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If paying a pittance for the latest Humbe Indie Bundle wasn't tempting enough, indie platformer 'Nikki and the Robots' is also available to buy for whatever price you deem its worth. The cute retro-styled game packs in a lot of fun, an amazing soundtrack, and plenty of challenge.
We've barely had chance to digest the last Humble event, but there's already another: the 6th Humble Indie Bundle. But the good news for gamers this time around is that, unlike recent collections, this latest bundle is packed full of six new-to-Linux titles.
Later this month the bods behind the 500,000 player strong MMORPG Ryzom will be making a drastic change that will impact much of their user base: a character reset.
A new game - 'Sacred Gold', described as a 'classic RPG' - has been added to the Ubuntu Software Center. Its arrival marks the beginning of a 'new relationship' between Linux Game Publishing and Canonical, which the company says will 'bring the greatest Linux ports of your favourite games to Ubuntu'.
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of activity surrounding Unity 3D (the game engine, not the desktop). Most prominent amongst this is the beta release of Unity 4 - the next iteration of the games development tool - which was announced at the annual Unite conference last week. Unity 4 is notable for a number of reasons, but the one most relevant to a site like this is that it brings Linux support.
Does piecing together a picture of yourself sound like a fun way to waste some time? Yes? Then check out Picsaw - a Jigsaw style game for Ubuntu.
Valve's Gabe Newell last week called Windows 8 a ‘catastrophe for everyone in the PC space’. But it seems that Newell is not a lone voice in this: American video game developers Bilzzard - known for the World of Warcraft series - have also chimed in with their opinion.
Point-and-click adventure game 'The Journey Down: Chapter One' is now half-price in the Ubuntu Software Center.
I am rubbish at racing games. Pole position in awfulness. I can just about manage a middling existence on Mario Kart, but that's about it. So quite how I came to not only be addicted to a proper sci-fi themed racing game, but become rather good at it is still a mystery to me. The game? CoreBreach.
If you follow this site then you'll know that I am slightly addicted to playing various time-wasting games on my Android devices. Procrastination shouldn't be the preserve of my phone or tablet; I'd like to waste enjoy a spare 10 minutes playing them on my desktop. Having previously highlighted Boggle-style word game Tanglet, I now turn to something more sparkly...
I'm currently addicted to various Boggle-style word games available via the Android market. Needing to 'get a fix' when on Ubuntu at my desk I headed into the Ubuntu Software Centre to see if I could find something similar.
Hurry folks - if you're reading this before 10pm UK time (UTC+1 to other folk) you still have chance to blag a free copy of 'arcade-style dungeon-crawler' 'Cardinal Quest' from the awesome folks at Gameolith.