Prison Architect: Much Awaited Game by Introversion Revealed

Introversion has revealed their new game Prison Architect after teasing gaming community for quite some time.

Beautiful Icons for Your Favorite Ubuntu Games

Ubuntu Game Icons, a project by Artificial Intellegence provides high resolution CD cover like icons for your favorite Ubuntu games. These icons are really beautiful and the entire pack includes 110 512x512 icons for commercial as well as free games plus one bonus icon for Desura.

Linux Games Participating in Independent Games Festival, 2012 [Part 2]

This is continuation of our earlier article about Linux Games Participating in Independent Games Festival, 2012. We looked at six Linux games from different genres. Brief overview about remaining Linux games is below.

Flight Simulator X-Plane 10 Released with New Features

Popular Flight Simulator X-Plane 10 has been released for Linux with many new features and fixes. There are many changes in this release so I will list down main additions here.

Linux Games Participating in Independent Games Festival, 2012 [Part 1]

The Independent Games Festival (IGF), an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference is the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers.

Desura Sale: 50% Off on Dungeons of Dredmor

Linux game Dungeons of Dredmor is on sale on Desura with 50% off. The game is very popular among Linux community and is rated 9.5 out of 10 on Desura.

Doom 3 Source Code Released, Available on GitHub

Few days back we reported that Doom 3 source code is packaged and tested but was awaiting legal clearance. All the issues has been sorted now and Doom 3 source code has been released on github.

The Humble Introversion Bundle is Here!

Humble Intoversion Bundle has been made live 40 minutes back, just as we reported last week that next Humble Bundle will be an all Intoversion bundle and featured some leaked pictures. But we never hoped that it will so soon.

[Game Updates] Summoning Wars, Auro, Steel Storm 2, Cobalt, Ensign 1

There has been some news regarding new Linux games and other alpha funding projects last week. Check them out below.

GameGadget, New Open Source Linux Based Gaming Handheld Coming this Year

A new Linux based gaming handheld GameGadget has been announced today by Blaze Europe that will allow you to install your favorite games from iTunes style app store called GameGadgetGames.

How to Make Thunderbird Look Like Postler Email Client

Postler email client from Elementary team features a fast, nice and clean interface. However, Thunderbird has some advanced features giving you better control. If you want to have best of both worlds, follow the tutorial below to make Thunderbird look like Postler email client. This guide has been written by a12dhie from DeviantART plus some small additions by me.

Hedgewars 0.9.17 Released with New Features

Popular multiplayer action game Hedgewars has been updated to version 0.9.17 with new features and fixes.

Zombie Grinder: New Zombie Shooting Action Game for Linux with Some Cool Retro Graphics

Zombie Grinder is a new action game for Linux game featuring fast paced zombie shooting combat and retro 16 bit style graphics.

'No Time To Explain' Season 2 Trailer Revealed

Tiny Build Game Studios have revealed new action packed trailer of  No Time To Explain Season 2 at MineCon.

The Many Names of Linux Kernels

Many people think Ubuntu codenames are funny, weird, strange and what not. Do you know that all Kernel releases have their names too.

Native Linux Games on Self Made Arcade Machine Running Ubuntu

It is always a delight to see native Linux games running on different types of machines/ hardware. Last week I stumbled on this article by Pat Regan showing native Linux games from latest Humble Indie Bundle running on a self made Arcade Cabinet. 

Ubuntu is Safer than Your Other Friendly Neighborhood OS, Shows New Ad

A new fan made Ad 'Viruses' on unofficial Ubuntu Ads channel on Youtube has been up showing how Ubuntu is much safer than the other OS in your friendly neighborhood.

The Campaign Against Adobe Flash and the Counterattack

Last week a group of people came together to launch a website Occupy Flash and started a campaign against Adobe Flash plugin.

Follow Ubuntu Vibes on Google Plus

Just a quick update, we now have a Google Plus page which will be updated daily with fresh news articles.

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Cross-Platform Compatibility is Core Philosophy of Humble Indie Bundle Initiative

The folks over at DIY Gamer and Nerd Age did very nice interviews of Richard Esguerra from Humble Indie Bundle team. In these interviews, Richard talked about how it all started and the core philosophy of Humble Bundles.

LightFish, New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon to Linux

LightFish, a new indie arcade game by Eclipse Games will soon have a Linux version. The game is inspired by classic Arcade game Qix where you have to draw lines and capture an area while avoiding nasty monsters.

