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A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By edqe, 15 February 2015 at 7:08 am UTC
Couple of huge games are missing from the list (mentioned in other posts as well):
RPG - Torment: Tides of Numenera
Grand strategy - Hearts of Iron IV

Manager game - Out of the Park Baseball 16
OOTP-series has long history of Linux ports.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By rustybroomhandle, 15 February 2015 at 7:04 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: N30N
Quoting: rustybroomhandleI am fairly certain there will be no Broforce for Linux. One of the devs said the only way they'd support Linux is if a third party handled the port - which seemed unlikely.
Do you have a link/source for that? As it's contrary to what I've read and would be a shame, plus it uses Unity so shouldn't be that hard. I'm looking forward to Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, which is another missing from the above list.

Found one of the two comments I was thinking of, which still sounds like they are doing it, so that's cool. There was a second comment that's a bit more negative, but I can't find it. It's on our local dev forums so would rather not link it here. I can PM you the link to the discussion.

"We might still port it to Linux, because I think we promised it (as I recall), though I'm not looking forward to it, but maybe we'll try outsource the support for the port or something."
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By SirBubbles, 15 February 2015 at 6:22 am UTC
There's a game called The Mandate which got kickstarted last year that I'm really looking forward to. Space RTS/RPG stuff and it's coming out for linux too. Sometime this year.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Speedster, 15 February 2015 at 5:34 am UTC
Quoting: km3kA few more games:
Adventure:
Armikrog - 2015 - http://www.armikrog.com , https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armikrog/armikrog
Broken Age: Act 2 - 2015 - http://www.brokenagegame.com/
Day of the Tentacle: Special Edition - 2015/2016? - http://www.pcgamer.com/day-of-the-tentacle-special-edition-announced-plus-grim-fandango-date
Dreamfall Chapters: Book Two: Reborn - 2015 - http://redthreadgames.com/games/chapters/ , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b6AikMn6To
Thimbleweed Park - 2016 - http://blog.thimbleweedpark.com , https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thimbleweedpark/thimbleweed-park-a-new-classic-point-and-click-adv

Plus Sierra alums should be finishing SpaceVenture and Hero U this year, and Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is just about done...

Yahoooooooo!!! What a year 2015 should be for adventure gamers!
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By Unshra, 15 February 2015 at 3:39 am UTC
With all the new Linux games arriving I finally broke down and ordered a more powerful notebook. Just ordered the new Alienware 17 (used company discount combined with their current President's Day sale,) figure if the notebook is not powerful enough then I'll purchase the external graphics amplifier and see if that helps. :p

So far from what I see the only issue I'll have with the Alienware is the Killer WiFi, but I should be able to just swap it out with a Linux compatible card. I'll see if the one from my current system will work.

Current Spec for the new notebook that's on it's way.
CPU: i7-4980HQ
GPU: Nvidia 980M 4GB
RAM: 8GB (Will swap it with the 16GB in my current system)

Looking forward to getting it to play nice with Arch.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By minj, 15 February 2015 at 3:30 am UTC Likes: 1
American Truck Simulator is supposed to have a zero day in 2015
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By dsngjoe, 15 February 2015 at 3:16 am UTC
On my setup 4930k @ 4.5 Ghz / 16 gigs Ram / 780 Ghz I get 20 to 40 FPS. Thats with everything on HIGH but view distance all the way way down. I mess with the setting to medium and it really didn't make a difference.
Paranautical Activity FPS Returns To Steam, GOG & Humble, New Content Too
By Hamish, 15 February 2015 at 3:11 am UTC
Quoting: Xpanderi bought the game long long time ago and it automaticaly updated to that version..so what we dont get then?

