Come Play This New Linux-Native Game With Us!

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Come Play This New Linux-Native Game With Us!

S2 Games may not be as well known as id Software or Epic Games, but what distinguishes them from most of the other game companies is that they actually support Linux. With S2 Games' Savage 2, for example they provide a Linux-native game client...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzM5Nw

[Therminator36]

I would like to request a beta key so I can try out this new game.
Thanks!

[dopehouse]

I would like to request a beta key, as I'm an expirience Linux Gamer. I have much time to test (holidays).

EDIT: And because I'm like Chuck Norris and eat bee's for breakfast!

[mo0n_sniper]

hi

I would like a beta key for the game because I haven't played many games that have a native linux client.

Most of the games I play on linux I play with wine and there are many issues.The games becomes unplayable with different wine versions or with driver versions(I have an Ati video card).

So maybe this could be a start for native linux games

[masch]

I would like to request a beta key, go go go!
We need to more games in linux!!!

Salu2...
masch...

[dextur]

I would like a beta key. I love RTS games but have a hard time finding any good ones for linux.

[d2kx]

(I do not need a key, I am in the beta program)

The NDA allows you to talk about the game, but not to post media.

Heroes of Newerth is based on the concept of DotA, but enhances it, has nicer graphics, more community features and is standalone. In the closed beta, they focus on the game in general, on the engine and the ports to Linux and Mac, while more new content not found within DotA will be added until release.

If you want to know more about DotA, read THIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DotA) article on Wikipedia. And again, it is only based on that concept, so ignore the screenshots from that article. The game looks *much* better.

[themike]

i'll be happy to try a (finally) new great game for my beloved linux

[falafelbar]

Always been a fan of S2 games, and Warcraft and DotA (although on wine) and it's nice to see they still choose to support out platform.

Would be most delighted to try it out if you could send an invite.

[Kano]

I have got a new cpu to test, so a nice game would not hurt ;) If you have got one key left i would test it.

[Xanikseo]

I would also like to have a beta key for the game please.

I would be happy to play any game native to Linux that is not part of the plethora of shootemups that I have :P =).

[koex]

S2 games is an amazing game company. Savage and Savage2 are great games, and free to play.

I want to try this new game. Please, give me a beta key.

[dante_2core]

I'd love to test the game too, playing DotA on wine kinda sucks, especially with Debian's new move with 32-bit libraries combined with NVIDIA proprietary drivers on 64-bit. And I enjoyed both Savage 1 and 2 a lot.

[Bob_Busters]

I'm currently jobless so i'v got loads of time to kill. can you please send me a beta key.

[Tigge]

Nice to see more games finally coming to GNU/Linux. I'm currently playing through the Penubra games I got at the sale and besides that I enjoy Sacred ported by LGP. Unigine also looks promising, and what about the Source engine (okay might not happen).

Hopefully this will continue. I'd also be delighted to try this out if there are any beta keys left.

[combuster]

Any news regarding linux gaming are good news :) I would like a beta key also, ty...

[heyyou_21]

i would love to try a native linux game.
Pls send me a beta key

[mklean]

Beta me, STAT! Thanks :D

[chocochobi]

I would like to request a beta key.

I am frecuently player of Savage2 and love it. I would like to see whats comming next. FROM MEXICO

[gQuigs]

Currently playing warzone 2100 and Starcraft (through wine). Warzone, btw, just had a new release and they now have the orginal videos for it.

I was also just wondering when the next release of an RTS game would be for Linux. Can it be now for me?

[Benni]

Hello,

I want to have a key too. I played Savage 2 and am looking forward to the next game from S2 Games.

[vinc]

It would be a pleasure for me to test (please read: to play) this new GNU/Linux Game and i would be happy to receive a beta key. I sadly remember the old times when gaming was impossibile for linux users.

Now things are much better and the news of a new upcoming linux game is a further step in the right direction! Hoping more will follow

[voidmage]

I'd like a beta key. I do all my gaming on Linux now and find that wine works well for most games I play, but I'm always looking out for native games. So far I play natively: UT2004, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, and Savage 2. Other than that, WoW, Diablo 2, Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Tribes 2, emulators, and Steam games all work great in wine, but I prefer native games because i get much better framerates and performance. I run 64-bit Ubuntu and am always looking out for things that run in native 64-bit. S2 does a great job about this, and I'd really like to test 64-bit compatibility.

