Free Linux video game - Cube 2 - Sauerbraten fast FPS shooter game

Free single and multiplayer first person shooter game with some satisfying fast oldskool gameplay.

A large variety of gameplay modes from classic SP to fast 1 on 1 MP and objective based teamplay, with a great variety of original maps to play on.

Level editing has never been so much fun: a press of a key allows you to modify the geometry / textures / entities in-game, on the fly.

Even more novel, you can make maps together with others online, in the unique "coop edit" mode.

Download the game here... http://sauerbraten.org/




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Free Linux BSD Windows Mac OS X video games - BZFlag free online multiplayer open source tank battle

BZFlag is a free online multiplayer cross-platform open source 3D tank battle game.

The name originates from "Battle Zone capture the Flag".

It runs on Irix, Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and many other platforms.

It's one of the most popular open source games ever on Silicon Graphics machines and continues to be developed and improved to this day.

Get it here... BZFlag

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Akira Yamaoka - Heaven's Night interview on the Silent Hill Franchise

When Konami's Silent Hill was released in 1999 it looked very different from other video games. But perhaps more important, it sounded radically different.

With music and sound design by Akira Yamaoka, the sonic environment of Silent Hill was an inseparable part of the game's sepulchral mood.

As players explored Silent Hill's fog shrouded streets and decaying halls, Yamaoka draped the world in vast sheets of sound.

Often suggestive of air raid sirens, background radiation, or the quiet hum of a dialysis machine, Yamaoka used guitar and electronics to create a sound that was alternately lush and bracing, with melancholy dreamscapes dissolving under a rain of lacerating distortion. Video game music could never sound quite the same again.

Below, we present the full text of the interview with Akira Yamaoka which ran in the December issue of Game Developer magazine, including the musician's controversial comments on the state of game development in Japan.

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More video games Christmas Cards ...

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Square Enix - Final Fantasy Christmas Card

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Another 'reveal'-styled Final Fantasy card from Square Enix this year, and this time, it looks like a snowman... before opening the card reveals that the eyes are actually from a super-kawaii Chocobo. Aw!

Source: GameSetWatch

Nintendo Wii Approaching 20 Million Units Sold

Whether you like the Wii or not, it seems nothing is going to slow down sales for Nintendo.

At the current rate of sales, Nintendo will end up selling 20 million units at a rate of 1.54 million units per month and reach the 20 million milestone 6 months faster than the Sony PS2 did.

The interesting fact is that Microsoft may actually be outperforming the Nintendo Wii outside of Japan.

Less than 4% of Xbox 360 sales come from inside Japan and this could be the single aspect that gives Nintendo the world-wide edge.

The Sony PS3 is still way behind both Nintendo and Microsoft, but 2008 will be a long year.

I have always felt that 2008 will be the year for Sony, so we’ll just have to see.

Source: FileFront

Free Linux video games - Armagetron Advanced

Armagetron is a multiplayer game in 3d that attempts to emulate and expand on the lightcycle sequence from the movie Tron. It's an old school arcade game slung into the 21st century. Highlights include a customizable playing arena, HUD, unique graphics, and AI bots. For the more advanced player there are new game modes and a wide variety of physics settings to tweak as well.

Download here... http://www.armagetronad.net/

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Free Linux video games - Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line

• Powered by the revamped Freespace 2 engine
• Entirely stand-alone, Freespace 2 not required
• Accurately detailed high-resolution ship models
• High quality, originally engineered audio
• Authentic, original in-game soundtrack, in addition to pieces by Bear McCreary and Richard Gibbs
• Original characters and voice acting
• A three mission single player campaign depicting never-before-seen events, interwoven with and true to the series’ storyline
• Head online and go head-to-head with your friends—and foes—in intense multiplayer missions including Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and others
• Exciting Viper combat with authentic weaponry and flight controls

System Requirements for Linux:
Operating System: Linux x86 compatible
CPU: Pentium 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM, 1 GB recommended
Graphics Card: 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon with closed source drivers, Mesa 6 or better with S3TC extension available for open source drivers
Input Device: Mouse and keyboard
Installation: 750 MB free HD space

Download the game from here... http://www.game-warden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3502

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Crysis video game Bonus Map Pack Released download now

Crytek has released a free, festive multiplayer map pack for Crysis today. This five-level dealio includes three power struggle maps and two DM levels. Thanks, Sanborn.
Now that Christmas is here and we are seeing another year coming to its end it is time for our beloved Crytek Christmas message. It has probably been the most exciting year since FarCry has been shipped. Not only that we relaunched our Crymod Modding Portal for our new blockbuster FPS, we also finished Crysis which has been in development for about four years.
It was an exciting year with lots of ups and downs, but we are more than happy with what we achieved. Even more are we proud of the great community we have, that is supporting us and giving us so much excellent feedback!

On behalf of the whole Crytek development studios in Frankfurt, Kiev and Budapest and the entire Crytek Staff we wish the whole community Maximum Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!

Download from Crysis here...

Online games battle for top spot

Challenges to the dominance of World of Warcraft over online games and gamers look set to emerge in 2008.
So say industry watchers looking back on a year in which the field as a whole matured and signs emerged which show how the industry sector is developing.

During the year Blizzard's flagship title consolidated its hold on gamers as its subscriber base kept growing.

But debuts by Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and many others may mean that hold begins to weaken.

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