The Banner Saga was easily one of the biggest (surprise) indie hits of last year, bringing gorgeous art and a great soundtrack with strategic fantasy gameplay. Now, the game is available on Linux and SteamOS.
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Developers Stoic Studios released the Linux and SteamOS versions today, announcing the news in a post on Steam:
"We're releasing a rather large update for The Banner Saga and it includes the Linux + SteamOS versions of the game. We know it took a while, but we had to do things the right way rather than rush anything out. We're also happy to be having a 50% off sale for the weekend to accompany this update! We're happy were the Linux + SteamOS turned out. We've tested primarily on SteamOS Beta and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS."
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Even better, there will be 50 percent off The Banner Saga for the whole weekend to celebrate! It's a great game in my opinion, so take advantage while you can if interested. Stoic also extensively tested controller support for the game, which should now work well if that's how you prefer to play. The team primarily tested the Xbox One controller, Xbox 360 controller, Playstation DualShock 3, and Playstation DualShock 4. Generic pads were also tested, but your mileage may vary. Here are specific patch notes for the update:
- Ported the game to Linux and SteamOS
- Added Steam Big Picture support
- Added Gamepad support for Xbox and Playstation compatible controllers
- Graphical renderer completely rewritten and optimized using Starling and Stage3d for Windows and Mac OS X platforms. This puts more load on your GPU, instead of the CPU. You can still use the old renderer by adding the command line option "starling=false" without the quotes.
- Added zooming with mouse wheel
- Fix issue preventing achievements earned in offline play from uploading to Steam when Steam finally reconnects
- Fix issue with the silver arrow
- Fix issue causing Silver Arrow to be unusable in the Bellower Fight
- Hero Stat upgrade GUI improved with new 'add' and 'subtract' buttons
- Fix several grammar and spelling issues
- Fix issue where Egil is still available for fight after being betrayed
- Battle Horn no longer deducts stars if they cannot be used on the active hero
- Command line options format has changed. See the Developer Cheatsheet for more information.