Desura Linux Client Officially Out of Beta and Soon it will be Open Sourced

Desura Linux client is now out of beta after being in testing for more than 2 months. The final build can now be downloaded from Desura website. The Linux game catalogue includes more than 65 titles across different genres. 

Massive Discounts on Linux Games [VVVVVV, Scoregasm, Revenge of the Titans, Frozen Synapse and More]

Currently a large sale is going on at Show me the Sales where you can buy recently released Indie games with huge discounts. This sale includes 6 different games for Linux.

Is This the Next Humble Indie Bundle?

Some leaked images of next Humble Indie Bundle have surfaced over web creating much speculation and excitement around next Humble Indie Bundle.

[Gnome Shell Themes] Ultra, Minty and A New Start

Some beautiful new Gnome Shell themes were out last week. As always these themes are presented by Satya, Half -Left and Alecive, who also designed the Awoken icon theme.

[Quick Update] SuperTuxKart 0.7.3 Final Released

SuperTuxKart 0.7.3 final has been released after being in development for 4 months. This release features numerous new features and improvements and a surprise new 'Minigolf' track that was included at the last moment.

Find and Play Music from Unity Music Lens with New Grooveshark Scope

A new Grooveshark Scope for Unity Music Lens has been developed under One Hundred Scopes Project. This scope allows you to directly play music from Unity Music Lens using the free part of Grooveshark API.

Latest Release of 'Unknown Horizons' Brings New Buildings, Ships, Combat System and More

Unknown Horizons developers are always hard at work. They have released third major update in the year bringing in lots of new features and improvements.

Google Music Frame 0.3 Brings Support for Gnome Shell Tray Icon, New Toolbar and More

A new release of Google Music Frame is now available. This release brings many new features including support for tray icons in Gnome Shell and Gnome Fallback mode. 

Hostile Takeover: New Linux Game Inspired by X-Com and Fallout

Hostile Takeover is an isometric action game inspired by X-Com and Fallout series. The game is being developed by Christian Knudsen from Laserbrain Studios.

Jens Nilsson from Frictional Games : Thanks to Linux and Mac Versions We were Able to Survive as a Company

Connor Beaton from zConnection interviewed Jens Nilsson from Frictional Games. The interview covers everything about their journey and their future plans.

[Quick Update] Social Media Player Tomahawk 0.3 Final Released for Linux

Just last week we wrote about a new beta released for social media player Tomahawk and now the final version has already been released with numerous new features and improvements.

Desura Linux Client Can be Open Sourced

Desura client for Linux may go open source. At the moment, there is only one developer who is working on the client and he shared his thoughts on making Desura Linux client open source in a recent forum post.

Final Alpha Released for City Building Game 'Towns', Available for Pre-orders

A new version for city building game Towns has been released for Linux, which is the last alpha build (version 0.35). The game is available for pre-orders and will give you access to all further development the builds and final version.

Official MineCon 2011 Trailer and Behind The Scenes

Mojang is leaving no stone unturned to make first MineCon a grand success. All the tickets to the event has been sold out and there is huge excitement about the event.

Install Web History Lens and Clementine, Rhythmbox Scopes for Unity Music Lens from PPA

Unity Web History Lens allows a user to search the websites he has visited on his computer. It currently supports Chrome/ium and Firefox and has been developed by same developer who provided updated Ask Ubuntu and Reddit Lens for Ubuntu 11.10 in his PPA.

Development on uTorrent Client for Linux on Hold

In September last year, uTorrent Server was released for Linux and BitTorrent Inc promised that soon a desktop client will be made available for Linux.

[Game Updates] Stellar Extractor, Best in Show Solitaire, Friking Shark, Phlipple, Cave Story, Mari0, Telepath RPG, FreeCiv

There has been quite many news updates about Linux games last week. Read them all below.

AwOken Icon Set 2.3 Released, Now Fully Supports Gnome Shell and Unity

AwOken Icon Set has been updated and now it fully supports Unity and Gnome Shell. Many new icons have introduced in this release making it look better than ever.

Edubuntu WebLive Service Crosses 100K Live Sessions, Try it Yourself

The team behind Edubuntu introduced WebLive service during Edubuntu 11.04 release. This service allows you to play with a live Edubuntu session without any need to install anything. All you need is a web browser and a decent internet connection.

