M.A.R.S
M.A.R.S an arcade space shooter has recently seen some new activity with a new release (0.6c "Edward").
QuoteThis is a first attempt to create a game in OpenGL with SFML. It is a game for two players, flyin...
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Sorry for things breaking
Today you may have noticed at times certain parts of the website being down/giving off random errors.
I am currently still integrating the new forum platform, but it's going well and everything will be back to normal momentarily!...
New Forum Up!
Well we now have a new forum powered by Xenforo instead of phpbb which allows me to customize the community a lot more to suit our needs...not to mention the software being far more up-to-date with what the web can do nowadays.
New url is
Gaming on GNU/Linux: Ryzom MMORPG Goes Native!
Gaming on GNU/Linux: Ryzom MMORPG Goes Native!
PARIS, FRANCE, November 30th, 2010 -- Winch Gate Properties Ltd has announced the release of the official native GNU/Linux client for the massively-multiplayer online science-fantasy role playi...
Linux Gaming Publishing - Still Down
Well as Phoronix picked up Linux Game Publishing has been down for a long time now. After over a month and a half they have only just managed to get the key server operational for copy protected games (Their own website is still down).
I re...
Android Gaming Forum Opened
Okay everyone since Android is stupidly popular (i have the Dell Streak!) and it is built upon Linux i thought i might as well add it to the forum!
http://...
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries - Now with .deb installers!
For those who don't know what 7K:AA is:
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The latest release was made on: October 24th which added support for native 64bit!
Now one of the team has created 32bit and 64bit .deb installers (so you no...
Thinking of switching over to xenForo forum software.
Thinking of switching over to xenForo forum software.
Okay so phpbb is pretty limited in what it can do and i have been watching xenForo closely http://xenfo...
Minor forum maintenance done
Minor forum maintenance done
Some of you may have seen the forum acting up for a minute or two.
Was installing an admin mod for me to be able to remind inactive users that they are registered here.
T...
We have been featured on...
[B][/B]A thank you thread to random sites linking to us.
While not front page news worthy as it hasn't given us much hits and i don't speak that language ->
Fancy winning a copy of Gish?
Fancy winning a copy of Gish?
Fancy winning a copy of Gish?
How to enter?
Simply s...
Fancy winning a copy of Gish?
Okay so for the next competition we have a new prize - Gish!.
How to enter?
Simply sign up to the
Welcome to Rustybolts as Global Mod!
Welcome to Rustybolts as Global Mod!
Please welcome Rustybolts as the new Global Moderator at GOL Forums....
Ubuntu Software Centre - First and possibly second commercial games!
Well like it or not Ubuntu Software Centre is here to stay in the Ubuntu distro.
With 10.10 it added supported for payed for apps and games which it has now had it's first game "Brukkon":
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Forum posts now allow videos!
For anyone interested the community forum now allows videos from multiple different websites.
Linky ->
GOL Featured on Linux.co.uk!
I would like to personally thank Mark of Linux.co.uk for featuring us on Linux.co.uk.
Big welcome to anyone who finds us from their article.
A...
0 A.D Alpha 2 released into the wild!
While i covered it the other day here i didn't think it would be released so soon!
QuoteNew features in this release:
Caster Episode 2 coming this month!
Due to a little bug on the news submission Rustybolts sent me a PM on the forum to let us know that Caster Episode 2 should be here by the end of the month!
Quo...
FreeOrion 0.3 nearing the road to 0.4
Well after looking up a few items that come up on the random spotlight it got me thinking i needed to check how their developments are going.
So i checked out FreeOrion
0 A.D. Coming up to Alpha 2!
Well after checking the 0 A.D. website almost everyday since long before the first Alpha was released (I'm a bit obsessive over watching it!), it seems that Alpha 2 isn't far off now!
Here are some of the goodies you can expect:
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