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Announcing Ensign 1!
By Hamish, 2 October 2011 at 8:40 pm UTC
Well, of course there are the id games (Quakes, Doom 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein), Prey of course, there was Soldier of Fortune from Loki (still available from Fun4Tux and Amazon.com last time I checked), Shogo and SiN from Hyperion (although Shogo has sadly gone out of stock from TuxGames, and the SiN port sucks by all accounts), Postal2 with the various mods and expansions, plus all of those games with source ports. And that is simply off the top of my head.
Announcing Ensign 1!
By Liam Dawe, 2 October 2011 at 7:11 pm UTC
Quoting: "Anonymous, post: 2375" [COLOR=#000000]Is it commercial game?[/COLOR]

Yes it is.
Quoting: "Hamish, post: 2376"The game does look interesting, but since this is going to be commercial and we already have plenty of single-player non-death-match commercial shooters for Linux, I do not quite understand your aside. This game is a uniqe take on everything though, like Helena was. So it is nice and different.

I wonder how well Helena did for them in the end. Maybe they should try and sneak it into the current bundle... ;)

I haven't actually seen that many commercial single player shooters for Linux?
Announcing Ensign 1!
By Hamish, 2 October 2011 at 5:25 pm UTC
The game does look interesting, but since this is going to be commercial and we already have plenty of single-player non-death-match commercial shooters for Linux, I do not quite understand your aside. This game is a uniqe take on everything though, like Helena was. So it is nice and different.

I wonder how well Helena did for them in the end. Maybe they should try and sneak it into the current bundle... ;)
Announcing Ensign 1!
By , 2 October 2011 at 1:14 pm UTC
[COLOR=#000000]Is it commercial game?[/COLOR]
Trauma added to HIB
By Bumadar, 1 October 2011 at 1:06 pm UTC
strange game, intriguing though and quiet enjoyable
Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle!
By Bumadar, 29 September 2011 at 5:59 pm UTC
got it because I like the game but not to impressed with the bundle itself... as its not a bundle (unless you did not get the frozenbyte bundle before)
Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle!
By , 29 September 2011 at 5:41 pm UTC
I think they are just wanting people to spend more than $1.
Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle!
By Liam Dawe, 29 September 2011 at 7:26 am UTC
I think this game looks great, my brother gave it a good little review to me as he got it via Steam when it came out for Windows.

I agree though in that they should have waited...
Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle!
By Hamish, 28 September 2011 at 8:37 pm UTC
Frankly, I am underwhelmed. They should have waited until they could include more games. And I am not particularly interested in the one new game they are offering. :confused:
Marball Odyssey $1+ (not quite pay what you want)
By Hamish, 22 September 2011 at 4:55 pm UTC
QuoteAn interesting note here is that Mac sales in our own store did not go down as a other online outlets like Steam started to provide mac versions; meaning it did not steal our customers but opened up to a new market. We think it is a good incentive for other stores to support Linux as well! - Frictional Games


http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2011/09/amnesia-one-year-later.html
Gameolith gives more info for game developers.
By Liam Dawe, 21 September 2011 at 8:51 pm UTC
They said it is a planned feature, but Gameolith is only one person...
Gameolith gives more info for game developers.
By Hamish, 21 September 2011 at 4:31 pm UTC
While they are at it, they should really add screenshots to their game pages.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Hamish, 1 October 2011 at 4:45 pm UTC
I think we have a spam bot...
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Hamish, 24 September 2011 at 6:02 pm UTC
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Xpander, 24 September 2011 at 11:22 am UTC
the custom game searching doesnt work for me.
i see there is option under settings that u can find games u have installed and even point the games to correct folders. but sadly it doesnt work.
ahh well its beta afterall :) really happy with it anyway.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By KIAaze, 24 September 2011 at 12:12 am UTC
I'm in as well now. :)
Redeemed all my humble bundle desura keys, except HIB1, which didn't have any unfortunately.
Most HIB games seem to work, except a few like "Machinarium" and "Revenge of the titans" which crash Desura.
I also tried Urban terror, which worked without any issues.

So overall, very satisfied and very happy. :)
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Liam Dawe, 22 September 2011 at 1:02 pm UTC
Yeah they all have their place, but for now I'm not holding any hope on Steam, all my hopes go to Desura and Gameolith.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Xpander, 21 September 2011 at 10:19 pm UTC
we can hope for both. they are little different.
desura is mostly indie games and addons/mods for games.
while steam has all different stuff.

i really like the desura thingy but i still hope that steam will come to linux some day.
the more choices the better it is imo. like linux itself: freedom of choice.
i would use them both.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Liam Dawe, 21 September 2011 at 8:50 pm UTC
He didn't mention Steam for once, that is a shock....although a lot of other people are now jumping on a "steam should take note" bandwagon...i disagree with them, we should support Desura not hope for another service.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Hamish, 21 September 2011 at 5:24 pm UTC
Looks like Larabel is a little late to the party, guess he managed to clear his head enough of beer to read his inbox:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTkyOA

And you should be happy Liam, no mention of Steam for Linux this time.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Liam Dawe, 21 September 2011 at 9:06 am UTC
Yeah it's pretty awesome that they are bringing new games over :D
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Hamish, 20 September 2011 at 5:58 pm UTC
QuoteWe've got plenty more games coming, some never before on Linux, so much to look forward to.

http://www.desura.com/groups/linux-gamers/news/desura-linux-beta-launch

:D
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Bumadar, 20 September 2011 at 4:10 pm UTC
Its exiting that they finally got it working but I do worry a bit that Gameolith.com might have to pay the price for it. Is the linux market big enough to sustain both ?

ooh and Phoronix will hype Desura to no end while being pretty negative about Gameolith.com when it was released.

Time will tell.
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Liam Dawe, 19 September 2011 at 9:03 pm UTC
Turns out i am in it!
Desura to launch a closed Linux Beta!
By Xpander, 19 September 2011 at 8:41 pm UTC
yeah.. client installed fine..now need beta invite to be able to log in also :)
i have some humble bundle titles there.
New Release: 0 A.D. Alpha 7 Geronium
By Liam Dawe, 18 September 2011 at 7:47 am UTC
How is the AI now is it any better?
New Release: 0 A.D. Alpha 7 Geronium
By , 17 September 2011 at 10:29 pm UTC
I just finished playing a skirmish.
Its coming along GREAT!!
Looks really good. The music and sound effects are Awsome.
Oil Rush Build 0.80 released!
By Xpander, 16 September 2011 at 5:47 pm UTC
* Steam integration is in progress

i know its for windows but still can hope for linux version of steam :)
no big problems tho, we will get desura soon :P
Dungeons of Dredmor soooooon!
By Liam Dawe, 17 September 2011 at 9:57 am UTC
Quoting: "Bumadar, post: 2329"... sooooo looking forward to this... :)


You should be...it is awesome!
Dungeons of Dredmor soooooon!
By Bumadar, 17 September 2011 at 6:53 am UTC
... sooooo looking forward to this... :)
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