Saturday, July 01, 2006

Like a Phoenix!

No, Free Gamer has not met a premature demise! I am merely temporarily really, really busy.



Still, there were a few notable releases in the last week. ScummVM hit version 0.9.0 which brings GUI enhancements and support for [at least] two [new] games.



Legends jumped 0.0.0.1 versions to 0.4.1.40, and you should see the changelog. I've already ranted about discussed versioning debacles issues.



Warsow bumped out another release and really seems to be picking up momentum both as a game and a community. They have started up a development blog. This is a great idea and it would be cool for every major Free game to have one; then we can have Free Game Planet!



I spotted yet another 3d engine on Freshmeat: Nelit2. Information is sparse but the screenshots show off some fancy features. It has a long way to go to compete with the heavyweights of this division like OGRE and Crystal Space.



I also saw Carworld as well. It looks like it could be a very cool driving simulator if the author got a bit more motivation (or a bit of help).



Speaking of driving games, VDrift looks to be gearing up for another release. Improved GUI, car handling, graphics, and more cars and tracks are part of what seems to be emerging as the leading Free Software driving game.



There's great news for Mario fans with updates to Mega Mario and Secret Maryo Chronicles.



Finally, a couple of updates sourced from the Game Tome - SEAR and Runescape have been updated. The former is a major component of the ambitious Worldforge project and the latter a popular Java-based MMORPG.



I hope I didn't miss much and I'm in too much of a rush to plagiarise organise screenshots. Next week normal service should be resumed, as well as the forthcoming layout update that will build on the current list. Enjoy your games in the meantime!

4 comments:

Charlie said...

Well it [is] not but, despite the emphasis on Free Software, I am covering some of the better freeware titles out there so it got a mention.

Anonymous said...

About mmorpg planeshift releas soon the next version....
And also the projet that i work on (vegastrike) that we making up for the next relese (v0.4.4)...
and we hoope that this relese come out this sumer...
And i think that this release a warm up is for the oger relead (v0.5.0)...

Anonymous said...

You say you have been busy... linking it to new star soccer... have you got it running on linux? 'coz i tried with demo but wasnt able with wine... :S

Charlie said...

That was a naughty link really, since New Star Soccer is not free nor Free.

I run it on a Windows laptop so haven't tried it in WINE, so I can't help there.

It's very addictive even if the gameplay is very flawed.

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