Linux Gaming Thread

VDrift
Game Type: Racing
License: GPL

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. It's powered by the excellent Vamos physics engine. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2. It is currently available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows (Cygwin).

Features
This game is in the early stages of development but is already very playable. Currently the game features:

* 12 Tracks: Brands Hatch, Detroit, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Monaco, Monza, Nürburgring Nordschleife, Road Atlanta, Ruudskogen, Spa Francorchamps, Weekend Drive, Zandvoort
* 19 Cars: AX2, CO, CS, FE, FF, G4, GT, M3, M7, MC, MI, RG, SB, T73, TC, TL, XG, XM, XS
* Simple networked multiplayer mode
* Very realistic physics
* Mouse/joystick/keyboard driven menus
* Fully modeled tracks, scenery and terrain
* Several different camera modes
* Basic replay system with Skip Forward/Skip Backward
* Day/night weather cycle
* Fully customizable controls
* Joystick and keyboard input filtering
* Brake lights

 

The Ubuntu Document Storage Facility has a small list of games known to work in Ubuntu

 

Savage: The Battle for Newerth
Game Type: Multiplayer FPS/RTS/RPG
License: Freeware

As of September 1st, 2006, s2games released their gem, Savage: The Battle for Newerth, as freeware for Linux, Windows and Mac users. Though, don't go onto their web site in hopes of finding a link for your obscure platform of choice, for the Windows installer is only what you will find. To obtain a copy for Linux (same files should work for *BSD), head on over to the links provided below. And after you have downloaded all three of the files, head on over to this thread, in the RTS forums located here at Linux-gamers.net for more in-depth information on how to work around a couple problems, and also how to install the game to get that blank slate of a server list filled with some good games.

Note: You can use all zeros in your registration key, no servers will check it

 

Alien Arena 2007
Game Type: Multiplayer FPS
License: GPL v2

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 2007 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.

 

Finity Fight II » Kingdoms of Heaven
Game Type: Strategy / Space shooter
License: GPL v2

Thirty years after the great collapse of Europe, you are the greatest buccaneer captain to be seen in the 21st century, the infamamous Black Dog Sebastien. Your latest rivals, the Viker’s Brigade, is challenging your claim on the region. Travel from outpost to outpost, gaining support by destroying your rivals or by trading amongst your allies.

You start with two outposts, but there are nine others. Follow the lane markers to find new outposts. Dock with stations by pressing the dock key, which is TAB by default.

 

Savage 2 - A Tortured Soul



Savage is an RTS/FPS/RPG hybrid. The setting is a post-apocalyptic world where the Legion of Man and the Beast Horde battle for supremacy. There are two teams in a game of Savage2, both of which will expand to capture resources, kill enemy players and NPCs, and build up their bases to unlock new technology or magic to try to crush the enemy base. Victory is achieved in Savage 2 when you destroy the enemy command center. Part of what makes Savage 2 unique is the role of "commander" - a unit who plays from the RTS perspective and helps organize his team's efforts to defeat the enemy. Commanders can build structures, buff allies, debuff enemies and most importantly play as master tactician with a great view of the battlefield. A lot has been done to ensure that the commander is not overpowered or able to ruin a game for his team.

Savage 2 Now FREE -- This is not a demo with time restrictions or spawn time increases. This is the full version of the game absolutely FREE. Clients available for Linux, Mac, and Windows.