Mad Max [Feral Mini Site] is officially being released on the 20th of October for Linux & SteamOS, it’s finally coming!
On October 20th, enter the outlandish post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max on Mac and Linux. pic.twitter.com/8Vx0qU9YpK
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) October 5, 2016
After initially being confirmed for Linux way back in March 2015, we finally have confirmation that not only is the Linux port real, but it’s coming damn soon too.
From the press release:
Quote“We’re delighted to be bringing Mad Max to Mac and Linux PC,” said David Stephen, Managing Director at Feral Interactive, “With its exhilarating combat, outlandish characters and beautiful end-of-the-world visuals, Mad Max perfectly captures the atmosphere and thrill of The Wasteland.”
System requirements:
Intel i5 or AMD FX8350 3.4 GHz CPU
8GB RAM
SteamOS 2.0 or Ubuntu 16.04 or better.
The game also requires an NVIDIA 660ti series graphics card or better, running driver version 367.35 or later. AMD and Intel GPUs are not supported at release.
If you want more information on AMD support in future, you can see this comment from Edwin who works at Feral, copied below:
Edwin, Feral InteractiveDue to various issues with Mesa we will not be supporting AMD on release. We only can officially support drivers if they meet the quality needed and sadly Mesa isn't quite there yet as it has a few issues and edge cases. It was a super close call but in the end we won't say a game is officially supported unless it runs great using release versions of the drivers and kernel.
However we developed the game using AMD cards as well as Nvidia so if you install the latest Mesa beta drivers and other updates as needed it runs it's just not at a level where we can provide official support as some edge cases will exist. Hopefully once all the Mesa developments get into a stable release version and all the related kernel improvements also are in a stable release then support for Mad Max and similar complex titles will be easier/possible.
Summary: AMD is unsupported meaning we don't recommend you purchase it on AMD GPUs, however we have don a lot of work towards support which should happen once all the improvements to Mesa/Kernel are in stable branches.
Releasing another game so soon after Dawn of War II [port report here], Feral sure are busy! I will hopefully have my usual report on the game up at release. Not long to go folks! Are you excited? Let me know in the comments!
After the news about Civ VI possibly not coming to Linux, this was a very well timed announcement.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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linux_gamer Oct 5, 2016
Mac Lax is coming to Mac and Linux. :D
I wonder if my old machine can handle this.
I wonder if my old machine can handle this.
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Quoting: edddeduckferalSummary: AMD is unsupported meaning we don't recommend you purchase it on AMD GPUs, however we have don a lot of work towards support which should happen once all the improvements to Mesa/Kernel are in stable branches.
Guys, hats off to you. Your level of commitment to mesa is great. I've seen at least two bug reports filed during the last week by Feral's James Legg (even one with a patch to fix it - https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=e33f31d61f5e9019f8b0bac0378dfb8fd1147421 -) which I believe were related to this game. Thank you a lot, Feral!!
I will be shortly buying this game (as well as any other you may publish) together with Warhammer.
P.S.:
@edddeduckferal: A few question for Team Feral, if I may:
- Given that in the most recent releases you always refer to mesa and not fglrx/amdgpu-pro, do you guys see mesa as AMD's Linux drivers to focus on going forward?
- What are your feelings with the level of responsiveness and the delivery by the mesa devs (as opposed to the level of frustration some other devs have expressed regarding the closed source drivers)?
- Would you guys recommend other game devs to only focus on mesa for AMD on Linux?
@Liam: It may be worth asking/polling GOL readers questions they find interesting so that they can be "shot" at Team Feral. An interview with these awesome guys would be neat!
Last edited by jsa1983 on 5 October 2016 at 6:17 pm UTC
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rustybroomhandle Oct 5, 2016
Quoting: dubigrasuQuoting: liamdaweThere are countries were the game price is ten times higher (relative to the income). How much is Mad Max, 30 Euro? Would you still buy it at 300 Euros to support Feral/Linux?Quoting: ungutknutAnd it's people like you that help to reduce our already small sale count for developers. Nice one, not.Quoting: rustybroomhandleI don't care. Wouldn't have bought it anyway if it wasn't that cheap.Quoting: ungutknutNice! Bought it a few days ago when it was -75% on steam - speculating that it'll be released on linux.
Except, now it counts as a Windows sale, and Feral get none of the money for it.
Invalid argument since the game will be on sale again. I know every sale seems like a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing, but really it's not. On Steam the sales run like clockwork. At least two big sales still left this year.
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Quoting: ziabiceFun Fact: "Mad Max" and "Shadow of Mordor" are listed into the best of average action games on PC list by Rock,Paper, Shotgun website.
And Dying Light. And Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor. Linux gaming is all about 7/10? ;)
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Quoting: rustybroomhandleInvalid argument since the game will be on sale again. I know every sale seems like a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing, but really it's not. On Steam the sales run like clockwork. At least two big sales still left this year.I get the point (buying before the Linux launch) but when money is so tight sometimes you can't resist cheap deals.
I personally refrained myself from buying it (there were very good deals on Bundle Stars) because I prefer to buy it from the Feral Store, where I know the money will go to them. If there's also a sale, that's even better.
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Nor Mantis Oct 5, 2016
Top of my wish list, so many great games headed to Linux. Thank You Feral!
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SystemShock Oct 5, 2016
Wow, thats a good News !!!
I love Feral Interactive, they are awesome !!!!
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I love Feral Interactive, they are awesome !!!!
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Mountain Man Oct 5, 2016
If we had just one or two more developers like Feral then Linux gaming would be in very good shape, at least until developers start targeting Linux on their own.
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Quoting: dubigrasuI'm in the middle of finishing an editorial about all of this.Quoting: rustybroomhandleInvalid argument since the game will be on sale again. I know every sale seems like a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing, but really it's not. On Steam the sales run like clockwork. At least two big sales still left this year.I get the point (buying before the Linux launch) but when money is so tight sometimes you can't resist cheap deals.
I personally refrained myself from buying it (there were very good deals on Bundle Stars) because I prefer to buy it from the Feral Store, where I know the money will go to them. If there's also a sale, that's even better.
The fact is, if the price is too high, you shouldn't seek other more questionable sources to satisfy your hobby. At the risk of losing your key if it gets revoked by the developer, or just flat-out being a Windows sale bringing down Linux stats.
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Quoting: liamdaweNot sure what you mean, why questionable sources?. It was bought from Steam.Quoting: dubigrasuI'm in the middle of finishing an editorial about all of this.Quoting: rustybroomhandleInvalid argument since the game will be on sale again. I know every sale seems like a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing, but really it's not. On Steam the sales run like clockwork. At least two big sales still left this year.I get the point (buying before the Linux launch) but when money is so tight sometimes you can't resist cheap deals.
I personally refrained myself from buying it (there were very good deals on Bundle Stars) because I prefer to buy it from the Feral Store, where I know the money will go to them. If there's also a sale, that's even better.
The fact is, if the price is too high, you shouldn't seek other more questionable sources to satisfy your hobby. At the risk of losing your key if it gets revoked by the developer, or just flat-out being a Windows sale bringing down Linux stats.
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