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Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa
By Shmerl, 15 May 2017 at 7:54 pm UTC

Good, and note that original developers (porters?) completely ignored this issue. They could clarify all these questions a long time ago.

Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (original + two new DLC) delayed until June 6th
By seguleh, 15 May 2017 at 7:54 pm UTC Likes: 4

Playing Victor with Lemmy's outfit, guitar as weapon and revolvers? And with Motorhead music? Must have. :D

The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By InnerVoicesDev, 15 May 2017 at 7:43 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Projectile VomitI would buy it, depending on my funds at the time.

These days, I can't promise anything.
If money would happen to be the main obstacle - I will remove that obstacle out of your way.
Quoting: natis1To the Inner Voices developers:

While I am probably not going to buy this game (I didn't vote in the poll or post in the steam thread for that reason), just because the genre isn't for me and I only have so much money to spend anyway, please know that I really appreciate how much you all seem to respect your community and if you all continue doing game development I will follow your work into the future.
Oh its alrighty. I'm not looking at you like at wallet with arms and legs =) Shame we don't have the Linux port ready already. I would just send you a free key - if money is the issue. I've been there. So no pity from my side. Only sympathy. I know money don't grow on trees.

And well. Wow. Thx Natis. I mean it. You know, there are many 'currencies' on this planet. And money is but one of many. You just 'paid' me with currency I consider to be of much, much higher value. Thank you for that. =)
Also, shame there's only that "heart"/like button for posts. I find it insufficient. I'd rather press a "love" button for that post of yours.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By gurv, 15 May 2017 at 7:22 pm UTC

Another Total War, I'll pass :S:
Would have preferred Rise of the Tomb Raider but I'm happy as long as Feral gets enough money.
Would also really like a good arcade racer (Need for Speed Rivals or Hot Pursuit (2010) for example) but I guess that's not possible since most of those games are from Linux unfriendly publishers.
MGS V would be nice too.

Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles is now on Linux, after I poked the developer
By Elvanex, 15 May 2017 at 7:20 pm UTC

Been really loving this game. :) Definitely worth a buy imo. The developers seem really responsive to issues as well, which is always good to see. :) Btw, when is the full review coming?

The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By natis1, 15 May 2017 at 6:57 pm UTC Likes: 3

To the Inner Voices developers:

While I am probably not going to buy this game (I didn't vote in the poll or post in the steam thread for that reason), just because the genre isn't for me and I only have so much money to spend anyway, please know that I really appreciate how much you all seem to respect your community and if you all continue doing game development I will follow your work into the future.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Whitewolfe80, 15 May 2017 at 6:45 pm UTC

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf Feral port Warhammer 40000 Space Marine they will earn some my respect...
And if they port Bioshock 1 and 2 to Linux (they ported them to mac), I will respect them more...
And if the ports are DRMFREE, I will respect them 100%.

Space marine is unlikely its too old now maybe if a sequel was about to come out we would get it plus tricky to get as licence is divided between Relic and Sega and Warhammer.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By KimmoKM, 15 May 2017 at 6:39 pm UTC

About time, but that's great news. Fall of the Samurai in particular is the finest Total War experience to date.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By coolbober, 15 May 2017 at 6:36 pm UTC

Hmmm... Not my type of game... but I see that this game have a cheat codes :D :D Of course I will buy it... As always from feral store.

Thank you! Any ETA for requirements?

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Nor Mantis, 15 May 2017 at 6:29 pm UTC

Thank you! The best total war on Linux. I am very excited about this, insta buy for me. Feral ROCKS!

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Comandante Ñoñardo, 15 May 2017 at 5:14 pm UTC

If Feral port Warhammer 40000 Space Marine they will earn some my respect...
And if they port Bioshock 1 and 2 to Linux (they ported them to mac), I will respect them more...
And if the ports are DRMFREE, I will respect them 100%.

Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream
By throgh, 15 May 2017 at 5:12 pm UTC

Quoting: ShmerlFrom what I understood, problem with Metro games is lack of support. Developers did a mediocre job of porting them to Linux, and now refuse to fix bugs. I think it simply doesn't pass GOG QA requirements.

