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Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By ellie_feral, 15 May 2017 at 3:13 pm UTC
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.

You're correct, yep. These games use OpenGL.

Regarding cross-platform multiplayer, we're working on a Linux vs Mac patch for y'all. We'll shout when that's released.

Thanks for this.

One question. Will it one day be possible to play multiplayer with Windows users ? or is that not technically possible ?

Linux vs Windows multiplayer for SHOGUN 2 isn't technically possible. If it ever is, you can bet we'll be all over it. :)
Forsaken Castle is a Castlevania-inspired platformer that’s being crowdfunded, has a demo available
By Chromaticdeth19XX, 15 May 2017 at 3:00 pm UTC
Oh look, yet another Metroidvania game that will release before Chasm even gets to beta...
Still working through Hollow Knight but I know that the game only has about 10-15 hours left of gameplay. Hopefully, there will be a new Metroid out on Switch soon.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By razing32, 15 May 2017 at 2:47 pm UTC
Quoting: ellie_feral
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.

You're correct, yep. These games use OpenGL.

Regarding cross-platform multiplayer, we're working on a Linux vs Mac patch for y'all. We'll shout when that's released.

Thanks for this.

One question. Will it one day be possible to play multiplayer with Windows users ? or is that not technically possible ?
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Jau, 15 May 2017 at 2:37 pm UTC
Yattaaaaa !!! My favorite one ! I missed it so much since I dropped Winshit...
Thank you Feral ! You're the best ! :-)
Arma 3 Linux port updated to Arma 1.64
By knet, 15 May 2017 at 2:35 pm UTC
no update in half a year... if we will ever be able to play it it will be when everyone else plays arma4 :(

edit: months later... did they drop it silently? no news can be found.
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future
By onurB, 15 May 2017 at 2:28 pm UTC
Woow. This looks incredible. Definitly gonna check it out.
Sudden Strike 4 to release August 11th with day-1 Linux support
By Mountain Man, 15 May 2017 at 2:25 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: KeyrockGreat to see, even if RTS isn't exactly in my wheelhouse.
Yeah. I love the idea of RTS games, but I'm rather terrible at them, so they're not much fun to play. Turn-based strategy is more my thing.
Have you tried any of the Paradox ones ? The allow you to slow down time or pause outright.
Oh, I love the Paradox games. I own four of them - Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4, Hearts of Iron 4, and Stellaris - but they play more like a turn-based strategy game even though events happen in real-time.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2017 at 2:24 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: HollowSoldierThe next big thing will be everyone calling Linux (distros) an RTS OS. What's the last time a non-RTS game was released. Deus Ex maybe? (Indies don't count.)
Having a few Total War games doesn't suddenly remove all the other fantastic games we do have you know? Even just going by Feral, we're talking four games out of how many they ported now? Like it or not, they obviously sell well or they wouldn't keep porting them.

Also, why don't indies count exactly? There's masses of truly fantastic indie games on our platform.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Mountain Man, 15 May 2017 at 2:21 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: drmothI honestly can't believe we now have so many Total War games. I would never have guessed this a few years back! THANKS FERAL
It's ironic that we still don't have Total War Rome 2, which was the only Total War game officially announced during the Steam OS launch.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Mountain Man, 15 May 2017 at 2:17 pm UTC
Total Warhammer is enough Total War for me. I really don't want another Total War game.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 2:04 pm UTC
Civ 6
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By skinnyraf, 15 May 2017 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Crazy PenguinWiiU has a bigger market share then Linux :(

WiiU has sold ~14 Million Units and at the moment we have currently only ~2 Million Linux Players on Steam.

Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? :(
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Jahimself, 15 May 2017 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 1
tomb raider, rocket league, mad max, Deus Ex MD, Hitman, dirt rally for some of the recent titles.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By rustybroomhandle, 15 May 2017 at 1:59 pm UTC
Quoting: HollowSoldierThe next big thing will be everyone calling Linux (distros) an RTS OS. What's the last time a non-RTS game was released. Deus Ex maybe? (Indies don't count.)

