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At E3, a new trailer for Insurgency: Sandstorm [Official Site] was shown off and it looks really quite gorgeous. The developers told me Linux is still planned too.

Check it the trailer:

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And the confirmation I just got when asking about Linux:

That's the plan

— Insurgency (@insurgencygame) June 17, 2017


Insurgency is a pretty great FPS and it sits proudly in the list of very few realism based shooters available for Linux. Insurgency: Sandstorm builds upon their ideas, but expands on it greatly.

It will have a full campaign mode which can be played solo or in co-op, here's what the developers said about the story:

QuoteIn Insurgency: Sandstorm’s Story Mode, players will travel as a party cut off from support across a war-torn landscape on a new mission that is deeply personal.

The trailer is narrated by one of the main characters in the game, a U.S. Army veteran turned volunteer soldier, who finds himself on an unexpected journey alongside a female fighter native to the region and a few other characters yet to be introduced. Their objectives have aligned, and their vision of the war blurred as it touches each of them in different but converging ways.


Damn, I'm terribly excited to give this one a go! Are you looking forward to it?

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Tags: Action, FPS, Upcoming
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Keyrock Jun 17, 2017
Spec Ops 2: Sandstorm Boogaloo
Sil_el_mot Jun 17, 2017
meh. i dont need a story. just a new insurgency with tough coop gameplay, maybe orientated on the players behaviour.
in times of call of duty this story-graphics look like from 2007
Beamboom Jun 17, 2017
Storyline coop is the best coop! I'm so totally getting this for that alone.
hardpenguin Jun 17, 2017
Insurgency is a must-buy for every Linux gamer :)
Liam Dawe Jun 17, 2017
Quoting: Sil_el_motin times of call of duty this story-graphics look like from 2007
This is an indie studio with resources not even close to Activision.
Spyker Jun 17, 2017
I'm glad they add a solo and coop story mode.
I don't like all those soulless multiplayer shooters, where all you do is fragging others.
Multiplayer only games are good for e-sport but not for me.


Last edited by Spyker on 18 June 2017 at 9:55 am UTC
GustyGhost Jun 17, 2017
A proper multiplat release? Not ported by a middleman as an afterthought?
Asu Jun 17, 2017
let's hope it comes!
opera Jun 17, 2017
Looks cool. Story playable in Coop is pretty neat. And also great to have a female protagonist.
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Quoting: BeamboomStoryline coop is the best coop! I'm so totally getting this for that alone.
Yep, that wins me over too.
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