Thanks for the info. Haven't found more about that in time! But interesting to hear about that, because therefore those games won't run that good in newer distributions. But for now I have no further trust within GOG after this escalation and their plans. I don't think they'll stay at their principles for a longer period, especially when it comes up on DRM-free. And furthermore: Their proprietary client-backend ... I doubt they ever have this released. So? Quitting for now. :)

A Story About My Uncle officially released for Linux
By g000h, 15 May 2017 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

Cool. Already have it in my Steam library (from when it was Windows only). Now it is on Linux, I should get around to playing it. (My Windows partition gets booted up very rarely, heh. And when it does, usually can't use the machine for 10 minutes due to updates and reboots.)

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Purple Library Guy, 15 May 2017 at 4:59 pm UTC

I've been interested in Shogun 2 for some time. On my wishlist it goes, hopefully have money and time soon.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By g000h, 15 May 2017 at 4:58 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple PuddingSo the tease on the radar was for Shogun 2 and not Shadow Warrior 2?:'(

I'm not complaining, since I never experienced a Total War title and Shogun 2 can be a good start, but I was thinking about SW2 (even if the first one is sitting in my library and I haven't get a chance to play it).

Good Work BTW, keep porting!

Similar to you, I had Shadow Warrior (2013) in my Steam library, and owing to my keenness for SW2 - I installed and played SW1 - to increase the Linux user Steam stats (by "1" ) as a bit of encouragement to the developers.

On which note, I thoroughly enjoyed SW1 - and I'm expecting SW2 to be AWESOME! And noting that there are TWO teases on the radar, and the 2nd tease 'might' be SW2.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By BabaoWhisky, 15 May 2017 at 4:57 pm UTC

Again a Total War game ... stop with this serie please, i hate it ...

Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream
By Shmerl, 15 May 2017 at 4:55 pm UTC

From what I understood, problem with Metro games is lack of support. Developers did a mediocre job of porting them to Linux, and now refuse to fix bugs. I think it simply doesn't pass GOG QA requirements.

Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By Purple Library Guy, 15 May 2017 at 4:42 pm UTC

Quoting: skinnyraf
Quoting: Crazy PenguinWiiU has a bigger market share then Linux :(

WiiU has sold ~14 Million Units and at the moment we have currently only ~2 Million Linux Players on Steam.

Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? :(

It does. This is the kind of reason it would be awesome if Valve relaunched Steam Machines at some point (with all the things everyone agrees they need for success) and they took off. Even if they were as successful as WiiU, that would still multiply the Linux gaming market share.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By m0nt3, 15 May 2017 at 4:41 pm UTC

Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: m0nt3Is the Single Player worth it?

do you like rts mixed with grand strat if the answer is yes then yes if not then no simple as that the extra dlc makes unit and starting location changes but its still more total war.

edit after all the clues of made to wade its Shogun 2, didnt think it was SW2
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: m0nt3Is the Single Player worth it?

do you like rts mixed with grand strat if the answer is yes then yes if not then no simple as that the extra dlc makes unit and starting location changes but its still more total war.

edit after all the clues of made to wade its Shogun 2, didnt think it was SW2

made to wade is still on feral radar and this is not it. made to wade will likely be dawn of war 3.

Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream
By throgh, 15 May 2017 at 4:39 pm UTC

Don't know why to play The Witcher 3: GOG or better to say CD Projekt RED has done not so much things for Linux as system itself and they even treat Linux-customers as second class. Waiting even years for some answer regarding the Metro-series for example and I doubt the games will be ever available for Linux without any DRM. So after the last actions from GOG.com regarding their so-called optional client Galaxy I've abandoned them and waiting for deletion of the account. Better to stay full free without any named store! ^_^

I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience
By STiAT, 15 May 2017 at 4:28 pm UTC

Tried it some time ago looking for another MMO. I think the MMO genre has a identity problem because all are doing more-of-what-already exists.

SotA is actually a bit of an old-school-breeze, but it's a lot flawed too. Could still get cool, it's not even in beta yet, and actually I don't know if it's my personal feeling but with Mesa 7.1 the loading times reduced (maybe the shader caches?).

I actually experience that I wait way longer on my GTX1050 than on my RX460.