[Max Spain]

I am very excited to hear that S2 is this eager to support its Linux user base. I own Savage and Savage 2 and they are both great games. I have played DotA on WC3 a long time ago and it is a GREAT game for LAN play. I would appreciate it if you would please give me a key. I will also be informing some of my other buddies who are gamers of this beta program.

[paulo.albuquerque]

I run 64 bit Ubuntu, and would absolutely love to test out this native game. I really don't play any commercial games nowadays, one of the mains reasons is lack of support of course.

Cheers for S2 Games!

[urandom]

I wouldn't mind obtaining a beta key. Though if I get it, I'll be playing on an xps 1330 laptop, so it might not be able to handle it (for too long). Playing Hedgewars results in massive slowdowns after a while, due to overheating (thanks Nvidia!), although my recently purchased Penumbra collection seems to be handled fine.

That being said, I haven't played DoTA, but I still remember playing that Warcraft III scenario (on wine, so it wasn't all that pleasant), where you command a bunch of heroes through an entire campaign, without having to build bases and such. That was pretty fun.

edit: I wonder if you would actually get close to 400 replies on this article.

[mst3k88]

Getting a quality RTS for linux would be the cat's pajamas! Can I get one of the beta keys? I am running an ATI card by the way.

[audi.rs4]

I love native Linux games. I have Doom 3, Prey, UT2004 and Enemy Territory. I hate messing with wine and trying to get something to run on system that is not designed to be run on that system.

I have tried a demo of S2 Savage 2 and it looked like a great game, I just didn't feel like getting into a long RPG game.

I love strategy games and I've never played one in Linux before so I'm excited to see the native Linux strategy game.

I would love to receive a key for the beta for this game.

Thanks.

[celettu]

Please yes. I love RTS games and my best option at the moment is to play Starcraft or Warcraft 3 in wine. A quality Linux native RTS would be incredible.

Edit: That means "Yes yes please send me a beta key!"

[K9Crunch]

Woohoo a warcraft III style DotA game but more advanced and I can play it natively on Ubuntu!

I'd love to have a key, thank you!

[muddymind]

key please :)

Honestly I'm not sure were, when and how linux gaming will be taken seriously. It's great to see companies like S2, id and others making great titles for linux but they are really a minority... It's hard and costly for the companies to target wide hardware range and at the same time different OS's. According to recent numbers only recently desktop linux usage reached 1% of the total market share... I hope this cenario changes quickly because I'm tired of dual-boot just because of gamming :P

One thing that really needs to appear are flexible, easy and powerfull frameworks to leaverage the work of dealing with portability. I know that there are great frameworks like OGRE and CS but I know from experience that they are no DX SDK by far.

Even little things like SMP are hardly perfect... Recently I worked with OpenMP and I must tell you that it's really hard to achieve the same efficiency when comparing to native hardcoded solutions...

Let's see how things evolve and maybe the current paradigm begins to change for better for the *nix world :D

[{}dif{}]

Would love a beta key! The less I have to rely on my dual-boot, the better. Not to mention, something based off DoTA = YAY! :)

[Macint]

Great news. Hope the extra work pays of for them. I also would like a beta-key. thanks!

[quintesse]

I'm not much of a RTS fan (having played the first C&C and Warcraft games, but not much more) but I'll do anything to help along Linux-based gaming. (That even means buying Linux games that I either already owned for Windows or that I wasn't going to play much anyway)

Luckily the future for graphics drivers seems bright, now if they would only do something about sound which most of the time seemd the most troublesome thing to get working with games!

So please, sign me up for a key :)

[NeoBrain]

It's definitely nice to see some companies supporting Linux, perhaps some day this OS will really get some attention ;)
I used to play DotA (under Wine) on Battle.net regularly some months ago (it's such a fun game once you get the grip and don't get powned all the time anymore), and I'd really love to get this experience natively on my Linux box. (that is, one more beta key for me please :D )

[chvan]

I would like to request a key for playing the game. I use linux since 2005, I'm software developer and I fully support people who develop games for linux :D

[dokers]

I would love to have a key. I've been using Ubuntu since 7.04 and would love to enjoy more gaming opportunities on it!

[kkrizka]

I am also interested in a key. I've been playing Savage2 for some time on my computer, and so I'm excited to try the new game by the company.

I wonder how it will perform on my Intel card (yes, the one with terrible performance)... Luckily I also have a Linux computer with an NVIDIA card, which so far has been good at handling any games I threw at it! (binary driver, of course)

[daveerickson]

I also would like a beta key.

