Leftovers: Gaming
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Blitzkrieg 3 RTS Is Getting a Linux Release
Blitzkrieg 3, a new strategy game developed by Nival Interactive, will be getting a Linux release, at least this are the latest reports from the German media.
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The Most Popular Linux Gaming Articles For 2014
Here is a look back at the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for 2014, it was a seriously crazy year for us here, and for everyone in Linux gaming, so let's see what happened! We had a few downers, but most of it was great stuff that I am proud to be a part of.
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LISA, A Quirky Side-scrolling RPG, In Beta For Linux
Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It has a nice style to it, and very positive reviews on Steam.
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GOL Cast: Bringing Humanity To New Worlds In Civilization: Beyond Earth
After a bit of a wait it's finally possible for you to bring your penguins to space and colonize new worlds in the name of Torvalds. But how does Civilization: Beyond Earth fare, what are its strengths and weaknesses? Let's find out.
Civilization: Beyond Earth is the newest installation in the long standind series of Civilization games and, as you all are probably aware, instead of allowing you to become the most powerful nation on Earth it brings you onto an unexplored planet far away as humanity's last resort to save itself from an overpopulated home.
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GOG's Installer Encryption Proving To Be Difficult For Linux Users
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Control a Spinning Car in Roundabout on Steam for Linux
Roundabout, a weird arcade driving game developed and published on Steam by No Goblin, has also reached the Linux platform and is now available with 34% discount.
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The Way of Life Is a New Adventure Game Made in Just 24 Hours
The Way of Life, an adventure game developed in just 24 hours, has made its way on Steam for Linux. It's not ready yet and is still under development, but the first three levels have been provided for free.
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Transport Tycoon's OpenTTD Remake Ends 2014 with a Great Release
OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based on the popular Microprose title Transport Tycoon written by Chris Sawyer. It's been around for quite some time and it's still played by many gamers, even today. A new major release is in the making and the first Beta has been released.
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The Itch Games Store Are Working On An Open Source Client
The Itch.io games store has always been nice, but icing on the cake is that they are now creating an open source desktop client in Qt 5.
It's in the very early stages, but could be something to give it a boost over other smaller stores. Desura is also working to bring their re-open sourced client back to Linux, and GOG are bringing out a closed source client. Looks like desktop clients are becoming a big thing again.
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New Desura Client Available For Linux, Open Source Again
Finally, Desura has a new client available for Linux. Bad Juju Games haven't officially announced it anywhere on Desura yet, but it is available to download.
It has been open sourced again thanks to Bad Juju Games who moved it to the GPL3 license, and removed the need to sign a contributor agreement, but the Desura name and logo are still subject to certain terms (fair enough).
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TIMEframe, A Game Played In Slow Motion Plans A Big Update With Linux Support
TIMEframe was originally created for the Ludum Dare game jam competition by Random Seed games and an updated version has been in development.
It looks like a pretty interesting concept, and they need help by getting votes on Steam Greenlight. Sadly, the original doesn't have Linux support, so it's great the updated version will.
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Remixing open source games with Creative Commons content
One of the great things about open source is that you're free to modify and redistribute it in whichever way you like. This is real creative freedom that I support. All of my apps and games are open source. A while back, I helped fund the opening of some game music and art assets to the public. Being in the public domain (or having a Creative Commons license, as these art assets now do) allows for public remixing and free use of the content. Gotta love that.
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