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With no announcement anywhere the SteamOS information from the Shadow Warrior 2 Steam page has vanished. They previously had a SteamOS icon ready and SteamOS system requirements, both of which have just—gone.
It's pretty sad news, because this indicates it won't be a day-1 Linux release.
I hope no one pre-ordered, because you might want to look at cancelling it until there's some clear information as to what is going on. That, plus, pre-ordering is dumb.
I've tweeted and emailed them today, so hopefully I will be able to give you some sort of update on this. There's also this forum post asking about it by another user.
I'm personally sad as I seriously wanted to give it a try and with no communication from the developer (like we wouldn't notice it suddenly vanishing), it's a bit of a sketchy situation right now. Why silently remove it without a simple announcement anywhere?
About the game
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter following the further misadventures of former corporate shogun Lo Wang. Now surviving as a reclusive mercenary on the edge of a corrupted world, the formidable warrior must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world. Battle alongside allies online in four-player co-op or go it alone in spectacular procedurally-generated landscapes to complete daring missions and collect powerful new weapons, armor, and arcane relics of legend. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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fabry92 2 Sep 2016
like always
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DamonLinuxPL 2 Sep 2016
Look like on this game should working Leszek Godlewski, I don't know If he only working for windows version or working or it and also making Linux port like before with Painkiller and Deadfall Adventures in Farm 51.
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Feist 2 Sep 2016
Depressing, I was(am) really eager to play this game and despite the multitude of AAA disappointments that have struck this year I really thought FWH would deliver. Still I hope it´s just a temporary snafu.
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hardpenguin 2 Sep 2016
EDIT:
My bad, I linked SteamDB for the first game.
Last edited by hardpenguin on 2 Sep 2016 at 10:23 am UTC
My bad, I linked SteamDB for the first game.
Last edited by hardpenguin on 2 Sep 2016 at 10:23 am UTC
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Liam Dawe 2 Sep 2016
The Steam depots are in place, so I don't think it is cancelled or anything like that ;) And a delay is not a tragedy for minor platforms.Well all know games that have depots that we are waiting on though, having a depot doesn't really mean all that much any more, indicator yes, but with them silently removing Linux info :(
https://steamdb.info/app/233130/depots/
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Ehvis 2 Sep 2016
The depot information does not appear to be too useful yet. Linux/Mac depots are half the size of the Windows one. And the game does not appear to be updated on Steam yet. So I doubt there is active beta testing going on through steam at this point.
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t3g 2 Sep 2016
Who buys games on day one anyways? They are usually buggy, require multiple patches, and has content locked behind paid DLC and season passes. Plus, there are Steam and GOG sales in addition to G2A and Kinguin.
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Liam Dawe 2 Sep 2016
Who buys games on day one anyways? They are usually buggy, require multiple patches, and has content locked behind paid DLC and season passes. Plus, there are Steam and GOG sales in addition to G2A and Kinguin.People still use G2A and Kinguin after the amount of crap they pull? Come on, don't advertise their use here.
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lucifertdark 2 Sep 2016
It might be delayed but at least it won't be delayed as long as the first game was.
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adamhm 2 Sep 2016
I emailed Devolver Digital almost a week ago now about this (well, about the lack of any mention of Linux on GOG's store page) and this is what they told me:
There won't be a Linux version at launch, similar to the first game. Sorry but the team does plan on having one and it will be DRM-free as well.
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adamhm 2 Sep 2016
G2A and Kinguin.
As Liam said, don't buy from those. It's worse than piracy - fraudsters get your money, the developers don't get paid and legitimate distributors like GOG etc. get hit with fees for the fraudulent transactions.
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sarmad 2 Sep 2016
This is clearly a sign that the game won't see a Linux release at all.