How MonoGame Can Bring More Games to Linux

MonoGame 2.0 was released on October 27 bringing support for 2D XNA APIs for Linux. MonoGame was previously known as XNATouch and is an open source implementation of the XNA tools in OpenGL.

Social Media Player Tomahawk 0.3 Beta Released with Some Cool New Features

Social Media Player Tomahawk 0.3 has been released with some great new features. Tomahawk is a cross-platform and open-source social media player where you can connect to your other machines and friends via Jabber, Google Chat and Twitter and browse and play their libraries, playlists and stations.

Bliss, A New Alternative Application Lens for Unity

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen, who maintains the Application Lens in Unity have developed an alternative lens that allows you to browse applications by category folders, very similar to the main menu in Classic Gnome.

Linux Mint 12 'Lisa' to Come with a Customized Gnome 3 Desktop

Linux Mint 12 'Lisa' will come with its own customized desktop and it will be based on Gnome 3. The core desktop will be based on a series of Gnome Shell extensions called “MGSE” (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) that will provide a layer on top of Gnome 3.

Install Ask Ubuntu, Reddit Lens in Ubuntu 11.10 from PPA

Unity Lens API in Ubuntu 11.10 have been improved greatly with better filters and data sources. Both Ask Ubuntu and Reddit Lenses have been updated to match with the new API and now they are better equipped.

Deb and RPM Packages Finally Released for Burster [Play 3D Blender Games in Web Browser]

Some of you may remember that about a year back we first broke the news that Blender project, in collaboration with iTechnologie is developing a web browser plugin, Burster which will allow playing games made in Blender in a web browser. However, at that time the project was in very early stages and it was very difficult to install the actual plugin.

[Updated] Elementary Borderless GTK3 Theme for Unity and Gnome Shell

Elementary Borderless is a GTK3 theme by tista, inspired by the original elementary GTK2 and the new GTK3 theme in upcoming Elementary Luna OS. The theme also supports GTK2 borderless version, metacity, and xfwm4.

SuperTuxKart 0.7.3 RC1 Out : New Tracks, Karts, Weapons and More

SuperTuxKart developers are hard at work, bringing new features and fixes in upcoming 0.7.3 release. After teasing us about new stuff in last two posts, they have finally released first Release Candidate, showing us all new karts, tracks, weapons and many other improvements.

New Halloween Trailer and Livestream Footage of 'Salem' [Upcoming MMO for Linux]

Salem is an upcoming crafting MMO for Linux which was recently previewed at Gamescom 2011. The game is highly inspired by H.P. Lovecraft style Gothic themes and features witchcraft and permadeath. We did a small write up about the game few months back which you can read from here.

Awesome Gameplay Footage and Hands on Impressions : Ignite [Racing Game for Linux]

Its not a secret anymore that Nemesys Games will bring their racing game Ignite to Linux users. Windows version has already been released on Steam last week and soon the game will be released for other platforms.

Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Daily Builds Now Available

Daily build iso images are now available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 'Precise Pangolin'. Not many changes have landed yet in 12.04 but those who want to test new stuff can give these builds a try.

Tank Fighting Game 'Digitanks' Released for Linux [64bit only]

Remember few months back we reported that tank fighting game Digitanks will have a Linux version. The devs have kept their promise and a Linux version have been released. However, thats not all. All the code have also been opensourced for the bravehearts to get their hands on.

[Gnome Shell Themes] Prismas, Shine, Dark Shine

Prismas is a collection of opaque Gnome Shell themes by plaidcounty. These themes are available in many different colors: blue, grey, green, orange, purple, pink, and red.

'The Humble Voxatron Debut' Adds 'The Binding of Isaac' and 'Blocks That Matter'

A new game, Voxatron made its debut via a new Humble Bundle and you are free to pay anything you want. However, Its just been 2 days since this bundle was launched and two new critically acclaimed games The Binding of Isaac and Blocks That Matter have also been added to the bundle.

Doom 3 Source Code Packaged and Tested, Almost Near Final Release

Two months back, John Carmack, Founder and Technical Director, id Software announced that soon Doom 3 code will be open sourced. Now he confirmed through a recent tweet that everything has been tested and packaged and source code release of Doom 3 can happen anytime now, its just awaiting final clearance from lawyers.