Do not adjust your monitors, you read that correctly. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution are officially coming to Linux and will be released on September 29th [Feral Mini-site].
The port is being done by Feral Interactive, so it will have their usual great spit and polish on it.
Yes, AMD is supported:
Minimum Linux system requirements call for a 2.0 GHz CPU with at least 4GB RAM, 1GB or better graphics card, and SteamOS 2.0 or Ubuntu 16.04 or better. The game also requires an NVIDIA 6xx/AMD 6xxxx/Intel Iris Pro series graphics card or better.
Note: Multiplayer is Linux+Mac, it will not be cross-platform with Windows.
All three are standalone games and don't depend on each other, so you can buy one or all. Pretty great to see all three get released at the same time!
Chaos Rising takes place one year after the events of Dawn of War II, and is set on Aurelia, long-lost home world of the Blood Ravens. Players once again take command of the Blood Ravens in order to free the planet from the forces of Chaos.
Retribution takes place ten years after Chaos Rising and presents a new threat to the Imperium of Man in which players may command any one of six races in a campaign that ranges across all the planets of sub-sector Aurelia.
In addition to their imaginative single-player campaigns, all three games feature highly-accomplished multiplayer in which players can either plunge into skirmish mode or team up with others in The Last Stand, a cooperative survival mode.
On September 29th, three grimdark games arrive on Mac and Linux — Warhammer® 40,000®: Dawn of War II®, Chaos Rising and Retribution. pic.twitter.com/F2RICpkSNx
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) September 23, 2016
From the press release:
Quote“We're delighted to be bringing such enduringly popular games to Mac and Linux,” said David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral Interactive, “Their quality and appeal have more than stood the test of time and it’s a privilege to introduce them to a new audience.”
About the game (Official)
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle as you play through your chosen race’s epic campaign. Clash with the enemies on battlefield ablaze with visceral melee and ranged combat. Lead and develop your squads from raw recruits into the most battle hardened veterans in the galaxy. Also included is The Last Stand, a co-operative game mode featuring user controlled heroes fighting waves of enemies.
So not only are Feral bringing us the brand new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided this year, but this month we get DoWII and the standlone expansions. Feral are good to us!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Boldos 24 Sep 2016
(Finally I can play this WITHOUT Wine...)
Schattenspiegel 24 Sep 2016
Don't get me wrong, I love what you are doing and I might end up buying them anyway(have not played them yet), but this is as close to a dealbreaker as you can get for me. I know it is not really your fault, but is there not something that can be worked out with the Windows devs/publishers to archieve compatibility without to much efford for titles like these?
MintedGamer 24 Sep 2016
I'll buy all 3 from the Feral store to support them, I haven't got Retribution in my steam library so will be good to play that expansion for the first time on Linux.
Feral are really knocking it out of the park this year.
And to think that I once considered Aspyr to be the main Linux porter; C:BE has some severe Linux problems, judging from the Steam forums. Feral has hit several out of the park.
Last edited by oldrocker99 on 26 Sep 2016 at 3:17 pm UTC
Dang it, Feral! Again a (actually three) multiplayer title(s) without crossOS playability....#@&!?
Don't get me wrong, I love what you are doing and I might end up buying them anyway(have not played them yet), but this is as close to a dealbreaker as you can get for me. I know it is not really your fault, but is there not something that can be worked out with the Windows devs/publishers to archieve compatibility without to much efford for titles like these?
We hear ya, and will continue to look into it.
In the meantime, meet us on the Linux/Mac multiplayer Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/maclinux We'll all try out Dawn of War II together.
Thanks for your support, all!
Kuduzkehpan 29 Sep 2016
but ofc this is just for some of us have to. i hope we wont be in near future.
m2mg2 29 Sep 2016
Dang it, Feral! Again a (actually three) multiplayer title(s) without crossOS playability....#@&!?
Don't get me wrong, I love what you are doing and I might end up buying them anyway(have not played them yet), but this is as close to a dealbreaker as you can get for me. I know it is not really your fault, but is there not something that can be worked out with the Windows devs/publishers to archieve compatibility without to much efford for titles like these?
We hear ya, and will continue to look into it.
In the meantime, meet us on the Linux/Mac multiplayer Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/maclinux We'll all try out Dawn of War II together.
Thanks for your support, all!
Is it not possible for you guys to replace the netcode in the Windows version with what you guys use for Mac and Linux? Have it update the Windows versions in steam and have all three platforms playing together.
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