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Dead Island Zombie Action RPG Looks Like It's Coming To Linux

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Time to get excited again Linux gamers! Dead Island has some hints that it will be coming to Linux! Yes it's another Zombie game, but it's a bit different. It has a big focus on melee combat and it can be quite brutal.

It's not surprising though since Deep Silver are the publisher and they are already Linux friendly.

On the SteamDB item for Dead Island are these brand new entries:
QuoteChanged Depots

91319/config/oslist: linux
91319/name: Dead Island Linux

They were only added an hour ago, so it may be some ways off, but other games have popped up on SteamDB mere hours before they have dropped. It's not 100% confirmed
of course, but SteamDB entries are usually a good indication it's being work on.

Official 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.

Features
- First-person melee combat
- 4-player coop
- Weapon customization
- Set on an gorgeous open world tropical island
- RPG elements for character development
- Hordes of gruesome zombies

I can't wait to play some co-op in Dead Island, but judging from reviews the game can be a bit buggy at times, so here's to hoping if it really is coming to Linux that they fix it up a bit.

Final Important Note: Virtual Programming who did The Witcher 2 Linux version did the Mac version of Dead Island, so you may want to hold off on getting too excited just yet. It will probably use their eON tech and not be fully native.
Considering how they are fixing up The Witcher 2 though it could work out okay. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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janeser Aug 13, 2014
excelent news.bet steamos gonna rock
Smashley Aug 14, 2014
Looks like I will be purchasing another game :)
fraghopper Aug 17, 2014
I played Dead Island on the PS3 and while it wasn't the most amazing game ever, it got to be a little addictive. I will definitely buy it on Linux, although I'll definitely be skipping the side quests!
Silver4 Aug 18, 2014
Since 16 Minutes it's out! (Seen in library (currently installing) and on steamdb)
frostwork Aug 18, 2014
yay, Dead Island is listed under SteamOS+Linux games within the client. Just downloading :}
frostwork Aug 18, 2014
whoops, sorry for the noise. should have read the most recent comments first...
downloading anyway :}
Spl-it Aug 18, 2014
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Failed to start game (missing executable) ;)
frostwork Aug 18, 2014
damn, but it can't be far away :}
Spl-it Aug 18, 2014
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Haven't seen any eon files yet but that could be me, It does come with a DirectX directory and an install script filled with windows stuff though.
frostwork Aug 18, 2014
tree -if . | grep -i eon | wc -l
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looks good so far.
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