Stoic are happy to announce that The Banner Saga has marched onto more platforms coming to both Linux and SteamOS. Versus Evil the publisher for The Banner Saga can also reveal several new updates to the Viking role-playing strategy game.

Being available for SteamOS The Banner Saga supports both Steam Big Picture, saved games on Steam Cloud and has full controller support for console compatible controllers.

“The Linux version of The Banner Saga is a big technical leap for our studio”

“It is one of the final pieces that rewards our Kickstarter backers and those gamers that have been looking to play the game on their OS of preference.  The addition of cloud saves, controller support, and Big Picture in this update really helps us work towards accomplishing the next phase of Banner Saga development.”
– John Watson, Technical Director and Co-Founder at Stoic.

If you haven’t played The Banner Saga it is a single player, story driven Viking saga where players choices in travel, conversation and combat affects the outcome of the personal story and the survival of the entire civilisation.

“Great games shouldn’t be limited by platforms,”
– Steve Escalante, General Manager of Versus Evil

While also being available on more platforms the game is available in many languages. Localized in French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish