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This got totally missed, Sudden Strike 4 [Official Site, Steam] has a trailer out from December that shows off a little of this RTS game and it looks amazing.

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They've already confirmed Linux support and have done since the moment the game announced, so I'm looking forward to it. The trailer clearly states Linux too at the end.

It will be available sometime this Spring.

As someone who now has a lot of hours in Company of Heroes 2, I welcome more competition in the RTS space for us. This game will have a full single-player campaign as well as online play, so I look forward to fighting some of you online. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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cRaZy-bisCuiT 4 Feb 2017
...as well as online play...
Cross-platform-multiplayer?
Liam Dawe 4 Feb 2017
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...as well as online play...
Cross-platform-multiplayer?
The Steam page says so, and since Linux has obviously been in their mind from early development I expect it to be so.
WorMzy 4 Feb 2017
Looks awesome, I can't wait!
Keyrock 5 Feb 2017
I'm not a RTS player, on account of sucking HORRIBLY at them (I'm terrible at real-time micromanaging), but it's great to see more games like this on the penguin.
Colombo 5 Feb 2017
its not RTS, its not RTS, its RTT!
Liam Dawe 5 Feb 2017
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its not RTS, its not RTS, its RTT!
Perhaps, but I'm not pedantic enough to truly care all that much. It's still a strategy game, that's played in real time (with optional pause in single-player). We don't know if the online modes will have any base building or resource system, as they haven't said.

Either way, it looks amazing so far.
Leopard 5 Feb 2017
They even had system requirements for Linux so far,which mostly i see developers not gives any details and just wrote there "8 gb ram,quad core cpu,1 gb gpu" style.Except Feral and Aspyr
Colombo 5 Feb 2017
its not RTS, its not RTS, its RTT!
Perhaps, but I'm not pedantic enough to truly care all that much. It's still a strategy game, that's played in real time (with optional pause in single-player). We don't know if the online modes will have any base building or resource system, as they haven't said.

Either way, it looks amazing so far.

I must be pedantic, because I can't stand RTT, but I love RTS. I was born as zerg and zerging is the way I live. You can't obviously zerg in RTT:/
EzyRhino 5 Feb 2017
Insta-buy for me! Can't wait.
Vuko2000 5 Feb 2017
Damm Pre-order NOW
iiari 5 Feb 2017
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I'm not a RTS player, on account of sucking HORRIBLY at them (I'm terrible at real-time micromanaging), but it's great to see more games like this on the penguin.

Agreed, I'm bad at these too and have avoided them for years as a result, but this looked seriously impressive and I might be tempted, if for no other reason than to support the day 1 Linux release (love Linux listed at the end of the trailer too).
gojul 5 Feb 2017
Damm Pre-order NOW

Never pre-order before actual release w/ Linux support !

BTW we also have Wargame series as RTS. They're really hardcore but they must not be forgotten.
libgradev 5 Feb 2017
Looks stunning :)
slaapliedje 5 Feb 2017
This game looks great, but what I'd like to see is something along the lines of Myth... Loved that game! Loki released Myth 2 for Linux at one point. It's one of the few RTS games that you don't just manufacture your troops, and you have to try to keep them alive because they level up as you progress through the story. Definitely adds an epic level of difficulty, and fun. Most RTS games you just don't care about your troops because you can churn out more, probably why I haven't really gotten into any of them. Warwind by SSI was another great game (though for some reason it performed rather poorly back when the second was released, and a guy I know... *laughs* said that SSI doesn't make very good strategy games. Oh how I miss SSI...)
Alm888 5 Feb 2017
Guys, why do you think it will come to Linux? There are no mentions of Linux on their site.

Only Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Mac and SteamOS. No mention of Linux.
stickyparadigm 5 Feb 2017
its not RTS, its not RTS, its RTT!
Perhaps, but I'm not pedantic enough to truly care all that much. It's still a strategy game, that's played in real time (with optional pause in single-player). We don't know if the online modes will have any base building or resource system, as they haven't said.

Either way, it looks amazing so far.

I must be pedantic, because I can't stand RTT, but I love RTS. I was born as zerg and zerging is the way I live. You can't obviously zerg in RTT:/

I have to agree. Knowing the difference between tactics and strategy can help determine which games you are more likely to enjoy. For instance, Dawn of War II was a bit of a let down for me because I was expecting a strategy game (it's mostly tactics though).

To those who are interested [here](http://www.zam.com/article/429/tactics-vs-strategy-what-the-differences-are-and-why-you-should-care) is an article explaining the difference.
Leopard 5 Feb 2017
Guys, why do you think it will come to Linux? There are no mentions of Linux on their site.

Only Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Mac and SteamOS. No mention of Linux.

Your trolling level is so damn high!!!
slaapliedje 6 Feb 2017
I was thinking the same thing; "Bro, like SteamOS... it IS Linux.."
Alm888 6 Feb 2017
Not sure if he's trolling or if the SteamOS bit just wooshed right past him. I'll be honest, for a split second when I was at their site I did the same thing. "No linux? Oh.. steamOS, duh"

Well, if it is a trolling on my part, it is not a trolling per se. The core idea is: the game is not planned for Linux. It is planned for Valve's "SteamOS".

I was thinking the same thing; "Bro, like SteamOS... it IS Linux.."

SteamOS /= Linux

SteamOS just happens to be a small subset of Linux-based distributions. For now. And at the same time while the Linux kernel and most distributions are GPL-ed, SteamOS with its "Steam Big Picture" (or something like that) is Valve's proprietary product. What will happen when Valve replaces Linux kernel with BSD and close their product?

Don't you see the writing on the wall?
1) Valve intentionally removed Linux logo replacing it with Steam logo;
2) Steam controller is unusable without Steam;
3) Linux -> SteamOS+Linux (note the order) -> SteamOS. Silent replacement of the brand.

Gabe Newell was a Microsoft employee! I mean, that, 1992, Bill's Microsoft, not the current one. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish tactics is in his blood, I'm sure.
slaapliedje 6 Feb 2017
Of course they state that. It is MUCH easier to say SteamOS, than it is to say Debian/Ubuntu/Arch/Fedora/OpenSuSE/etc...

Considering the fact that all of the closed source bits are written for Linux userland in mind... do you really think at this stage they would switch to a BSD kernel and have to run it with the Linux compatibility layer?

Especially network/multiplayer games. You know, the ones that can't play against Mac users because of some of the platform specific differences?

So yeah, you are trolling.
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