Quoting: fleskOutland was self-published by the developer, Housemarque, on PC though, so Ubisoft didn't have anything to do with the Linux version of that game.

Ubisoft still owns the rights to Outland. Housemarque couldn't publish it on Linux without Ubisoft's consent [External Link].

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Quoting: reaVerGuys, I think we're all ignoring the fact that the sky just came falling down...

Why, what happened?

The publisher that recently took a firm stand against PC users (and Linux users) is now actually publishing a Linux game.

Maybe in the future, hell will freeze over (again) and we'll see a Blizzard game for Linux too. One can hope.

I have a Ubisoft-published game called Outland, and it's actually one of the better Linux ports I've played in terms of performance (not bad gameplay too).

These publishers only speak dollars and cents. If a developer, even one of their subsidaries, can demonstrate that a Linux port will yield a good return on investment, they'll sign off on it even if they don't know what Linux is.

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If nothing else, this has the whole world talking about Linux gaming. I never thought I'd live to see the day. :D

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Wow, I had Escape Goat 2 in my Steam cart last night and fell asleep before I could checkout. I'm glad I did now!

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This is usually not my thing. The game looks good though.

Square Enix doesn't have a lot of Linux support, they appear to have something to do with Wakfu, but are not listed on the Steam store page. I think Avalanche Studios has no Linux supported games yet. So I'm not getting my hopes up.

Yes but Mad max [External Link] which is officially confirmed for linux is also developed by Avalanche Studios, though the difference there is the publisher, so there is still a chance!

Is it officially confirmed?

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On my wish list.

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I just barely made it. I ordered October 16 and just got an estimated delivery date of November 10.

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The quote above doesn't say anything about fixing the issues that made the game bad, only adding content as if they were pleased with the original game despite the criticism.

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Quoting: Crazy PenguinI have asked several publishers/developers what is going on, but they have been surprised as I'm. At least the responded that they will continue to support Linux :)
Not to mention the confused Customers, we have several threads where people asking about the Linux support. If it is discontinued now. Some have flamed already against some developers for it. Well done, Valve! Well done!

Come on now. When has Valve ever done anything in a way that didn't confuse customers and developers? It's how they roll. Remember the whole "Witcher 3 Coming to SteamOS; oh oops, maybe not" fiasco? I'm convinced the whole company is run by 4 nerds in a basement, but somehow in the end, it all works out just fine. This issue probably will too.

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I agree with a lot of the concerns about the future of Linux support on steam and also with the idea that SteamOS needs quality control. I think the one thing we need to keep in mind, however, is that the removal is probably temporary.

All those devs have to do is make sure their games are updated to meet Valve's new standards. I'm sure they've been notified. The devs that actually care about Linux and steamos sales will patch their games.

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