Brian

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology hold equal sway, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike. A place of ancient runes and steamworks, of magic and machines, of sorcery and science.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Arcanum in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Arcanum. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
...

Star Wars Republic Commando is a single-player squad based action game where you play as one of the Republic clones. Lead your 4 soldier squad through alien territories covering each others backs and maneuvering in attack formations to achieve the best strategy of survival.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Star Wars Republic Commando in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Star Wars Republic Commando. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
Select it
Click...

You wake up on a mysterious island with a few survivors. Craft to survive, eat to survive, sleep to survive... oh and fight through hordes of zombies to survive.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing How To Survive in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of How To Survive. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.

Click Tools
Select...

Runes of Magic is an online MMORPG much like World of Warcraft. Play as a human, elf or dwarf, complete quests, loot, learn trades, craft and explore. Oh and... did I say it was free-to-play? Cause it is...



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Runes of Magic in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Game Forge version of Runes Of Magic. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading...

The First Templar is a cooperative action RPG where you will investigate a grand conspiracy within the Order of the Templar Knights while searching for the Holy Grail. Level up skills, select multiple characters in real-time combat, discover sets of armor and weapons and ultimately plow through Templars and Saracens. Explore Castles, Forest, Arabian cities, Monastery's and more...



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The First Templar in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of The First Templar. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual...

Take on the role of a Ghost Warrior, an elite sniper in a highly trained special ops unit, whose unique skills in the art of stalking, target detection, surveillance and shooting accuracy will determine mission success.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Sniper: Ghost Warrior in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Sniper: Ghost Warrior. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"...

Borderlands is a First Person Shooter RPG. Play as one of the 4 vault hunter classes in a comical epic story as you seek fortunes on the planet Pandora. Utilizing literraly unlimited variations of weapons as your arsenal, you can cooperatively solve quests and explore the planet while slaying minions and factions.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Borderlands in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Borderlands

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Note: Wine...

Installing and Updating to the newest Nvidia driver has always been a frustration for me. When I looked up step-by-step tutorials they included a lot of Terminal steps where one missed step can cause your system to be completely unusable.

Mint 17.3 has a simple way to update drivers with only a few clicks

Launch Mint Update Manager
Click Edit
Click Software sources



Click PPA's button on the left side
Click "Add a new PPA..."



Paste this Graphics Drivers PPA:
Click OK



Read up on this PPA notes
Click OK



Click "Update the cache" on the top right



Updating will include the new Graphics Drivers repository in your updates



Close Update Manager

Launch Driver Manager



Driver Manager will...

Zeno Clash 2 is a unique first person brawler with RPG elements melded together with a surreal world and a peculiar story. None of that is really important because you are going to have a blast pounding people with combo's, uppercuts, kicks, throws and weapons.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Zeno Clash 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Zeno Clash 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions...

Prototype is an open-world action sandbox game where you play as Alex Mercer, a shape shifter who's abilities come in many forms like claws, blades, super jump, sprint, climbing walls and many more. Battle against zombies, monsters, military soldiers and mutated creatures as you explore Mathattan rooftops, skyscrapers and crowded streets.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Prototype in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Prototype. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10...

Play as young female inquisitor plotting between a faction of Mages and a cult. Decide your morality, your actions have consequences and lead to six different endings. Heretic Kingdoms has a simple combat system, large world to explore and an engaging story by Chris Bateman (Discorld Noir, Ghost Master)



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Heretic Kingdoms in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Heretic Kingdoms. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it...

In Risen 2 you work for the inquisition but need to secrectly join pirates to find the source of the titans. Engage in quests, loot, train, barter and obliterate all kinds of seafearing creatures. Explore the beautiful world of Risen and make your own decisions to solve any quest to unlock new skills and paths.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Risen 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Risen 2. Other versions may require additional steps

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the...

Deus Ex is a first person stealth RPG that takes place in 2052. Play as an anti-terrorist agent and take down terrorism first hand from the inside. Delevop your characters skills, augmentations, weapons and loot.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Deus Ex GOTY in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Deus Ex GOTY. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine...

Ghost Master is a real-time strategy game where you manage your crew of Ghosts and scare the begeezee's out of sorority girls, red-neck families, fraternaty boys and many other victims. Customize your ghosts's powers to create spine-tingling effects and terrorize them to death.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Ghost Master in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Ghost Master. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.9
Wine: 1.7.51-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to...

Can you survive New Vegas after post apocalyptic war-ridden Washington? Are there mutated creatures in the desert? What brutal factions have risen since the war? Can you still gamble on the strip? New Vegas continues the Fallout survival story with all the epic features of Fallout 3 and much more...



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Fallout: New Vegas in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Fallout: New Vegas. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8-staging...

You are the Chosen One sent to find GECK (Garden of Eden Creation Kit) during a drought in 2241. Equipped with only a jumpsuit and PIPBoy 2000 you scour an open world in survival and turn based combat in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Fallout 2 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Fallout 2. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next...

Create your own family in The Sims 3 and micro-manage everything from their daily tasks, clothes they wear, house they live in to parties, careers and marriage. Anything can happen to your family and everything will. Design each characters look, personality and age in a life simulation and social simulation.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing The Sims 3 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Origin version of The Sims 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it...

Dark Souls is well known for the XBox success because of the unique combat style and visual quality. This is no hack-n-slash game! Your progress is rewarded only by knowing your enemy and knowing when to attack. Select from several classes and play in a dark world of demons, dragons, insanity and consume as many souls as possible.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Dark Souls in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17 64-bit...

Diablo 3 is the long awaited successor to Diablo 2. We all waited 12 years to see what Blizzard Entertainment would conjure up to renew the franchise. It was well worth the wait! Return to the town of Tristram with new classes, weapons, loot and beautiful graphics.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Diablo 3 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Battle.net version of Diablo 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.0

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right...

World of Warcraft needs no introduction!
Choose from multiple races and multiple classes and begin your endless journey in the biggest most popular MMORPG in the world.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing World of Warcraft in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Battle.net version of World of Warcraft

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko...