Tag Archives: games

New Intel Haswell Iris GPU Triples the Performance

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in News, Software

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Truth be told, Intel HD Graphics series is not for gaming purposes, especially when AMD provides a better solution for their Llano CPUs. However, all this seems to change (a little bit) when Intel Haswell CPUs hit the market’s shelf. … Continue reading

Options for Linux Gamers

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, Linux distributions

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During the holiday season, we all tend to drop our usual work tasks and take some time out and spend more time gaming. I am guilty of this and have well and truly caught up on lost gaming time over … Continue reading

Steam Games begin including Linux requirements

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, News

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Linux users continued desire for pure Linux version of Steam, is now met with the official beta version of Steam for Linux. There is definite indication that the native Linux client for Steam games is rapidly moving towards release as … Continue reading

The Prison needs an Architect!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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I have played Prison Tycoon 3 and 4 in the past and I can say one thing: extra boring! I found myself doing completely the same things again and again, dealing with exactly the same or similar problems. Prisoners didn’t like … Continue reading

Compete in Rigs of Rods Multiplayer!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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Rigs of Rods is one of the most amazing open source simulation projects that we reviewed a while ago. It is distinguished for its vehicle plethora and the realism of the vehicles body movement and damage.

Realistic FPS Receiver is coming to Linux!

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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As one of Wolfire games developer/designer admitted today in the IRC, Receiver is about to come to Linux soon! The game uses the Unity game engine that debuted in Linux through Rochard and it seems that more and more games … Continue reading

Humble Indie Bundle 6

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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Another pay-what-you-want indie games bundle has been released, bringing new exciting games to the thirsty Linux gamers community. The bundle includes 5 games + 1 for those who will pay above the average.

A look into StuntRally 1.7

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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Some time ago, we did o comparison of StuntRally and Speed Dreams, and analyzed how two completely different bases result in what you’d expect from their forks.

SpaceChem | Friday Game

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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With the arrival of the latest Humble Indie Bundle, we had the arrival of some new games for the Linux platform and some that were available in the past but may escaped your attention.

Unknown Horizons | Friday Game

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gaming On Linux

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Unknown Horizons is a 2D realtime strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. It is basically a game heavily inspired from the popular Anno series were you have to build, sustain and lead colonies into evolution.