The moment many have been waiting for, Feral Interactive have just announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider for Linux will release tomorrow, April 19th. As a reminder, this title will be using Vulkan.
I honestly haven't felt this hyped up for quite some time! April is turning out to be a damn fun month for Linux gaming.
Here's what Feral sent along for the official system requirements:
Minimum
OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i3-4130T or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB AMD R9 285 (GCN 3rd Gen and above), 2GB Nvidia GTX 680 or better
Storage: 28 GB available space
Recommended
OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 980Ti
Storage: 28 GB available space
For NVIDIA GPU users, you will need the latest 396.18 beta driver at a minimum. For AMD GPU users, you will need Mesa 17.3.5, although if you're on Vega you will need Mesa 18.0 or later. AMD GCN 1st and 2nd generation graphics cards are not supported, Intel GPUs are also not supported.
Also, it requires an SSE2 capable processor.
We shall have a review out tomorrow at release and likely a livestream, so do ensure you're following us on Twitch.
If you wish to pick it up now, you can do so on the Humble Store, Feral Store or Steam directly. If you're worried about it not counting for Linux, Feral themselves have said publicly they're happy for people to buy games when they've announced them.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Mblackwell Apr 19, 2018
Last edited by Mblackwell on 19 April 2018 at 6:25 am UTC
Quoting: ErzfeindI love Steamplay, however I would like to support porters like Feral in additional ways (donation, subscription on twitch, etc.).
You can buy their games from their store. They will receive a lot more money than buying on Steam
Last edited by WJMazepas on 19 April 2018 at 6:31 am UTC
Quoting: WJMazepasI have Ubuntu 16.04. Does it mean that i have to install Ubuntu 17.10 to be able to run the game?
Deus Ex and DIRT both have Ubuntu 16.10 as requirement and I'm able to play them on 16.04 without problem... but 17.10 could be a default requirement for MESA (the needed version is probably available on 16.04 with a specific ppa activated and Feral just put as a requirement the Ubuntu version that comes with the needed MESA version as default for less technical users). :)
Hype.
Quoting: linux_gamerQuoting: GuestLast time I ran a game (probably SoM) from Feral it worked well with an older driver than "needed", maybe they just want to be sure.Quoting: linux_gamerI will call it a success if I will be able to see the loading screen with my setup.
Probably I will need to upgrade my driver first.
Shame that it looks like we'll be requiring a beta driver to play it :-\
I'd strongly recommend that you do use 396.18.
Quoting: ArcanoxerHappy Bicycle Day!
Is there a sale for Tomb Raider coming soon?
Let's see. They did not always have a sale for us on Linux release.
Quoting: ErzfeindFeral is based in my woods in the UK. It's only just passed 9am ;)Quoting: backplate101so i went on my steam app in ubuntu and in my library of games i cant install this game there is no install button??. what gives. this is the official linux date isnt it?
Date yes, but apparently not yet the time.
Quoting: MblackwellI am hopeful the game is functional on 16.04 and the 17.10 requirement is mostly just for the sake of Mesa. Because, my machine is currently a production box and I can't afford to upgrade at the moment (and when I do of course it will be to 18.04... which btw I hope to god there's a way to get a vanilla gnome session instead of Ubuntu's extensions and such. If I wanted a Unity style interface I never would have switched to Ubuntu GNOME in the first place... but now I'm off track).
I bet it works just like 17.10, which means you can just 'sudo apt install gnome-session' to get vanilla GNOME. The customized one they use as default is called 'ubuntu-session' I think, and you can freely remove it if you want. If you do not make a fresh install, but instead upgrade from Ubuntu-GNOME, then 'gnome-session' will probably be your default. At least it was for me when I came from Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 to Ubuntu 17.10. In this case you don't have to do anything.
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