venerdì 11 luglio 2014

Wine 1.7.22 released

The Wine development release 1.7.22 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for Unicode bracketing pairs.
  - Improved Internet cookie support.
  - OS X CoreAudio driver uses AUHAL instead of AudioQueue.
  - Initial support for geographical information.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.22.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.22.tar.bz2 
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.22 

lunedì 7 luglio 2014

Unreal Engine 4 Linux demos

https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/welcome-to-unreal-engine-4

The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games.
In 2014, the Unreal Engine 4 has been released and it's available for every developer for $19 a month.
Some demos have been released (on Windows), and now they are also available on Linux!

Here are some screenshots of this awesome and powerful game engine working on Xubuntu 14.04 64-bit with a GeForce GTX 550Ti:

- Stylized:



- Realistic Rendering:



- Sci-Fi Hallway:



- Reflections Subway:



- Mobile Temple:



- Effects Cave:



- Elemental:



- Blueprint Examples:



Amazing, huh?
If you want to give it a try yourself, here's the link to this demos:

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Linux_Demos

venerdì 4 luglio 2014

Wine 1.7.21 released

The Wine development release 1.7.21 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for critical sections in the C runtime.
  - Unicode data updated to Unicode 7.0.
  - Support for interlaced PNG encoding.
  - Initial stub for the Packager library.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.21.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.21.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.21 

The Humble Eye Candy Weekly Bundle

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Welcome back to another Humble Weekly Bundle, this time it features 7 games (4 of them available on Linux) and it's called "Eye Candy"... Let's see why!
As always, pay what you want (a minimum of $1 for the Steam keys) and pay more than the average to get more games!
Here are the games included:

- 140: 140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.



- Ballpoint Universe: Infinite: Ballpoint Universe - Infinite is a shoot-em-up adventure game featuring artwork entirely drawn in ballpoint pen. Explore immaculate worlds, discover the secrets of the doodles, and customize your Ink-Ship for battle!



And, if you pay more than the average (now $5.86) you also get:

- Secrets of Rætikon + Artbook: Secrets of Rætikon is an action-focused exploration game with an open world. Fly through the savage mountains of the Alps and collect parts of ancient machines. The world is rich in interactivity. Trees, rocks, plants and animals – everything is physics based and can be grabbed and dragged around.



- Antichamber: Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.



Remember: you also get all the soundtracks!
Pay what you want, help charity, get all the soundtracks and some of the greatest indie games!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick, you still have 6 days!