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Originally published by Square Enix and developed by Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive confirmed today that Shadow of the Tomb Raider is officially heading to Linux in 2019.

Making sure we have the full experience, with Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider already ported to Linux by Feral this is really quite exciting news! I've no doubt it will be using the Vulkan API, as I'm sure people will be wondering.

This replaces the recent teaser put out earlier this month on the Feral port radar. So we now have Total War: WARHAMMER II arriving today plus Life is Strange 2, Total War: THREE KINGDOMS and Shadow of the Tomb Raider all heading to Linux. Feral sure are busy and that's good for us.

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From the press release:

In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must master a vibrant jungle, overcome challenging tombs, and persevere through her darkest hour. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will be forged into the Tomb Raider® she is destined to be.

Lara's quest will take her from the bustling Mexican town of Cozumel to the dark heart of the Peruvian jungle where the hidden city of Paititi awaits. She'll navigate complex underwater caverns, traverse spectacular landscapes, and discover challenging tombs filled with traps. 

Outnumbered and outgunned by Trinity, Lara must become one with the jungle and instill fear in her enemies through using mud as camouflage, disappearing into jungle vines or striking from above while perched in the canopy. 

Let's hope for an early 2019 release. The longer they wait, the more likely it is they will lose sales from Steam Play. I mentioned before in a comment, that their timing will make or break future ports. I'm hoping for many more Feral ports in the years to come, having officially supported ports is great.

We will share more details closer to release and do our usual port report and review.

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tony1ab Nov 20, 2018
YeeeeeeeeeEEEeeeeEEEeeeeEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEeeeeeeeeeees!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmC6u5LqnJo

Eidos Montreal is one of us.


Last edited by tony1ab on 20 November 2018 at 1:59 pm UTC
Nezchan Nov 20, 2018
I'm so shocked I might just take a nap.
chui2ch Nov 20, 2018
I can't wait to give Feral my money!
somebody1121 Nov 20, 2018
It's the first time that the riddle has been solved? :D
vette454 Nov 20, 2018
Now bring us the new hitman 2 and the new resident evil 2 remake next year and I’d be a happy gamer lol
mylka Nov 20, 2018
a bunch of games and im sure hitman 2 will follow

i am very happy about these ports, but i still dont know how feral makes enough money
they release the games after a few month, when its much cheaper and linux/mac has much less buyers

cant be that hard to port a game to linux/mac if 100 can work on various games simultaneously

Number of employees 50-100
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_Interactive
Anorelsan Nov 20, 2018
Feral!!! Do you want my money... right?! You got it!!!! You made me poor!!!! ... xD
Xpander Nov 20, 2018
I hope they can do Dirt Rally 2 port also and please closer to release :)
sr_ls_boy Nov 20, 2018
It's the first time that the riddle has been solved? :D
I think Feral solved it for us. They know that the game works well with SteamPlay.
I think they don't want a whole lot of people buying the game during the Christmas
season. As for me, I'd rather give my money to Feral which means I'll wait.
Beamboom Nov 20, 2018
I see no reason to install the windows version now that I know the Linux version is on the way!
Erzfeind Nov 20, 2018
Thanks Feral! <3
Even though I'm owning this on PS4 this is a must buy!
Leopard Nov 20, 2018
It's the first time that the riddle has been solved? :D

No. Dirt Rally hint was also solved and it was 10 times harder to relate than this.
Perkeleen_Vittupää Nov 20, 2018
I hope they can do Dirt Rally 2 port also and please closer to release :)

I've watched yer rally videos... You'd truly deserve DiRT Rally 2 ^_^
Corben Nov 20, 2018
Woohoo, Feral stays awesome! Even though proton is probably causing them headaches. But as we know, Feral doesn't mind buying the game now, even if the native Linux version hasn't arrived yet but is announced. Cool stuff 8)
Keyrock Nov 20, 2018
I might actually get this. I was not a fan of the reboot nor Rise of the Tomb Raider, mainly because they were 90% murder simulator and 10% actual raiding of tombs, and I would much rather the ratio was reversed. However, I have heard that while Lara still goes on a ridiculous murdering spree in this game, at least there is a lot more exploration and tomb raiding, which is my jam.

Now port HITMAN 2, please. Pretty please.


Last edited by Keyrock on 20 November 2018 at 3:01 pm UTC
MacGyver88 Nov 20, 2018
Nice to have all three games on Linux! Thanks Feral!
Kohrias Nov 20, 2018
Wonderful. I will wait until then and purchase on release from Feral store! ;-)
adolson Nov 20, 2018
Eidos Montreal is one of us.

In what way?
x_wing Nov 20, 2018
Yes!!! As other said, Feral will make me poor... but who cares if in the process they make you so happy?
M@GOid Nov 20, 2018
For now, I will only buy properly ported games. Proton is a nice thing to have, for the games in my library that will never see a official port. I'm not giving my money to companies that ignores the Linux market.

#NoTuxNoBux


Last edited by M@GOid on 20 November 2018 at 3:33 pm UTC
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