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Bungie's Other Sci-Fi Series Improved, Free

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:30:00 EST

Marathon, the classic FPS series that made Bungie kinda-famous before Halo made them really famous, has been modernised and brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century. You can get 'em on PC, Mac & Linux. For free. [Aleph One] More »

The Open Source GameGadget Wants to Be the iPod of Gaming

Mike Fahey — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:20:00 EST

Could a little-known company from the UK swoop in and change the way we play, create, and sell games forever. utilizing a device that looks like a super-sized Game Boy Micro? Probably not, but their heart is in the right place. More »

It's Total Voxel Carnage in the Latest Look at Voxatron, Going Alpha Soon

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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It's been a while since we looked at Voxatron, the Robotron-esque shoot 'em up with blocky, voxelated visuals. The good news? It still looks as sharp as the corner of a voxel. More »

Chasing Aurora Can be Your Origami Bird-Racing Game

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:40:00 EDT

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Confession: I was faking comprehension of Chasing Aurora when I saw it at the Penny Arcade Expo. I don't blame Clements Scot, the developer who talked me through the video demonstration you can see here. More »

Cobalt isn't a Minecraft Charity Case. It's Super Meat Halo.

Stephen Totilo — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:30:00 EDT

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I booked an appointment with the game studio Mojang at the Penny Arcade Expo so that I could chat with the company's star, Notch, about the next evolution of Minecraft. More »

Minecraft Creator Teams Up With Indie Dev On Inexplicable Game

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:00:00 EDT

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I'm not really sure what Cobalt is, but as of today the folks behind Minecraft are helping to make the game, so I'll assume it's going to be great and very, very different. More »

In our WikiLeaks, Cyber-Hacking Era, a Time Travel Video Game May Be a New Line of Defense

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT

I was already interested in Dr. Chris Hazard's complex time travel war video game when he mentioned the military was interested in it as well. More »

Indie Bundle Adds Five More Games if You Donate Five Bucks or More

Owen Good — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:30:00 EDT

The Humble Indie Bundle 3 has now added five more games, and still is being offered for the super-low price of "whatever you want to pay." Provided whatever you want to pay is more than the average donation, which is $4.96 as of now. More »

Water, Water Everywhere, so Let's Go Fight a War

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:30:00 EDT

If you've ever wanted to play a video game based on Kevin Costner's Waterworld, only without Kevin Costner being anywhere near it, you should check out upcoming strategy title Oil Rush. More »

And Yet it Moves and Four More Indie Games go Cheap for Charity

Sam Winstrom — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:30:00 EDT

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And Yet It Moves, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, Hammerfight and VVVVVV just went on sale...for however much you feel like paying. More »

A Game Called Achron and the Theory That Games Would be Better With Time Travel

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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In the first mission of the upcoming computer game that Chris Hazard, PhD, has been trying to make since 1999, our hero, a man named Holloway meets himself. More »

Fittingly, There Is Little Time Left to Join the Achron Beta

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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A couple of years ago, I saw an amazing demonstration of a real-time strategy game that involved time travel. More »

The World's Meanest Shooter Series Returns for a Third Game

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:30:00 EDT

Heavily scripted shooters that take place in glorified corridors are well and good for most, but some people like to kill things out in the open, and kill them with a single bullet. For them, there is ArmA series, and for them, a third game in the franchise is on its way. More »

Linux (Unofficially) Returns to the PlayStation 3

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:40:00 EDT

In many ways, it was Sony's 2010 decision to remove Linux compatibility from the PlayStation 3 that sowed the seeds for the current PSN downtime and data attacks. So there's poignancy to the news that this week Linux has returned to the system. More »

Charity Is Nice, But So Are Massive Indie Paychecks

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:40:00 EST

The Humble Indie Bundle is a project aimed at not only selling a ton of quality indie PC games, but raising money for charity as well. And it's doing a very good job. More »

Panasonic Realises Its MMO Gaming Handheld Was A Silly Idea

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:50:00 EST

Last year, Panasonic surprised the world with the unveiling of a rather unique gaming handheld. Which was one way of putting it. You could also say it looked a little stupid. Something Panasonic now agrees with. More »

You Can Now Install Your Own "Custom" PS3 Firmware

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:00:00 EST

Some tools released online overnight claim to allow the installation of "custom firmware" on a PlayStation 3. More »

Call Of Duty Guy Overpays For Five Games, Minecraft Guy Quadruples That

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:40:00 EST

It was impressive when Robert Bowling, creative strategist for Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward, paid $500 for a batch of indie games that only cost $85. Then Notch, maker of Minecraft stepped up, with $2000. More »

Pick Up Braid and Four Other Amazing Games For A Song

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:49:00 EST

Starting right now you can pick up Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans for the Mac, Windows or Linux for exactly whatever the hell you want to pay, and it's for a good cause. More »

Run Linux? You Can Play All These Games

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:30:00 EST

Want the flexibility of running Linux on your PC but still want to play games? This guide to just what you can actually play on the alternative operating system should help! More »

Hack Kinect, Win $2000

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EDT

DIY hardware champions adafruit industries want somebody to come up with a set of open source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect, so anyone can run the thing on all kinds of different computer systems. There's a reward. Of $2000. More »

