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Rise of the Tomb Raider announced for Linux, port from Feral Interactive

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Many asked, now Feral Interactive have answered. Rise of the Tomb Raider [Steam] is officially on the way to Linux! What a fantastic way to start a Tuesday with news like this! It still amazes me to this day that Linux will have games like this, very happy with the news!

Feral aren't saying exactly when it will arrive, but they had a tweet out that said "This Winter" which has since been deleted (Edit: replaced with this one). You can see the official confirmation on their official site which now says "This spring", so it could be here sometime between March and late June.

The advantage of getting a game later than Windows, is we get the 20 Year Celebration edition which has all the DLC.

For those wondering, it will indeed use Vulkan on Linux! This is confirmed at the bottom of the Features page on the mini-site.

Here's the trailer Feral put up:

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The game has been loved by reviewers and users alike, so it looks like it will be a solid hit for Linux gamers after more Lara. It takes the first game and makes nearly all aspects of it bigger and better than before, including more actual Tombs.

It seems this is the game that has replaced the previous Linux port teaser of "O VAIN ILLUSION OF GLORY AND GRANDEUR" that was put up back in October of last year. We still have to discover the game behind the "It's just a shot away" teaser that was put up in January, so there's more on the way remember!

Are you hyped? Let us know in the comments.

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Krogash86 Feb 13, 2018
Very nice ! Gonna buy this when the tux logo appears :)
wvstolzing Feb 13, 2018
Vulkan use is great news.
Avehicle7887 Feb 13, 2018
I don't want to rub people the wrong way with this, however until Square Enix decides to release on GOG I can't support Feral's work. Considering the Windows version is still plagued with Denuvo I don't see this happening anytime soon.
pete910 Feb 13, 2018
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Quoting: Avehicle7887*Dummy ... DRM ....

Considering the Windows version is still plagued with Denuvo I don't see this happening anytime soon.



Previous titles that have Denuvo that feral have done have not had it for the linux port
x_wing Feb 13, 2018
Quoting: Avehicle7887I don't want to rub people the wrong way with this, however until Square Enix decides to release on GOG I can't support Feral's work. Considering the Windows version is still plagued with Denuvo I don't see this happening anytime soon.

Denuvo doesn't support Linux. Fortunately that shit isn't a problem for us!

This game is a instabuy for me. I really liked the TR2013 even though it didn't feel like the old ones, but still an excellent game!


Last edited by x_wing on 13 February 2018 at 3:39 pm UTC
Corben Feb 13, 2018
Yeah! Awesomesauce @Feral!

Quoting: nattydreadI wonder if it will have the VR level?

I would be interested in that too, as I've seen the VR support of Rise of the Tomb Rider on the steam store. Vulkan should be a good base for VR support. How cool would that be, if that gets also ported?


Last edited by Corben on 13 February 2018 at 3:48 pm UTC
drlamb Feb 13, 2018
Quoting: GuestIt's great they are bringing big games to Linux. But it's 2 years old now.
I feel they need to port some thing a bit more relevant to now, like Fortnite. IMO.

Talk to EPIC. Unreal Engine supports Linux and so does Battleye (anti-cheat found in fortnite and the reason it no longer works in WINE). There's literally no reason for fortnite not to exist on Linux other than EPIC not wanting it to be.


Last edited by drlamb on 13 February 2018 at 4:31 pm UTC
pete910 Feb 13, 2018
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Quoting: drlamb
Quoting: GuestIt's great they are bringing big games to Linux. But it's 2 years old now.
I feel they need to port some thing a bit more relevant to now, like Fortnite. IMO.

Talk to EPIC. Unreal Engine supports Linux and so does Battleye (anti-cheat found in fortnite). There's literally no reason for fortnite not to exist on Linux other than EPIC not wanting it to be.

^^^^ This

It's not as if it would be hard for them to do either, Being it's their engine :(
Dankrat169 Feb 13, 2018
Great!!!
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