I like playing PC games quite a bit. I am excited to see more coming to Linux. Hopefully we reach a "critical mass" point here soon! :)

[orph]

Hi guys, would be cool if you give me a key for this Linux game. -- Thanks.

[brandonedens]

A brand new Linux game? Horray!
This is economic activism!

I'd love to have a key.

Also, any news on whether or not this supports AMD64?

[pstevens]

Looking forward toward this quality native gaming experience. I'd love a beta key as well and can't wait to play.

*Edit: Much appreciated. Download commencing.

[d2kx]

A brand new Linux game? Horray!
This is economic activism!

I'd love to have a key.

Also, any news on whether or not this supports AMD64?

It comes with 32-bit and 64-bit binaries and uses multicore.

[andre.goddard]

I`d really appreciate getting the Beta key so I can try it on my laptop powered by NVIDIA 8400GT GPU. I have 2 Gb of RAM and run latest opensuse factory.

Thanks!

[mgc8]

I think the Linux users market-share is grossly underestimated, especially because of all the people dual-booting. I for one have several computers in the house, all of them with Linux and a few with Windows as well, how could that be correctly represented in on-line statistics?... Anyway, ever since Koules I've been looking for nice, playable and entertaining native games, and I'd love to give this one a try!

So I'll have me one of those keys, please!

Regards,
Mihnea

[MTGap]

I'd like a beta key please.

[blozek]

hello
i would like two beta keys please, my friend also like to play with it :)

*edit: THANKS! it was really fast :D:D

[Michael]

Everyone so far in this thread should now have a key in their private message inbox on the forums.

[simonau]

I would like a beta key please, I hope other companies are looking at this site to see the demand for linux gaming.

Thanks

[meteficha]

This game demonstrates that it's totally feasible to be a game maker and release for multiple platforms. I'd be thrilled to be part of this beta!

[NiBu]

I would love to have a beta key. Please give it to me :)

[ikt123]

I would appreciate a beta key thanks!

[Psypher]

I'd like to get a key as I'm a big fan of RTS and I'd love to see a Linux game that proves it doesn't matter what OS you've got to get great looking games.

Cheers

[n00ris]

It comes with 32-bit and 64-bit binaries and uses multicore.

I have an amd64 multicore with gentoo with ati - card...

Would be great to have an beta key to test the game on this system.

[uso_]

I'd like a beta key please.

It's so nice to get more native linux games. :)

[rexstuff]

It's interesting to see more and more 'real' games coming to the Linux platform. Most games on FLOSS platforms usually consist of those cheesey (yet sometimes oh so fun) puzzle and arcade games. Anyone else find Netwalk to be 150% addictive?

Oh, and could I have a key please?

[Andriod]

Hey, can I get one of those keys?

[juran4500]

I guess while I wait for UT3 I could try this beta. Please send me a key.

[Michael]

Latest batch of keys sent out... Those who have posted so far should have them. Keep the requests coming!

[sokkalf]

I'd love a key. :)

[Blinkiz]

Oh, dota type of game for Linux? I love it!

As Phoronix has reported, it does not exist an alternative for directx under Linux, making it harder for developers to create games under Linux. I hope this change. One thing is to start like this and then let developers of games create this alternative for directx. Maybe, maybe not..

Anyway, give me a key! :)

[bugmenot]

Hi,
would like to test it. Please send me a beta key too.

thank you

hooray for linux games :)

[Flynn]

I've got an Intel G45 box that I am testing all the latest git drivers and several distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Sabayon) on looking for stability and performance improvements. An up-to-date RTS game like HoN would be a nice addition to my selection of test applications.

[FunkyM]

Requesting a key as a developer, long time DotA player and Linux enthusiast. :)

[Taveira]

I would like to request a beta key so I can try out this new game.
Thanks!

[rkademaster]

I would appreciate a key. :D

[join3r]

Requesting a key also. thanks

[Michael]

More keys sent out.

[hikingpete]

I was pretty excited back when UT2k4 was on the shelves. I'd just got a new system and was running 64bit Linux. I was really excited that not only did UT2k4 come with a Linux installer on the disk, it also worked on 64bit. I've been quite disappointed since then, particularly with UT3. I'd love to see another title available for Linux, and am itching to give this game a test drive.

[Erebos]

I´d like to request a beta key too

Thx in advance

[Cuppa-Chino]

I too would like a beta key for this game, thank you.