Linux Could Be A Problem For MMO Handheld The Jungle

Brian Crecente — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Panasonic's recently unveiled portable massively multiplayer online gaming platform won't be a success, can't be a success if there are no games to play on it. More »

Minecraft Is Free Until It Gets Fixed

Owen Good — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Minecraft, the indie hit for PC whose popularity has gone meteoric of late, has found its servers overwhelmed. Playing the game isn't affected by the trouble, however. As such, its creator has declared it "free-to-play" until he can restore order. More »

Machinarium Maker Offers Amnesty To The 85% Of People Who Pirated Their Game

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:30:00 EDT

The people who made the beautiful adventure game Machinarium estimate that only about 5-15% of the people who played their game actually paid for it. They don't seem too pissed. In fact, they're offering those thieves a sweet deal. More »

Rage's E3 Screens Bring Ol' Blighty To The Wastelands

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Rage to me feels like one of those sneaky games. Like Arkham Asylum, or Red Dead, where you're mildly interested in it before it comes out, then when it's out, it blows you away. More »

Report Reckons Steam Coming To Linux, Too

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:00:00 EDT

If a report in Britain's The Telegraph is to be believed, then Valve's Steam service isn't happy just making the jump to the Mac, as it's now on its way to Linux operating systems as well. More »

The Surprising State Of Mac And Linux Gaming

David Rosen — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Do Mac users not care about video games? Would Linux gamers play more if they could? David Rosen, whose Wolfire Games is presenting a copy-protection-free/you-name-the-price Humble Indie Bundle of stellar computer games, is on the case. Computer game-makers, take note! More »

Why E.Coli Bacteria Is Better Than Your Computer

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Computers crash all the time, even when running Linux. Human beings do not. A Yale study compares the structure of the Linux operating system to E. Coli bacteria to help determine why you and I suffer so few system crashes. More »

Get Gish, World of Goo & More Cheap, Do Good Things

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:30:00 EDT

How much would you pay for a copy of World of Goo, Gish and three additional games that don't prominently feature black blobs dripping with indie cred? Thanks to the Humble Indie Bundle you pay exactly "whatever." More »

Report: Machinarium/Microsoft Deal Breaks Down Over Exclusive Issue [Updated]

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

The studio responsible for last year's indie adventure/puzzle hit Machinarium says six months of talks with Microsoft ended with no progress on bringing the Indie game to the Xbox 360, because Microsoft doesn't want to support games that aren't Microsoft exclusives. More »

PlayStation 3 Owner Gets A $100 Refund For Losing Linux

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:40:00 EDT

At least one PlayStation 3 owner has found the silver lining in Sony's decision to axe the option to install other operating systems like Linux to the console, obtaining a rather substantial refund from Amazon.com for his PS3 purchase. More »

Hacker Claims To Have Linux Working (Again) On PS3

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:40:00 EDT

On April 1, Sony removed one of the PlayStation 3's original features, the option to install an alternate operating system such as Linux, with its latest firmware (version 3.21). Today, one man claims to have reinstated that feature. More »

Hacker Working To Save PS3 Linux Support

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Next month, the PS3 will be ditching its Linux operating system support — something that the console has had since it launched in 2006. There must be a way to stop this, no? More »

PS3 Loses Linux Support

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Ever since it launched in 2006, one of the neater features of the PlayStation 3 has been its ability to run operating systems other than its own. Like Linux. Next month, however, the console will ditch that compatibility. More »

World Of Goo Birthday Sale Final Results: America Represent

Mike Fahey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT

2D Boy's pay-what-you-like sale on World of Goo has ended, with statistics showing that Brazilians are generous, PC gamers are cheap, and posting mid-point results is an excellent way to up your price averages. More »

World Of Goo Birthday Sale: The Results Are In

Mike Fahey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:20:00 EDT

2D Boy celebrated the World of Goo's birthday by allowing folks to pay whatever price they wanted for the PC version of the game, from a penny on up. Let's see how that worked out. More »

PS3 Slim: RIP Linux OS

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:40:00 EDT

The PS3 Slim is a good news story for Sony, as its cheaper price will allow the console to be more competitive in a market where it's currently sitting dead last. But it's not all good news. More »

World of Goo Arrives on Linux

Owen Good — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST

Linux gamers do in fact exist and, as promised by 2D Boy, they can now start playing acclaimed indie puzzler World of Goo. The developers have also talked about the challenge of Linux porting. More »

A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST

MacOS and Linux's install base is dwarfed by Windows, so in terms of which platform to develop for, that ends the argument right there. Right? Wrong, says Wolfire Games' Jeff Rosen. More »

Penny Arcade Adventures Continue Next Week

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:00 EDT

It's Penny Arcade Adventures news week! Yesterday we learned that On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One would be hitting the PlayStation 3 this week, and now Hothead announces that the Linux, Mac, PC, and Xbox Live Arcade versions of Episode 2 will be coming out next week! On Wednesday, October 29th, fans of the first game will be able to continue their adventure, with new difficulty settings, longer gameplay, and a cool-ass ending track from Canadian rock band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets in "Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know", which they recently performed live at PAX 2008. More »