Written By: Maxim Bardin on March 8, 2010 No Comment

Hemispheregames the developers of the cross platform game Osmos are looking for someone to make the GNU/Linux port.

Q : “Any update on this, you guys have been rather quiet on that front.

A : “Unfortunately no updates on the linux front. We’re actually busy working on the iPhone/iPad port at the moment, [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on March 7, 2010 9 Comments
The Case Of Nexuiz

The FREE GPLed Arena FPS game Nexuiz from Alientrap has going trough some major changes …and it doesn’t seems good.

The founder of the Nexuiz project with many of it’s major contributors agreed to “sell” their domain and GPLed sources to IllFonic, LLC.
While the GPLed Nexuiz will remain free the “New” [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on March 6, 2010 No Comment

Today Basilisk Games the developers of the cRPG Eschalon: Book I which I’ve interviewed a few months ago, are now accepting beta testers for their upcoming game Eschalon: Book II.

If you want to apply for the Beta testing please read the “Beta Intro” first.
If you are still want to [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on March 5, 2010 No Comment

Koonsolo the developers of Mystic Mine have changed their direction and instead of working on the Big Bulldozer game, they are now developing a tool for creating games … another game engine ?
Big Bulldozer however is not canceled, but on hold – till the game creation tool will be released.

Hi Koonsolo [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 28, 2010 10 Comments

Troy Hepfner the president of My Game Company has posted sad news on the Linux Hardcore forums regarding GNU/Linux versions of Grubby Games :

“Earlier this week, Big Fish Games, which bought out indie developer Grubby Games last year, canceled affiliate sales for the Linux versions of all games produced [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 24, 2010 2 Comments
Galcon Fusion – Review

I rarely write game reviews because you can already find such reviews for the Windows ports on other gaming websites.
In fact the only review I wrote was of the game Mystic Mine by a request from the Koonsolo developer Koen Witters.

I was late to write news about Galcon Fusion release [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 19, 2010 4 Comments
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Teaser, Web Site & Pre-order

Today I’ve received an email from Frictional Games whom I’ve interviewed a few months ago about their upcoming survival horror game Amnesia : The Dark Descent :

“Helsingborg, Sweden – 19th of February 2010

From the makers of the Penumbra series comes a brand new survival horror game, Amnesia: The [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 15, 2010 2 Comments
Cortex Command – Brain Control

The small independent game development studio Data Realms are working on a new tactical management arcade style game named Cortex Command.
This game will be ported to GNU/Linux by Frank Earl aka Svartalf – the man who ported the successful Caster game (and will also port his sequel). (ref)

In Cortex Command, you play [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 12, 2010 One Comment
HurricaneX2 Evolution – Fighting Adventure Game

Youyungames are working on a new 3D fighting adventure game named HurricaneX2 for the 12th Independent Game Festival.
Attempts to port the game engine to GNU/Linux are being made and there are a very good chances for their success.

HurricaneX2 is a 3D Kung Fu fighting game developed by a Chinese Kung Fu practitioner. It [...]

Written By: Maxim Bardin on February 7, 2010 4 Comments
Natural Selection 2 and GNU/Linux

One of the Unknown Worlds developers, Max has posted a blogpost about the GNU/Linux port for their upcoming game Natural Selection 2 :

“Beat Wolf asks: What platforms will be supported? (Linux, OS X, XBox, etc..) The web page still mentions Linux and OS X as target platforms, but there have been many [...]

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