[zerodivide]

I enjoyed the Savage games and would love a chance to get a beta key for Heroes of Newerth.

BTW, I just finished the PenumbraCollection, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good Horror game for linux.

[jinesh]

I would really like to try out this game, I have been waiting for so long. Pleaseee give me the key...

[Jansen]

I would like to get a beta-key. I hate it to boot win for playing games.

[AdrenalineJunky]

i'd like to try the game out.

[Pfanne]

1 key for me too, please.
im a great dota fan and like to try out new games, that have similar gameplay (even bought demigod xD)...

[Michael]

More keys sent.

[Greywhind]

I really enjoy playing DotA, but I don't like rebooting constantly. I think any native Linux game with decent quality is a great thing, because each one brings Linux more ammunition in what I believe to be the strongest Windows-held desktop computer use sector (gamers).

To that end, I have been developing the cross-platform FOSS game Leges Motus (http://legesmotus.cs.brown.edu), and I play Urban Terror and Savage 2 on Linux.

I would certainly enjoy having a beta key for this game - S2 does some good stuff, and I want to support their efforts.

[skoruppa]

Currently, any "professional" games for Linux are sought. We can see this even on Phoronix forums - 8 pages of requests for the key. It's some kind impressive.


I, just like the rest of the crowd, politely please for the opportunity to participate in beta testing :)

[Stolle]

I also would like to get a beta key for this game. Thank you!

[fabioamd87]

I Recenlty bought penumbra collection because I belive that Linux gamers need to make voice.

ps: would like a key

[sandain]

I'd love to try out a new game, especially since it has a native client! I like Wine and all, but I'm much happier to see companies finally doing the right thing.

This is the first I've heard of this game, but if it is decent I'd be willing to shell out a little cash when it goes gold. In the mean time, hopefully I can help make sure it goes gold without any bugs...

Jason

[andjons]

One key please. Thank you very much!

[Sungbob]

I too would like a beta key please.

[silvermind]

If i could get a key that would be sweet.

[adibudeen]

The game looks really awesome. I have been looking for more native Linux games. I would like a key too, please. :)

[grenadecx]

I would love a beta key.

It's great they have a client for Linux. I play Savage 2 a lot, it's a fun game, one of the best Linux games a long side with the Penumbra series, Quake and Unreal Tournament.

At least S2 Games provides what they promise, nothing I can say about Epic Games.

I actually signed up on the forum right now, even if I read at Phoronix every day. Maybe it's time to get more active at the nice community :)

[moloh]

One key for me and one key for my friend please.

[thepanu]

Would like to get beta key as well.

I try to get into habit of supporting linux game developers. Just bought Penumbra collection and planning continuing with further purchases.

[nezticle]

I would like a key, always enjoy testing new games for linux.

[Saoul]

I would love a beta-key! When linux now have over 1% (1,2) of the market share its time to show the publishers where the money is. S2 games and their old and upcoming titles could be that good example which could get the stone rolling.

[JRaspass]

I registered for an account just to post this, that's how much I would like to try this game :P

But in all seriousness, I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows and having to reboot just to play the odd game when fancy strikes is a real PITA. Having a nice new shiny game to keep me on the Ubuntu side would be nice :)

So if you've got a spare key, chuck it this way and I would be very grateful!

[ldesnogu]

I'd like to get a key too.

I'm tired seeing Wine crashing on all games that are not in their most wanted list. I'm tired paying MS more than a hundred euros to get a gaming OS. I'm tired having to wait months or years to see a game ported.

Basically I want to support S2 effort :)

[Cougar81]

I'd like to try this game.

Finally I have a reason to boot up my desktop machine. (My T43 doesn't quite meet the minimum requirements, the desktop has a faster processor and GF7600. And yes it has Linux too :).

[Michael]

Should be caught up with sent keys now... If anyone needs multiple keys for their friends, you need to make a post for each key request, due to the way I am sending out the keys.

[subninja]

Hi, can I have a key (or two)? I missed out on the facebook beta, want to test this badboy out =)

[WhiteDwarf]

It comes with 32-bit and 64-bit binaries and uses multicore.

Small correction: The engine is single threaded. (I don't need a key)

[silvermind]

if I could get a key for my friend also that would be sexy. Linux gaming FTW!

Nice to see some developers actually supporting it.

[whizse]

Any idea about system requirements? Are Intel GPUs out of the question? ;)

[EarthMind]

I want a beta key too :)