Hitman
DiRT Rally
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By HollowSoldier, 15 May 2017 at 1:56 pm UTC
The next big thing will be everyone calling Linux (distros) an RTS OS. What's the last time a non-RTS game was released. Deus Ex maybe? (Indies don't count.)
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Jahimself, 15 May 2017 at 1:53 pm UTC
Having one of the best total war on linux, if not the best(with fall of samurai) is not a problem, I don't see why people complaining.

btw: The studio working on quake champions is called saber interactive, any chance feral interactive could contact this other studio for some feline party?^^
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By InnerVoicesDev, 15 May 2017 at 1:42 pm UTC Likes: 2
How about this guys? I just created a google form just for you, regarding Linux port of Inner Voices.
"You can talk the talk - but can you walk the walk?" =)
https://goo.gl/forms/QxC3x0guZi7W6Ojo2
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Geppeto35, 15 May 2017 at 1:36 pm UTC
well, nice for people liking Total war series.

But too many Total war isn't too much Feral?
Is it because when you ported one Total war, they use the same engine and it makes it easy to port all other Total war?

I finished MadMax after ~60h last week (verdict: largely under Shadow of Mordor). I moved yesterday on Alien. Need another game for next month ^^ but not a total war. Even if I bought you Warhammer, Medieval II and Empire, I never succeeded to get addicted, probably because I can't catch all the game mechanisms.
I will try Long War on Xcom2 and hope for a hidden gem coming from elsewhere.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Projectile Vomit, 15 May 2017 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 1
I would buy it, depending on my funds at the time.

These days, I can't promise anything.
Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon
By UltraViolet, 15 May 2017 at 12:24 pm UTC
that looks very fun
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 12:18 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: InnerVoicesDevYour are the 'feathers' - of our 'wings'. <3

Loved your posting! Developers are humans, too! :)
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 12:06 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: EhvisThat means you're basically ignoring the requests thread and you make up your own mind about the market potential and weigh it against the investment needed. Which does sound perfectly reasonable to me.

No. There used to be a rule at magazines and newspapers, like one letter written to us probably stands for X people thinking the same but not writing. Of course, this must be adapted to modern ways of communicating, but something like this still applies: Very few people adding to the thread, probably not this much interest, more people writing, more interest. And all this must be compared to the size of the project: 100 people asking for Fallout 4 on Linux, not so much, 100 people asking for an indie project, hey, that's cool. So, you still must weigh the input, put it doesn't render the input worthless.
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future
By inlinuxdude, 15 May 2017 at 12:03 pm UTC Likes: 1
I added it to my wishlist... Is it bad that I have almost as many games on my wishlist as in my inventory??? :D
Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
By inlinuxdude, 15 May 2017 at 11:58 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Hori
Quoting: inlinuxdude
Quoting: inlinuxdudeAnyone know if the Link has been hacked to run standard Linux or Android? I could use another cheap Kodi box...

Well, I just had to go and Google it... It looks like Kodi is recently running natively with a few bugs/quirks. http://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/1/451850849186712370/?ctp=13
Why go through all that trouble when you can get a Raspberry Pi for dirt cheap?

Commodity hardware is frequently cheaper at a price point for comparable hardware (especially on sale). However, after finally finding the specs on the Link, it didn't look that impressive, so for the trouble, not worth it for me.
I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience
By Nanobang, 15 May 2017 at 11:57 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: liamdaweYou're not allowed to run in the game, at all .... You can't jump either.

I didn't have to read further than this. Off the wishlist it goes.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By drmoth, 15 May 2017 at 11:56 am UTC Likes: 3
I honestly can't believe we now have so many Total War games. I would never have guessed this a few years back! THANKS FERAL
Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa
By drmoth, 15 May 2017 at 11:52 am UTC
Dead Island Definitive Edition is loads of fun. I know Dying Light is better, but don't overlook Dead Island either, it's a blast (the ending sucks but most FPS games are plagued with terrible endings)
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By Nanobang, 15 May 2017 at 11:51 am UTC Likes: 1
After all the times a Linux port has been put on hold until "sometime after" a Windows/Xbone/PS4 port comes out, it made me smile to read we were waiting on a WiiU port.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Ehvis, 15 May 2017 at 11:43 am UTC
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: EhvisThe highest number of replies I've seen to such threads is about 200. Most are a few dozen. From a business point of view, about as unimpressive as it gets.

Of course, they need to take into account that only a small portion of people who would buy it are actually posting in (or even now of) such a thread.

That means you're basically ignoring the requests thread and you make up your own mind about the market potential and weigh it against the investment needed. Which does sound perfectly reasonable to me.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By FredO, 15 May 2017 at 11:42 am UTC
Excellent! I've been waiting to buy Fall of the Samurai since giving Windows the boot. Shogun 2 is one of the Total War highlights for sure, and a very welcome addition to the Linux collection. Thank you Feral Interactive!
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