Here’s the news you have been desperate to hear, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [Official Site] is officially heading to SteamOS & Linux and it’s being ported by Feral Interactive.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac and Linux this year. Embrace what you've become. pic.twitter.com/0AS5HCQpaI
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) September 15, 2016
They have confirmed the game will release this year, but they aren’t being any clearer than that right now. Could it be my early Christmas present? Oh please say it is–although even sooner than that would be great!
From the Press Release:
Quote“Over the past 16 years, the Deus Ex games have been leaders in game design, expertly blending innovative storytelling and gameplay within a compelling game world,” said David Stephen, Managing Director at Feral Interactive. “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided takes it to the next level, giving players an unprecedented degree of freedom in a spectacular cyberpunk setting, where their actions shape both narrative and gameplay.”
They will announce the required PC specifications closer to the launch date.
Incredible news! I played through the previous game years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. So I am already a fan of the series.
It’s worth noting that reviews for the game overall on Steam are "Mixed", mainly due to microtransactions and an apparent abrupt ending. As usual though, I reserve all my thoughts on it until I actually play it.
It’s not cheap at £39.99, so at release you may need to dig a little deep into those pockets of yours. It also has a £24.99 season pass, so hopefully given that price it means extra actual story content will come too.
It’s also one of a select few games that you can buy bundled with a Steam Controller, so if you don’t own one it’s a chance to get some money off buying them together.
About the game
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a life of complete and total segregation from the rest of society.
Now an experienced covert operative, Adam Jensen is forced to operate in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Quoting: omer666I probably should've clarified that you need to disable DX11 in the options (Steam has a separate option to launch the config manager, if you didn't install through steam then you might need to manually edit an ini somewhere).Quoting: WorMzyAwesome news! I've been replaying the previous game in Crossover (works perfectly, btw) to rekindle my interest in the series. Gonna be looking forward to this!When I tried to play it on Crossover 15 I got a black screen, how did you proceed?
MacabreHeart Sep 15, 2016
Quoting: EhvisQuoting: omer666Quoting: WorMzyAwesome news! I've been replaying the previous game in Crossover (works perfectly, btw) to rekindle my interest in the series. Gonna be looking forward to this!When I tried to play it on Crossover 15 I got a black screen, how did you proceed?
The wine appdb says that you need to enable a specific setting.
The only slightly worrying thing is that Feral said there was "no news" about Denuvo being enabled. I'd be surprised if that thing was ported to Linux, but if it was it could that would be a problem.
Seeing as it might actually convince others to do Linux ports, like Doom or that new game by the Limbo creators, why exactly would Denuvo coming be a problem? Aside from the obvious dislike of DRM angle that is.
Mountain Man Sep 15, 2016
Quoting: PeciskToo much positive news lately. Linux gaming is dead, according to naysayers :DYeah, but sometimes it fees like Feral is the only one.
Damn....Feral keep cracking. Loving those guys.
Quoting: Mountain ManYeah, but sometimes it fees like Feral is the only one.
That is true, I havent heard much about Aspyr or VP porting anything to Linux for sometime now. I guess Aspyr is likely to be involved in Civ6 given their previous and I know VP is working with ARMA, but their output in comparison to Feral is a drop in the ocean.
Not that Im complaining about getting ports I like Feral's work, but I fear as most AAA studios seem to outsource the ports we are in a single source market for Linux games and would hate the rug to be pulled now if something were ever to happen to Feral.
Quoting: MacabreHeartSeeing as it might actually convince others to do Linux ports, like Doom or that new game by the Limbo creators, why exactly would Denuvo coming be a problem? Aside from the obvious dislike of DRM angle that is.
Not all DRM is equal. As I understand it, Denuvo is a pretty terrible one. You're basically tied to their service. If they give up, your game is gone. It's not unthinkable that the next major protection is developed by some other company, leaving Denuvo in the dust with no guarantees about you purchase at all.
Quoting: Mountain ManQuoting: PeciskToo much positive news lately. Linux gaming is dead, according to naysayers :DYeah, but sometimes it fees like Feral is the only one.
Damn....Feral keep cracking. Loving those guys.
Yes, Feral seems to be the only source of AAA titles for Linux recently. Fortunately, we have plenty of non-AAA titles worth playing. I have 54 SteamOS/Linux titles on my wishlist, not to mention the backlog in my library... :)
Patreon
PayPal
See more from me