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Eschalon is a turn-based RPG (role-playing game), which tries to reproduce the feeling of classic RPG games. It’s closed-source, available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, and it comes with a demo too. The full version is available as a download for $19.95.

The currently available version is Eschalon Book I, and you can download the demo from the official website. To start the game, uncompress the tarball and run it as ./Eschalon\ Book\ I\ Demo from a terminal or just double-click the Eschalon Book I Demo executable.

The game uses OpenGL and a native resolution of 800×600, which is also the only resolution available. It can be run in either windowed mode or fullscreen.

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Croesus was the last king of ancient Lydia and was well known for his wealth and richness. Maybe this was the reason for Isotx to call their game content manager CrosuS. It offers a big library of indie games, mods and maps free for download and an easy way to keep the content up to date. So what would it be without the current version of World of Padman standalone game in the library? Something would be missing definitely.

As we realized that an outdated version of World of Padman was available via CrosuS we decided to update the content immediate to version 1.2 and to include ENTE’s PadPack. So if you are hungry for a clean and perfect installment of WoP ready for playing online, check out CrosuS. All the WoP modders and mapmakers out there should note that CrosuS offers an easy way to distribute your stuff to the community.

A new Development release is ready. This is the second release in the rather new 1.7.x tree. Since you don’t read what I write here anyway, better have a look at this forum thread if you want to learn something about the new 1.7.1 release.
As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache…
At the moment the Windows package and the MacOSX packages are ready. You can find them at the download page. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page, too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

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.

Wesnoth 1.6.3 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.6 branch. Translations were updated, bugs were fixed and stability was improved. Feel free to celebrate the new release with us in this forum thread.
As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache…
At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX as well as the Debian and Gentoo packages are ready. You can find them at the download page. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page, too. If you find a bug, please report it.

Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux

Operating Systems. It is inspired by Valve’s Steam software for Windows.

Djl makes it possible (via a repository) to download, install and remove a reasonable number

of games placed into a distrobution independent subdirectory (but without dealing with any

dependencies). It can also execute ,desktop shortcuts located in another directory.

Actually Djl have more that 105 game in his repository, games like Alien Arena, Blood Frontier……..,

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Do you like fast paced deathmatch? How about rich, colorful, arcadelike atmospheres? How about…retro Sci Fi? Then you’re going to love what Alien Arena 2008 has in store for you! This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique.

Alien Arena is a fast paced, furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive. With a large built-in player base, it’s never hard to find a good match going on, at any hour of the day. The community is friendly, as well as prolific. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have been created by community members to add on to the game experience. The CRX engine that powers Alien Arena has received very signifigant upgrades in the last six months, resulting
not only in stunning new visuals, but vastly increased performance as well.

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VDrift 2009-06-15 has been released for Windows and Linux (source) UPDATE: and OSX. Download links are available on the main http://vdrift.net website. There’s a full list of changes below the cut, but to summarize the most noticeable ones:

* cars collide with each other in Single Race mode now
* AI is capable of much faster driving now, so added a difficulty slider
* off-road tire spin sound support (thanks to slowdan!)
* support for H-gate shifters
* improved performance
* lots of huge bugs fixed, especially car physics bugs
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Going back to 2007 we have been talking about Valve Software and Linux games after they were hiring software engineers to port Windows-based games to the Linux platform. Late last year we also got some confirmation of a Steam Linux client through some Linux shared libraries that had mistakenly shipped with the Left 4 Dead game client along with some other information we received through the grapevine. Well, now there may be another sign of impending Linux support by Valve Software. In fact, it’s listed right on the Valve Software web-site!
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We are 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!
Cedega 7.3 Has Even More:

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.

• 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 . . .

The Cedega Gaming Service is so much more than access to great games on your favourite Linux distribution – It’s a membership in a growing community of thousands of Linux users with a passion for gaming. With Membership you gain official support for Cedega Certified games from our top tier Support Team – real people who respond to our Members’ needs every day. And last (but certainly not least) it’s access to our community tools and forums, searchable online Games Database, and promotional offers. Cedega 7.3 and other Cedega Gaming Service benefits are only available to Members.

If you’re a Trial Member or new to Cedega upgrade your Membership now to access the full power of Cedega. Memberships are available now in 6-month and 12-month packages, designed with maximum value in mind. Cedega 7.2 and all of the benefits that come with it are available only to Members.