Archive for May, 2010

A few days ago my friends compiledkernel aka CK one of the LxGC — Linux Gamers Codex staff members and UbuntuForums moderator, Liam Dawe aka ELD the Gaming On Linux website admin, and myself had a discussion on UbuntuForums about Linux Game Publishing. CK was wondering about those old games Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy and […]

Wolfire Games sometimes posts very interesting and insightful GNU/Linux gaming related blog posts. A few days ago David posted about The state of Mac and Linux gaming which shows a great future for GNU/Linux. The present is also much better then 5 years ago and we see constant improvement each year. I very much agree […]

One of the companies behind The Humble Indie Bundle, Wolfire Games reports that GNU/Linux users contribute twice as much as Windows users ! This is not the first time the GNU/Linux gamers prove that they are excellent customers, a while ago I posted that when 2dboy the developers of World Of Goo which BTW is […]

The MMORPG Ryzom Goes Free Software !

Posted: 6th May 2010 by Maxim Bardin in Uncategorized
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Breakthrough for Free Software Gaming–Ryzom Announces Full Release of Source Code and Artwork, and a Partnership with the Free Software Foundation to Host a Repository of the Game’s Artistic Assets. PARIS, FRANCE, May 6, 2010 — Winch Gate Properties Ltd, the developer and publisher of massively-multiplayer online science-fantasy role playing games, is proud to announce […]

The Humble Indie Bundle ! Pay What You Want ! Wolfiregames the developers of the Lugaru that are currently working on Overgrowth have posted about The Humble Indie Bundle – Pay What You Want Program ! Five games in the price that you decide ! All games support GNU/Linux and there is even a real […]

LGN Contest !

Posted: 3rd May 2010 by Maxim Bardin in Uncategorized
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As promised a few days ago, LGN making a contest with a prize for the winner and hopefully for all of us, here is the back-story… When Osmos was released for GNU/Linux at 28/04/2010 I published the good news on LGN. Telling people how cheap this game is I just had to buy it myself […]

LGN Now On Facebook And Fossunet !

Posted: 1st May 2010 by Maxim Bardin in Uncategorized
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The spirit of FOSS is all about choices, freedom and openness. That’s why I’ve extended the ways you can follow Linux Gaming News. After 10 months of LGN existence I’ve made a facebook Linux Gaming News group ! If you have a facebook account, now you have one more way to follow LGN. You can […]