I bought it on Desura and have not seen any update.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Shmerl, 15 February 2015 at 3:07 am UTC
Quoting: GoCorinthiansWitcher 3, SOMA. But hoping for Hitman and Tomb

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I doubt Witcher 3 will be released for Linux in 2015.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Shmerl, 15 February 2015 at 3:06 am UTC
You missed Armikrog.
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By Shmerl, 15 February 2015 at 3:06 am UTC Likes: 2
Good to see them considering GOG. I'm not sure why he assumes that Steam is the most active for Linux users. A lot of Linux users avoid DRMed platforms.
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By EKRboi, 15 February 2015 at 3:02 am UTC
Quoting: pete910I went against the grain and installed it in windows

Just a heads up to you and anyone else who may switch back and forth between OS's. Disable steam cloud sync for this game. I was many hours in (on windows) and tried it on Linux the last time they updated and I got errors about the save when it synced after having played in windows but said it "recovered" and the same thing happened when I went back to windows but I had some wonky things happening with my skill points (it claimed I had unlocked them all when I DEFINITELY hadn't, but kept slinging the pop-up msg about having points to "spend" ) and inventory that just screwed everything up and I had to delete the save and start over. Be careful!

EDIT* I meant to post that on here when it happened but I forgot
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By pete910, 15 February 2015 at 2:32 am UTC
Well it's complete garbage on a AMD gpu. :(

Well least it start I suppose

I've set mine to all options to off/low even dropped the rez down to 1280x900 , Still unplayable outside.

4790k
290x
16Gb
SSD

Stock clocked.

I went against the grain and installed it in windows(I know...)
1440p all Max/On bar the Nvidia bits, draw distance middle.
90 ish ! That's outside too.

I don't expect *nix to match that but ...
I know AMD is bad performance wise under nix compared to nvidia but I will say that I feel its the game/dev's on this one.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By km3k, 15 February 2015 at 2:12 am UTC Likes: 1
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Keizgon, 15 February 2015 at 1:40 am UTC
Quoting: fleskIn addition to that, there's Puzzle Bots (by the creator of Gravity Ghost by the way) [...]

Are you sure Lively Ivy and Ivy Games LLC (Gravity Ghost) aren't two different companies? If they are the same developer, I might give it a look, but I haven't found confirmation of this. I found Gravity Ghost to be a wonderful game and experience.

Edit: OH...MY....GOD.... Mighty No. 9 for Linux? Please tell me I'm not dreaming. Mega Man spiritual successor, I can't wait!
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By scotsman9999, 15 February 2015 at 1:19 am UTC Likes: 1
Surprised no one mentioned Hearts of Iron IV from Paradox. I believe it is supposed to come out in late summer.
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By Qydfac, 15 February 2015 at 12:46 am UTC
2500
660ti
8gb
Debian Wheezy; Backported - kernel (3.16) nvidia (340.65)

jesus, will it even start?
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By n30p1r4t3, 15 February 2015 at 12:16 am UTC
Updated my original comment with my experiences.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By sub, 15 February 2015 at 12:13 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: NisheSamorost3 is planned for 2015. Sadly there isn't much information about it yet, the teaser that was released only states "on the PC [such an ambiguous term], Mac, iOS and Android". All their last games were also released on Linux, so I have good hope for it! :)

Great games by Amanita Design, indeed.

BUT:

I'd be very, very, VERY sad if it still uses Adobe AIR!
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By scaine, 14 February 2015 at 11:56 pm UTC
The 1.4 patch has killed performance for me. I was playing this game with only occasionally noticeable drops in performance during intense scenes. There was no running blur after the 1.3 patch.

However, it's now unplayable. Maybe 5 to 10fps if I'm being generous. Actually, the frames per second occasionally seems quite high, but the game itself now plays in slow motion regardless. I run at a crawl. Zombies swing and it can take 2 or 3 seconds to complete. It's a mess.

However, when I asked the game to validate its files, it claimed that 234 files were corrupt and insisted on downloading the whole 10.1'sh Gig all over again. I'll play again tomorrow to see if it's made any difference.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By flesk, 14 February 2015 at 11:46 pm UTC
Quoting: aLI dont know about you guys, but im really looking forward to the end of the blackwell saga. Blackwell deception and blackwell epiphany.

