Ubuntu Vibes

Much Awaited Linux Game 'Faster Than Light' Released

Friday, September 14, 2012 | No comments |

Faster Than Light (FTL) is a spaceship simulation and roguelike game. The player have to manage a spaceship, survive and explore vast galaxies.

Faster Than Light, Games, Roguelike, RPG, Simulation, Space Combat, Space Exploration, Space Simulation

'Euro Truck Simulator 2' will have a Native Linux Version

Thursday, September 13, 2012 | No comments |

Good news for fans of truck simulator games. Euro Truck Simulator 2 will have a native Linux version.

3D Games, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Games, Simulation, Steam, Steam Greenlight, Truck Simulator

Linux Platform Option Appears on Steam Website

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | No comments |

Linux platform has made its first appearance on Steam website. Few days back, Valve added a zombie Tux to Left4Dead 2 website announcing that it well head to Linux soon and now a Linux platform filter has been added to Steam Greenlight.

Games, Steam, Valve

Arakion, A 3D First Person RPG for Linux

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | No comments |

Arakion is a first person, group based 3D role playing game that includes extensive customization, town building and adventuring in a story driven world.

3D Games, Arakion, Crowd Funding, First Person, First Person Dungeon Crawlers, First Person RPG, Games, Kickstarter, RPG

Torque 3D Game Engine to be Open Sourced

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | No comments |

Cross platform Torque 3D game engine will be open sourced soon under MIT license. In a blog post, GarageGames announced that complete Torque 3D 1.2 source code, along with the four starting templates, will be made available in a GitHub repository.

Game Engines, Games, Open Source, Open Source Game Engines, Torque 3D Engine

More Unity Engine Games are Coming to Linux

Saturday, September 08, 2012 | No comments |

With Unity Technologies finally adding Linux publishing support in Unity 4.0 beta, game developers can now compile and run their games on Linux.

3D Games, Blackreef Pirates, Folk Tale, Forced, FPS, Kinetic Void, Receiver, RPG, Unity3D Engine, Unity3D Games

0 A.D. Alpha 11 'Kronos' Released

Saturday, September 08, 2012 | No comments |

Popular free and open source real time strategy game 0 A.D. has received yet another Alpha release. Codenamed 'Kronos', this release brings many new features.

0 A.D., 3D Games, Games, Open Source Games, Real Time Strategy, RTS

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Released, Overview and Screenshots

Friday, September 07, 2012 | No comments |

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 has been released with new features. One of the major changes is complete removal of Unity2D. Unity3D is now capable of of running on old systems that do not support hardware acceleration.