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Dead Island Zombie Game Now Available On Linux For Some (updated)

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Update: It should now be playable for all, and it is a native port.
Update 2: Virtual Programming have confirmed to GamingOnLinux in an email they did not do the port, so to settle this, it is not using eON.

We honestly have no idea who has done this port, as GamingOnLinux spoke to Techland previously who confirmed they are not doing the port and told us to speak to Deep Silver who never answer our emails or tweets.

Original Article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg
Dead Island is the latest zombie game to grace Linux with its presence and helps build up our backlog of games.

About
Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island.

Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.

It seems it is not available for everyone just yet, so you may get a missing executable error:
QuoteFor most wondering why they still get missing executable: it is waiting for Techland to include the Linux files in all the various packages they have sold over the years.
If you bought https://store.steampowered.com/sub/14664/ or https://store.steampowered.com/sub/15205/ you can download it.

Thanks, johndrinkwater on reddit.

It is currently on sale too, so it's possibly it was supposed to be sorted ready for the sale.



Editor Note: We do advise holding off until the official announcement to avoid waiting and to be sure you count as a Linux sale. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Action, RPG, Steam, Zombies
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Samsai Oct 25, 2014
Quoting: sub
Quoting: SamsaiI went through the binary using a hex editor and there aren't any mentions of VP, eON or Wine for that matter. So I believe it's safe to say it's a native port.
Not finding any of those potential strings does not mean anything AFAIK.
They could have just stripped some object files of the build, right?
I don't see them changing the wrapper that much. Previous eON titles were full of eON-specific function calls and they would have had to change all of them to something else in Dead Island. Also there are those vpfs files that are nowhere to be found in DI. And finally one of the three names mentioned in the credits points directly to Techland.

I'm quite certain that this is a native port, if a pretty clumsy one. They still have some Windows stuff in there, like WMVs and DX installers.
dubigrasu Oct 25, 2014
Quoting: SamsaiI went through the binary using a hex editor and there aren't any mentions of VP, eON or Wine for that matter. So I believe it's safe to say it's a native port.

The credits file (found in the Data3.pak) mentions three people for Linux support: Tomasz Wachowski, Rafał Wróbel, Wojciech Zeler. Rafał Wróbel's LinkedIn profile says he worked in Techland doing Linux game porting. So I guess Techland made the port after all, even though they told us they weren't working on the game anymore: http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-dead-island-linux-port-is-not-being-done-by-the-orginal-developers.4313

I believe the mystery is solved now.

I think Tomasz Wachowski is our guy.
You can see some paths like ...home/tomwa/Downloads/steam-runtime-SDK... in that binary, and he also works for Techland as Junior game programmer.

So Tomasz and others, thank you.

masteredu Oct 26, 2014
Quoting: GoCorinthiansIm gifting Dead Island Goty version, add me at steam to receive: gocorinthians2!

PS: Install and play it in linux so it will be numbered as linux version!


I guess the key is gone right :X

I'm "berz3rk" on steam, I added you

Still thank you :)
Cyba.Cowboy Oct 26, 2014
Yep, saw it, bought it... Can't play it.

My ancient and dying laptop is out of storage space! :><:
jakejw93 Oct 26, 2014
Tried this morning, performance is pretty good!
lucifertdark Oct 26, 2014
Quoting: mastereduI guess the key is gone right :X

I'm "berz3rk" on steam, I added you

Still thank you :)
I can't find you on steam, add me I'm lucifertdark, I have a little surprise for you. ;)
masteredu Oct 26, 2014
Quoting: lucifertdark
Quoting: mastereduI guess the key is gone right :X

I'm "berz3rk" on steam, I added you

Still thank you :)
I can't find you on steam, add me I'm lucifertdark, I have a little surprise for you. ;)

Yeah I did add you :)
lucifertdark Oct 26, 2014
Early christmas present. :D
masteredu Oct 26, 2014
Thanks Rob from England :)

And GamingOnLinux.com too :|
fscherrer Oct 26, 2014
And I still have a GOTY edition to gift (you need to promise you will install and play it on Linux!)
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