Wadjet Eye Games said they were coming soon...
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/2014/09/23/blackwells-1-3-part-humble-bundle-android/ (you can find it on the comments here)

They will come out on 2015... and im still waiting!!! hurry up Wadjet Eye Games!!!

Yeah, me too. The Linux builds of the first three games were in testing for several months though, so it's hard to say how long it might take. They are also very conscious of their marketing, so it's possible that they try to hold out for a bundle again or something to make sure they get the most out of their Linux débuts. Primordia is also already ported, so that should come this year too.

In addition to that, there's Puzzle Bots (by the creator of Gravity Ghost by the way) and Resonance, which might get (or are?) ported. I seem to recall reading that Da New Guys won't get ported, and Emerald City Confidential definitely won't.

With Technobabylon, Shardlight and Automaticity, that's anywhere between 3 and 8 WEG games that might release on Linux this year, which is pretty great no matter what.
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Still Abysmal On Linux
By coeseta, 14 February 2015 at 11:26 pm UTC
With most of the effects on low and only textures on high with a resolution of 1920x1080 I get 30fps most of the time. So my fps range goes from 25 - 45 now.

My specs:
i7 3770k
Geforce 670gtx (346.35)
32 GB ram

But the game looks overall not that good optimized:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=980126

I know it is still from the patch 1.2.1 but still, it didn't change much afaik.

UPDATE:

I played it for several hours yesterday. Patch 1.4 still runs okay for me but I noticed that after ~2 hours the fps break in, it is constantly at ~9fps which makes in unplayable. Restarting the game fixes the issue. I had been able to reproduce it, so I guess it is a memory leak or something?

I guess I ll prepare some logs and make a bug report.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By tony1ab, 14 February 2015 at 11:24 pm UTC
If its 2015 and beyond, add unreal tournament. Linux was confirmed. Also...if we push a little bit, they will release fornite too. They only have to go to unreal engine options and press the "cook for linux" button. :P
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Pangachat, 14 February 2015 at 11:08 pm UTC
Shroud of the Avatar, Project CARS, Star Citizen :P
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By aL, 14 February 2015 at 10:56 pm UTC Likes: 1
I dont know about you guys, but im really looking forward to the end of the blackwell saga. Blackwell deception and blackwell epiphany.

Wadjet Eye Games said they were coming soon...
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/2014/09/23/blackwells-1-3-part-humble-bundle-android/ (you can find it on the comments here)

They will come out on 2015... and im still waiting!!! hurry up Wadjet Eye Games!!!
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By ricki42, 14 February 2015 at 10:38 pm UTC
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: InterzeroidWanna add Insurgency and Blackguards 2.
Also CA promised to port Rome 2 more, then year ago. I hope, we`ll se this game on Linux.

From where do you get your information about Blackguards 2?

Was wondering the same thing. Quick google search shows there's an entry on steamdb: https://steamdb.info/depot/314833/subs/
Fingers crossed...
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Nishe, 14 February 2015 at 10:29 pm UTC Likes: 3
Samorost3 is planned for 2015. Sadly there isn't much information about it yet, the teaser that was released only states "on the PC [such an ambiguous term], Mac, iOS and Android". All their last games were also released on Linux, so I have good hope for it! :)

The teaser:
Spoiler, click me
http://youtu.be/VoNjWEAHQZ0
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By edo, 14 February 2015 at 10:13 pm UTC Likes: 1
Day of the tentacle special edition is coming to Linux too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tentacle#Special_Edition
Sadly one of the games than I want the most on Linux (Cue club 2) still seems to be they are not interested for the moment.
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By LinuxGamesTV, 14 February 2015 at 10:12 pm UTC
Link to Feral Interactive was wrong. ^^
A Look At What Linux Games We Will See In 2015 And Beyond
By Interzeroid, 14 February 2015 at 9:57 pm UTC
Wanna add Insurgency and Blackguards 2.
Also CA promised to port Rome 2 more, then year ago. I hope, we`ll se this game on Linux.
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