Feral Interactive announced today in their newsletter that the Linux port Total War: WARHAMMER II will be available in 'early Autumn'.
Given their wording, this means it's likely to be sometime in September, so prepare your wallets. Here's exactly what they said for those not receiving it:
The New World beckons! We are aiming to release Total War: WARHAMMER II for macOS and Linux in early Autumn.
This would make Feral's third Linux port this year after Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia and Rise of the Tomb Raider. We still have Life is Strange: Before the Storm to come as well. Hopefully more to keep Linux gamers satisfied!
Sadly, it looks like we're not getting a Linux port of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, as it was announced only for Mac. If you want to see it on Linux, might be worth letting them know on Twitter.
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I also wonder why they're not bringing Lego ports. They didn't even give it a try, like with F1...
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lucifertdark Aug 1, 2018
This will be a day one purchase for me, it's Warhammer!
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They promised Life is Strange: Before the Storm this spring, so "early Autumn" probably means "early Autumn, 2019" in terms of Feral time.
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lucifertdark Aug 1, 2018
Too much Warhammers. Who buy all this chapters? O.oBecause it's Warhammer. ;)
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Too much Warhammers. Who buy all this chapters? O.o
Too much Total War!?!
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Anders1232 Aug 1, 2018
Total War is a great series, and by the number of GNU/Linux releases is a profitable one. And the Warhammer ones are great.
I just love playing Total War, I have 413 hours on Shogun 2 and 429 hours on Warhammer (and counting). Feral give us Warhammer 2 o/
I just love playing Total War, I have 413 hours on Shogun 2 and 429 hours on Warhammer (and counting). Feral give us Warhammer 2 o/
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One thing to keep in mind about porting games is that profit is a net thing--sales minus expenses.
These Total War games have an engine and probably a bunch of other stuff in common. When you've ported a couple, porting the next one must be way easier and faster and cheaper, because you can re-use a bunch of your work. So why on earth would they skip any if there's a decent chance of sales? If they have any sense, at this point they will just port every Total War that comes out.
And since we want Feral to continue doing well, and since doing a Total War game probably only has an opportunity cost of maybe a third of a different kind of game (because it's so quick and easy to do), I'm getting kind of tired of so many people whining about them taking their guaranteed revenue.
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 1 August 2018 at 4:02 pm UTC
These Total War games have an engine and probably a bunch of other stuff in common. When you've ported a couple, porting the next one must be way easier and faster and cheaper, because you can re-use a bunch of your work. So why on earth would they skip any if there's a decent chance of sales? If they have any sense, at this point they will just port every Total War that comes out.
And since we want Feral to continue doing well, and since doing a Total War game probably only has an opportunity cost of maybe a third of a different kind of game (because it's so quick and easy to do), I'm getting kind of tired of so many people whining about them taking their guaranteed revenue.
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 1 August 2018 at 4:02 pm UTC
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Anders1232 Aug 1, 2018
Total War is a great series, and by the number of GNU/Linux releases is a profitable one. And the Warhammer ones are great.I envy you.
I just love playing Total War, I have 413 hours on Shogun 2 and 429 hours on Warhammer (and counting). Feral give us Warhammer 2 o/
I am still studying it to get it right.
15+ hours of watching videos, 2h of playing, 2 more hours of configuring the steam controller. 4 Total War titles, with 5 DLCs bought. lol
I have Attila, Shogun 2 with all the DLC's(including RotS and FotS and their DLC's ), and Warhammer with all the DLC's. I don't know how many hours I spent watching videos, but I watched at least 3 full campaigns of MrSmartDonkey on youtube and some Zerkovich's videos of races and tatics.
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I have 100+ hours in Hearts of Iron and I am still crap at it.
Let's see how many hours i need to pour into Warhammer games to get them right :D
Let's see how many hours i need to pour into Warhammer games to get them right :D
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And since we want Feral to continue doing well, and since doing a Total War game probably only has an opportunity cost of maybe a third of a different kind of game (because it's so quick and easy to do), I'm getting kind of tired of so many people whining about them taking their guaranteed revenue.
I understand all that, and I'm fine with it. But while I'm granting(*) the Total War players each and every port, grant me a little grumbling. :)
(*) (German: ) Ich habe keine gute Übersetzung für "gönnen" gefunden...?
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And since we want Feral to continue doing well, and since doing a Total War game probably only has an opportunity cost of maybe a third of a different kind of game (because it's so quick and easy to do), I'm getting kind of tired of so many people whining about them taking their guaranteed revenue.
I understand all that, and I'm fine with it. But while I'm granting(*) the Total War players each and every port, grant me a little grumbling. :)
(*) (German: ) Ich habe keine gute Übersetzung für "gönnen" gefunden...?
Let me try to reply with my (puddle level) German
Deutsch ist ein nette Sprache , der sind so vielve Worte fur wann du ein nicht gutes Zeit habst.
(and yes I probably messed up the grammar badly :P)
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Luke_Nukem Aug 2, 2018
Grrr... folks need to mention which hemisphere they are referring to for the season. Autumn here is next year.
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slaapliedje Aug 2, 2018
Awesome, and hell yeah I want more Lego games on Linux!
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lucifertdark Aug 2, 2018
Awesome, and hell yeah I want more Lego games on Linux!Are there any Lego games on Linux at all? if so where? inquiring minds need to know so they can get in on the action.
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slaapliedje Aug 2, 2018
Could have sworn it was LEGO Worlds that did. Don't recall playing it on Windows, but it says I have 4.5 hours of play time. But the LEGO Minifigures Online one was on Linux, but it died a horrible death because they were basically charging for virtual Lego bricks.
Edit: Here is the thread where they were talking about support for the minifigures game on Linux.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/324790/discussions/0/530645961936986265/
Last edited by slaapliedje on 2 August 2018 at 3:03 pm UTC
Edit: Here is the thread where they were talking about support for the minifigures game on Linux.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/324790/discussions/0/530645961936986265/
Last edited by slaapliedje on 2 August 2018 at 3:03 pm UTC
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lucifertdark Aug 2, 2018
Could have sworn it was LEGO Worlds that did. Don't recall playing it on Windows, but it says I have 4.5 hours of play time. But the LEGO Minifigures Online one was on Linux, but it died a horrible death because they were basically charging for virtual Lego bricks.Ah yes how could I have forgotten the Minifigures game, now I think about it some of the physical figures came with activation codes to add the figures into the game.
Edit: Here is the thread where they were talking about support for the minifigures game on Linux.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/324790/discussions/0/530645961936986265/
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