Feral Cites Proton for Cancelling Linux Ports

Jul 28, 2021

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Feral Interactive has a long history of bringing games to Linux and macOS, ironically Feral often (if not always?) use an abstraction layer to bring the games over, basically plugging some level of Windows emulation into the finished product. Yesterday, Feral announced ports for A Total War Saga: TROY and MYTHOS DLC for macOS and then confirmed these wouldn’t come to Linux due to Valve’s Proton Windows emulation compatibility layer:

The Linux port was put on hold while TROY was exclusive to Epic, and we are not resuming development for the Steam release. We will continue to assess the feasibility of porting games to Linux, but there is generally less demand for native titles since Valve’s launch of Proton.
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) July 27, 2021

I don’t think this should be surprising, but it’s sad to see Valve destroy native Linux gaming.

Feral Cites Proton for Cancelling Linux Ports

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