Though, I still stick with Zezenia for now (pure-grind-and-level). Ye, I know, really old school :D. I'd love some MMO with [real] crafting for Linux, and since I didn't like Albion (which could be fitting, but I'd need a party protecting me while I get materials), I still hope that SotA will get the curve.

For crafting, SotA looks pretty okay. Getting / buying materials to support your gathering is actually pretty okay on the player market if you sell your end products well (I didn't go into mining). The death system is pretty punishing at the moment though.

The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Kallestofeles, 15 May 2017 at 4:06 pm UTC Likes: 2

Please see this announcement and act accordingly! THANK YOU!
http://steamcommunity.com/gid/[g:1:27018894]/announcements/detail/2155381262097786933
http://steamcommunity.com/games/559130/announcements/detail/2155381262097786933

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Whitewolfe80, 15 May 2017 at 4:05 pm UTC

Quoting: m0nt3Is the Single Player worth it?

do you like rts mixed with grand strat if the answer is yes then yes if not then no simple as that the extra dlc makes unit and starting location changes but its still more total war.

edit after all the clues of made to wade its Shogun 2, didnt think it was SW2

Square Enix is selling Io-Interactive, developer of HITMAN
By Whitewolfe80, 15 May 2017 at 4:04 pm UTC

Quoting: KimyrielleSelling the studio doesn't mean they are selling the Hitman IP, no?

Exactly Io is just the studio they can technically get any studio to make it

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By razing32, 15 May 2017 at 3:48 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: GuestIt would be fun if this game connected somehow with Stellaris through events like their April fools joke using HOI IV, that would make me a lot more interested!

Must have missed that one.
What did they do for HOI 4 ?

Take a look! It was a lot of fun!

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/cross-title-multiplayer-between-stellaris-and-eu4-hoi4.1008387/

LOL
That's cool.
Some games actually had futuristic content for April Fools. I remember War Thunder doing mech walkers one year.
Still the rage quit bot from Rocket League takes the cake.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By razing32, 15 May 2017 at 3:45 pm UTC

Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.

You're correct, yep. These games use OpenGL.

Regarding cross-platform multiplayer, we're working on a Linux vs Mac patch for y'all. We'll shout when that's released.

Thanks for this.

One question. Will it one day be possible to play multiplayer with Windows users ? or is that not technically possible ?

Linux vs Windows multiplayer for SHOGUN 2 isn't technically possible. If it ever is, you can bet we'll be all over it. :)

I'm guessing this same issue exists with CoH2 and Warhammer 2 , right ?
Curios how the multiplayer mechanism works (if you are allowed to discuss this)

You can get some good insights into issues around cross-platform multiplayer in our Steam post about CoH2.

Quoting: themixturemediaTo Feral do you know if you will be supporting Amd Gpu's or will it be all Nvidia support for this game?

We're still working on the system requirements for ya.

Thanks ellie.

Appreciate all the hard work you folks at Feral do :)

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By ellie_feral, 15 May 2017 at 3:35 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: razing32
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.

You're correct, yep. These games use OpenGL.

Regarding cross-platform multiplayer, we're working on a Linux vs Mac patch for y'all. We'll shout when that's released.

Thanks for this.

One question. Will it one day be possible to play multiplayer with Windows users ? or is that not technically possible ?

Linux vs Windows multiplayer for SHOGUN 2 isn't technically possible. If it ever is, you can bet we'll be all over it. :)

I'm guessing this same issue exists with CoH2 and Warhammer 2 , right ?
Curios how the multiplayer mechanism works (if you are allowed to discuss this)

You can get some good insights into issues around cross-platform multiplayer in our Steam post about CoH2.

Quoting: themixturemediaTo Feral do you know if you will be supporting Amd Gpu's or will it be all Nvidia support for this game?

We're still working on the system requirements for ya.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By salamanderrake, 15 May 2017 at 3:31 pm UTC

Glad I don't care about multiplayer with this game, but this is some bull shit, all the time its Linux and Mac multiplayer, no windows, thats what kills the chances in some games picking up on Mac and Linux, like with Arma3.

Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By themixturemedia, 15 May 2017 at 3:23 pm UTC

To Feral do you know if you will be supporting Amd Gpu's or will it be all Nvidia support for this game?