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JAG 0.2.0 released

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:29:23

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JAG is an arcade-puzzle 2D game which runs on Linux and Windows. It is free and opensource.

FreeTumble 1.0 released

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:37:27

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FreeTumble is a free 2D Puzzle game with hardware accelerated graphics from Seby and Suiland.
It is based on Collapse, and features 3 different game modes, nice visuals and music and bonus.
FreeTumble is available for Linux and Windows in English, French and German.

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Wine 1.1.24 released

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:54:27

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The Wine development release 1.1.24 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Support for freedesktop file associations.
Support for exception handling on 64-bit.
Improved ARB shaders.
Fixes for the FBO mode.
Many listview improvements.
Various bug fixes.

linuX-gamers live 0.95 released

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:59:23

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We are proud to announce a new version - 0.95 - of our live DVD at Linuxtag 2009 in Berlin.

We now have different versions of our distribution:

Lite ISO: Small CD image (700MB) containing a limited games selection suitable for children and older computers. Burn it to a blank CD-R/CD-RW using regular Linux or Linux tools like Nero, K3B, Infrarecorder, etc.
Lite USB: Same games selection as the Lite ISO version but for USB keys and USB sticks (requires minimum of 1GB USB device). Write it to your USB device using this command in Linux: sudo dd bs=8M if=/path/to/lg-live-0.9.5-i686-lite.usb of=/dev/your_usb_device or use the Flashnul utility if you are on Windows. Once you have downloaded said utility, please follow the paragraph in this guide.
Big ISO: Big DVD image (4.7GB) containing the full games selection for adults and more recent computers. Burn it to a blank DVD-R/DVD-RW using any burning tool of your choosing.
Big USB: Contains full games selection as per Big ISO. Meant for USB sticks of at least 5GB capacity. You can use the same tools mentioned for writing Lite USB to write this image.

Gamecontent differs between these two versions. Please look at our game list.

We kindly ask you to use our Bittorrent tracker to load the files and share them since the http mirrors might be switched off due to traffic limits.

Alien Arena 2009 7.30 released

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:45:18

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It's been over six long months of dedicated, at times daunting, and ultimately triumphant work...but...COR Entertainment at last announces the release of Alien Arena 2009!

You've seen the screenshots, the videos, now it is time to face the alien invasion head on, armed to the hilt with disruptors, beamguns, and vaporizors. The amount of improvements to the game engine are staggering. The game comes alive with the full implementation of GLSL per-pixel lighting on all surfaces, OpenAL audio system, and new gameplay features. Optimization was as always, another aspect that we've addressed. No longer does one have to be leary of cranking the settings up, the game plays remarkably faster with the switch to GLSL for per-pixel operations. Alien Arena has transformed into a lean, clean, fragging machine, with stunning visual effects that are usually reserved for commercial titles. This isn't your daddy's Alien Arena - it's not even last year's model, with a host of new and improved maps, sounds and music.

Some of the new features in this release:

GLSL per-pixel lighting on meshes(now all surfaces).
OpenAL 1.1
Ogg-Vorbis support.
GLSL post process framebuffer effects.
New scoreboards.
New HUD.
Stereo music files.
Seven new maps.
Two new player characters.
Voice taunt system.
Doppler sound effects.

Linux Gaming at Linuxtag 2009

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:00:00

This year's Linux Tag moves closer. As in the previous years Linux Tag takes place at Berlin fair. LinuX-gamers.Net presents novelties about gaming on Linux aswell as a new version of our live DVD. Together with Holarse and FlightGear we will be present in 7.2A #110B. Besides our presentation Linux Tag features a lot more exhibitors (open projects as well as companies) and a broad spectrum of talks workshops and events.

Wine - new developement release

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:15:59

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A new developement version of wine is available, new features in version 1.1.24 include:

Support for freedesktop file associations.
Support for exception handling on 64-bit.
Improved ARB shaders.
Fixes for the FBO mode.
Many listview improvements.
Various bug fixes.

More detailed information you'll find in the official changelog.

The Sims 3 on Linux

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:21:41

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The Cedega Gaming Service is pleased to announce the release of Cedega 7.3 with day and date support for The Sims 3. With Cedega 7.3, Members don't have to wait to play one of 2009's most anticipated games, you can play on Launch Day

While Sims 3 news is exciting we felt our Members deserved even more. These are just the highlights - you can find full details in the Service Update at http://www.cedega.com/news.

City of Heroes - Resolved a number of issues with the mouse.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Resolved the launcher issue. This game will once again work using Steam.
Registry Handling - Resolved issues that were causing registry corruption
I/O & Graphics Speedups - A number of improvements to I/O have now available in Cedega 7.3
and much more . . .

Wine - new developement release

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:46:23

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A new developement version of wine is available, new features in version 1.1.23 include:

Support for registering MIME types with the Linux desktop.
FBO mode is now the default for Direct3D.
Support for COM proxy delegation.
Improved support for the Mingw cross-compile.
Proper fullscreen mode for the virtual desktop.
Various bug fixes.

More detailed information you'll find in the official changelog.

NVIDIA - New Linux Driver

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:36:02

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A new version of NVIDIA's accelerated graphics driver for Linux has been released. Version 185.18.14 was released on June 5th and includes a copule of improvements and fixes, a detailed list of which can be found in the apropriate download section (see above). Changes include:

Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Fixed issues with Xinerama .
Changes to Kernel module loading.
Added support for new horizontal interlaced and checkerboard passive stereo modes.
Fixed an OpenGL driver crash while running Bibble 5.
Fixed a DisplayPort interaction problem with power management suspend/resume events.
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