more.
I'm looking forward to this, always wanted to make a Viking Kingdom in Britain and I like the mix of the strategic map mixed with real time battles.
Maybe even a Vulkan port? Probably not, because they very likely have the engine ported to OpenGL for older Total War games which run good enough too. But we'll see.
Last edited by STiAT on 19 February 2018 at 2:09 pm UTC
I'm very happy about this - thank you Feral once again!
Quoting: BasianiIf you want to support Feral Interactive or other porters, you MUST buy it on Linux and play their games on Linux platform within 2 weeks after buy. If you're not playing ported games on Linux within 2 weeks after buy or playing them another operating system (No metter Windows or WINE), all money goes to game creators, not for their porters.
So you MUST play Linux games within to weeks after buy.
It's not my opinion, it's Aspyr official answer on question how they get profit from Steam.
So, my friends, after buying Linux game, we must (or should if you arn't agree) play it on Linux first two week.
To the best of my knowledge, you must play on Linuy if you did not buy on Linux.
The best way would by the way be to buy from Feral (or Aspyr respectively) store in the first place, which will make no share being deducted by some foreign shop (and were it doesn't matter when you play).
Last edited by Eike on 19 February 2018 at 2:49 pm UTC
Whole my post was about this kind of marketing, because most important for game developers is Market Share (It not always supplies from Steam Hardware/Software survey).
Last edited by Basiani on 19 February 2018 at 3:07 pm UTC
Quoting: BasianiEike, you are right, but there are so many games on steam which people bought but never played. If they bought them from web browser or Steam mobile application (Which very popular) after 7 days their money goes through game creators, not Linux or Mac OS X porters,because Steam mobile application at Valve's counter, detected as Windows user (Not Steam's Windows client).
Whole my post was about this kind of marketing, because most important for game developers is Market Share (It not always supplies from Steam Hardware/Software survey).
Yes, better safe than sorry!
(While in this case, you never feel the sorry and thus won't ever change you behaviour if nobody tells you...)
Pty will probably have to pay $5 for blood though zzz
slaapliedje Feb 19, 2018
The annoying thing about "buy it directly from them" statements is that we all already have too many different accounts everywhere and would prefer not to have to open new accounts on new store pages. This is why I like Steam and GoG.
Though I am guilty of setting up a Beamdog account for the NWN:EE beta.
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