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For those waiting on the native Linux version of The Bard's Tale IV, fear not, as inXile Entertainment have confirmed they're working on it.

As mentioned in an older Kickstarter update, once the Windows version was finished they said they would be "all hands are on deck" to sort the Linux version out. It's been out almost a month now, so I was beginning to wonder what was happening. Wonder no more, as they have made sure to confirm this again in their recent Steam update where they said this:

With Patch 3 being released, we are now focusing on our original goal of enhancing the game by adding many additional features after launch. Legacy Mode, controller support, and grid movement will only be some of them and we will talk more about those items and more in the near future. Friends of Mac and Linux will also be happy to hear that we are working on those versions as well. 

Emphasis ours.

It's always a shame when there's a delay, but hopefully this will give them ample time to ensure the Linux version is at an acceptable standard and not simply pushing out with big issues.

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DMG 15 Oct 2018
Can't wait to play it
bingus 15 Oct 2018
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It works with SteamPlay, but the longer the wait the better. It was pretty clearly not done cooking.
Shmerl 15 Oct 2018
What about We Happy Few? They stopped providing Kickstarter updates and went completely silent. It's been a long time since the release already. How long should it take them to make a Linux build?


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libgradev 15 Oct 2018
Smashing Pathfinder currently (as much as I can get time for) but this is on my radar ^_^
Nezchan 15 Oct 2018
What about We Happy Few? They stopped providing Kickstarter updates and went completely silent. It's been a long time since the release already. How long should it take them to make a Linux build?

From the reviews I've been seeing, they don't even have a working build for Windows and consoles yet.
slaapliedje 15 Oct 2018
It works with SteamPlay, but the longer the wait the better. It was pretty clearly not done cooking.

I get the music / gamma page, then it's black except for the options to choose new game/load etc. Then I just get a black screen.
14 15 Oct 2018
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This is good news. :)
TheRiddick 16 Oct 2018
Just use the vulkan option in unity already!!!!
rustybroomhandle 16 Oct 2018
Just use the vulkan option in unity already!!!!

It's not Unity, it's UE4
TheRiddick 17 Oct 2018
ok, well it does have Vulkan also, not sure how good it is under UE4 however.
oldrocker99 17 Oct 2018
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This may be a way for inXile to get back in my good graces, after they blew more than $4M and 4 years on Torment:Tides of Numenera, which had a damn novel of text, which was well-written, but has itself gotten a lot of criticism, and about 50% of a full game. They didn't even build an engine, but used PoE's very good engine.

And still they put out a CRPG with ~50 hours of play time.:><:
slaapliedje 17 Oct 2018
I still need to beat Wasteland 2..
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