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Xpander 2 Sep 2016
Fokin Hell :(
I was so looking forward to play this with my new shiny GTX 1070
ohh well, at least we can hope that the port will be top quality like the first one
I was so looking forward to play this with my new shiny GTX 1070
ohh well, at least we can hope that the port will be top quality like the first one
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m2mg2 2 Sep 2016
Fokin Hell :(
I was so looking forward to play this with my new shiny GTX 1070
ohh well, at least we can hope that the port will be top quality like the first one
The port was generally good, except for a pretty major pulse audio bug that completely froze the game at almost every video until I switched to a virtual terminal and killed pulse audio. Don't know if they ever fixed that. Hopefully they can do even better since it was planned from the start. I just hope they are at least working on it, they do have at least one Linux engineer; Godlewski.
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Xpander 2 Sep 2016
Fokin Hell :(
I was so looking forward to play this with my new shiny GTX 1070
ohh well, at least we can hope that the port will be top quality like the first one
The port was generally good, except for a pretty major pulse audio bug that completely froze the game at almost every video until I switched to a virtual terminal and killed pulse audio. Don't know if they ever fixed that. Hopefully they can do even better since it was planned from the start. I just hope they are at least working on it, they do have at least one Linux engineer; Godlewski.
never experienced this. And i played 6 hours straight with 1 sitting.
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manero666 2 Sep 2016
For me it's not a big deal if they can't reach a day-1 release. They may have encounter some big issues and I understand the situation..
BUT
I have no idea why this is happening because the developers/publishers act like "ok don't say anything, maybe they won't notice"!!!
I can't stand these situations! They have no problems when taking the pre-orders money and advertising Linux/Mac everywhere but then they don't even have the guts to say why the game is not coming day-1 and when it will be available.
This is how to get people upset!
BUT
I have no idea why this is happening because the developers/publishers act like "ok don't say anything, maybe they won't notice"!!!
I can't stand these situations! They have no problems when taking the pre-orders money and advertising Linux/Mac everywhere but then they don't even have the guts to say why the game is not coming day-1 and when it will be available.
This is how to get people upset!
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Comandante Ñoñardo 2 Sep 2016
I emailed Devolver Digital almost a week ago now about this (well, about the lack of any mention of Linux on GOG's store page) and this is what they told me:
There won't be a Linux version at launch, similar to the first game. Sorry but the team does plan on having one and it will be DRM-free as well.
YES!! DRMFREE!! :)
DOWN WITH DRM ON LINUX!! :><:
But, I guess If I pre-purchase the game on GOG, I will have the Linux version for free like they did with Shadow Warrior 2013.
Drmfree Linux ports deserve all my respect, DRMed Linux ports don't.
Last edited by Comandante Ñoñardo on 2 Sep 2016 at 4:44 pm UTC
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adamhm 2 Sep 2016
But, I guess If I pre-purchase the game on GOG, I will have the Linux version for free like they did with Shadow Warrior 2013.
Yes, but I'd strongly recommend waiting until the Linux version is available before buying to ensure that it'll get counted as a Linux sale.
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Shmerl 2 Sep 2016
I'd also recommend to wait, since plans can change. Better safe than sorry. Use a rule - don't buy until Linux version is available (unless it's crowdfunding, which is a separate story).
Last edited by Shmerl on 2 Sep 2016 at 7:40 pm UTC
Last edited by Shmerl on 2 Sep 2016 at 7:40 pm UTC
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m2mg2 3 Sep 2016
Fokin Hell :(
I was so looking forward to play this with my new shiny GTX 1070
ohh well, at least we can hope that the port will be top quality like the first one
The port was generally good, except for a pretty major pulse audio bug that completely froze the game at almost every video until I switched to a virtual terminal and killed pulse audio. Don't know if they ever fixed that. Hopefully they can do even better since it was planned from the start. I just hope they are at least working on it, they do have at least one Linux engineer; Godlewski.
never experienced this. And i played 6 hours straight with 1 sitting.
It may have been somewhat Fedora specific, or if you played somewhat recently it may have been fixed. It was ~2 years ago when I played it. I found the bad fix of killing pulse audio in a virtual terminal from someone through a google search so I was definitely not the only one.
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