Civilization V Is Now Available For Linux, SteamOS

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Civilization V Is Now Available For Linux, SteamOS

The latest AAA game shipping for Linux is... Civilization V!..

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTcxNjU

[pheldens]

no standalone?

[iniudan]

no standalone?

What standalone ? There is no Civ 5 standalone, the 2 expansion require the base game. There is a complete edition with all the DLC available anyway.

[hoohoo]

Finally!

Suddenly I care about gaming on Linux!

This is excellent news!

[Figueiredo]

Any info on the quality of the port?

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Any info on the quality of the port?

So far I see only problems with DLC (not available in the game even if purchased) and multi-monitor problems same as with Wargame. Works better on fglrx than on Catalyst in D3D11 mode and works great on Mesa.

[El_Presidente]

well i guess i ran into the first bug, i can just play the "vanilla" version without any addons or dlcs. maybe if someone has a solution for that i would appreciate that (already filed a bug) but except that i played a few turns with japan on a medium sized map. and im quite happy. the performance could be a bit better i guess but everything seems fine. what definitively is working better than on windows is that i now can easily tab out, this alone makes the port superior.

[_SXX_]

Any info on the quality of the port?

Looks like native one. As far as I see running fine on Intel HD4600.

[Veerappan]

Installing now. I don't own any of the DLC, so issues with that won't be immediately noticable here. Hopefully the Mac/Linux/Windows version numbers are synced so that cross-platform multiplayer works correctly (there's been issues with the Firaxis/Aspyr versions for Win/Mac in the past).

[abozhin]

Great!
And I'm waiting for Android port. I think that Civilization V will be playable on Android tablets.
SDL/OGL FTW!