Diablo Like Action RPG Game 'Flare' Now Available in Ubuntu Software Center [12.04]

Flare (Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine) is a simple game engine built to handle a very specific kind of game: single-player 2D action RPGs. Flare is not a reimplementation of an existing game or engine. It is a tribute to and exploration of the action RPG genre.

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CraftStudio Game Maker Reaches Funding Goal, Linux Version Coming Soon

CraftStudio is a multiplayer platform to create games and interactive movies. You can form your own team, set your server and collaborate in real time to make your game.

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Help Free and Open Source Project 'Open Octave' and Win a Computer [i7, 24GB RAM, 3TB Hard Drive]

Update 2: The campaign is back online. You can donate to Indiegogo page but all the giveaways are taken back because of some legal issues.

Update 1: The campaign has been suspended because of some confusion and miscommunication. More details here.

Open Octave Studio is a free and open source music production software and digital audio workstation (DAW).

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Nekro, New Randomly Generated Action Game for Linux [More Kickstarter]

After a few success stories, more and more developers are coming up with Kickstarter campaigns to fund their game development.

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'The Banner Saga' RPG will have a Linux Version

The Banner Saga is a new role playing and turn based strategy game. The game is being developed by a new Indie studio Stoic, formed by three ex BioWare developers.

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How to Install GIMP 2.8 RC1 in Ubuntu

Update: GIMP 2.8 PPA is now available. Check out instructions for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 11.10.

GIMP 2.8 will bring major new features including single-window mode, layer groups and on-canvas text editing.

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Shadowrun Returns Raises $500k, Linux Version Planned

Update 2: Linux version is now confirmed, for real this time.

Update 1: In an update posted just few hours back, Shadowrun devs have announced that they won't support Linux. If you backed the project solely because of Linux support, cancel your pledge.

Kickstarter is doing lots of good to Linux gaming as more and more developers are adding Linux support.

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Ubuntu 12.04 Gets New Default and Community Wallpapers

New wallpapers package has been uploaded to Ubuntu 12.04 repositories and you will soon get them as an update.

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Orion GTK3 and Gnome Shell Elegance Themes Now Support Gnome 3.4 [Ubuntu 12.04]

Orion is a modern light theme for Gnome 3 based on the Unico engine. It supports Gnome Shell, Unity, XFCE and Openbox and is compatible with the latest GTK 3.4. A GTK 2.0 theme using Murrine engine is also included.

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Audio Recorder Updated with GTK3 and Precise Support

Audio Recorder is an amazing tool for Linux that allows you to record your favourite music and audio to a file. It can record audio from your system's sound card, microphones, browsers, webcams & more. Put simply, if it plays out of your loudspeakers you can record it. This can also record your Skype-calls automatically.

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