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Discover magical embers in the caves, ruins and dungeons below the town of Torchlight. Loot enemies, crates and chests to upgrade your arsenal and armor. Customize your character by leveling up, enchanting and utilizing these embers. Fight hordes of creatures and minions with your pet side-kick.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Torchlight. 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: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine...

Bastion is a wonderfully narrated action role-playing game. The narrator describes everything your character is doing in order to fill the story with life and yet can be ironic or funny as well. Shoot arrows, smash everything with a massive hammer, slice-n-dice with swords, use granades, pets and many other weapons in your upgrade-able arsenal.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOL version of Bastion. 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

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the...

Discover Neo Paris in 2048 when memories are digitized as a consumer product. Play as Nillin and hack people's memories, free-run and fight authorities with custom combos and discover her memories.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Remember Me. 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
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.51-staging

Wine Installation

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

Click...

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is a series of Action RPG's where you play as Monster Hunters who rid the world of Evil Scientists and their abominations. This time you have help in the form of a Ghost Companion named Katrina. Elimination evil minions, loot, upgrade character stats, perks and abilities.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Van Helsing 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 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.51-staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version...

MMORPG game Saga of Lucimia is now going to have a Linux build on Sept 19th
All pre-order people will get to test the current build in Linux and Mac

https://sagaoflucimia.com/mac-linux-builds-and-beyond/

Guild Wars 2 will satisfy any gamer who wants multi-player, roleplaying, looting, responsive storyline, crafting, pets, character development and of course... Combat!



Guild Wars 2 includes a dynamic event system replaces traditional questing, utilising the ripple effect to allow players to approach quests in different ways as part of a persistent world. Also of note is the combat system, which aims to be more dynamic than its predecessor by promoting synergy between professions and using the environment as a weapon, as well as reducing the complexity of the Magic-style skill system of the original game.

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

Note: This guide applies to the Free-To-Play version of Guild Wars 2 downloaded from their website. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and...

Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is the second installment of a long series of Role Playing First Person Shooters by Bethseda Softworks. Released in 1996, Daggerfall boasted a lot of features new to FPS games:

• Open World - 62K Square Miles
• 750,000 Interactice NPC's
• Looting System
• Inventory/Equipment System
• Spell Creation
• Political System
• Melee and Ranged combat

Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Free DOS version of Daggerfall

Tips & Specs:

Mint 17 64-bit
DOSbox 0.74

Download Daggerfall

Go to: http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/
Click "download the full game"
Agree to the license
Save DFInstall.zip to your desktop


Install DOSbox from your Software Installer
Create a folder called "dosgames" in your home...

Dishonored is a stealth FPS where you play as the Emperess's bodyguard who was framed for her murder. Escaping from prison you have become an assassin in search for justice!

• Perform clever melee assassinations
• Kill at a distance with guns, crossbows, and other gadets
• Teleport from shadow to shadow
• Possess creatures and travel un-noticed

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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Dishonored. 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...

Space Trader is a simple trading/action first person shooter where you travel from planet to planet trading goods and hunting down criminals. Interact with NCP's and discover which goods will provide the most profit accept missions to take out criminals. Every opportunity will increase your persons value and profit.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Space Trader. 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
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.49-staging...

Dungeon Siege III is an Action RPG where you play as the last Legionnaire who will save the people of Ehb. Focusing on story, loot and decision-making dialog, you will hack-n-slash through linear levels with amazing skills and magical abilities.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Dungeon Siege III. 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
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.49-staging

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions...

Champions Online is a free-to-play MMORPG in a marvel-like universe where you can develop your character into a super hero to save the people in Millennium City, Canadian wastes, Qliphotic and Vibora Bay. Choose your own super powers and level up your hero by elminiating forces of evil and destroy super villains, monsters, gangsters, aliens and secret sinister organizations.



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

Note: This guide applies to the direct downloaded version of Champions Online. Arc and Steam 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: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.47staging

Wine Installation

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AutoDesk released a new Game Engine Stingray

3D game engine and real-time rendering software
Whether you’re a developer creating 3D games or a design professional creating real-time visualizations, the Stingray engine helps you produce visually stunning 3D experiences.

http://www.autodesk.com/products/stingray/overview

Tower57 is the love child of Alien Breed and The Chaos Engine, a fast paced action / arcade game with lots of insane weapons and challenging enemies.

The core features we are focusing on right now are:

• 16-bit style pixel art
• interactive / destructible environments
• an online coop mode designed as a core feature rather than an afterthought
• engine designed to promote emergent gameplay
• cross platform Mac / Windows / Linux

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/514621648/tower-57

Spiral Knights is a free-to-play MMO RPG with a strong emphasis on cooperative game-play. Imagine Torchlight mixed with linear dungeon rogue-like maps, encountering many fantasy enemies like ghosts, blobs, zombies, foxes who drop miscellaneous currency and power-ups. Upgrade weapons, armor and abilities to overcome a variety of bosses.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Spiral Knights in Linux

Note: This guide applies to the Java version of Spiral Knights.

Tips & Specs:

Mint 17 64-bit
Java 1.7.0_79

Go to www.spiralknights.com
Click "Play Now!"


Don't bother playing in the browser
Click the "click here" at the bottom to download the game


Save spiral-install.bin to your desktop


Double-click spiral-install.bin
Click "Make executable and run"...

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a team-based FPS much like the Battlefield series. Conquer maps by taking bases in many new locations like Mygeeto, Utapau, Naboo, Hoth, Mustafar, Yavin, the Jedi Temple and the Death Star. Play as 5 different classes and even earn a chance to play as a Jedi hero or a Sith Lord.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Retail (CD ROM) version of Battlefront 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 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.46

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.46...

Numen Contest of Heroes is an indie fantasy action RPG based in Greek Mythology. Begin your adventure as a girl or boy and work your way up to hero status by killing huge minions, solving quests, leveling up and looting.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Numen: Contest of Heroes in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the DRM Free Desura version of Numen: Contest of Heroes. This installation does not require the Desura client.

Tips & Specs:

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

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging...

The original Ghost Recon is the first tactical first person shooter where you can move your team in real-time as you track terrorist movement and rescue the hostages. With the expansion packs installed you have dozens of maps, equipment, classes and weapons. Play in team with AI support in singleplayer or cooperative with friends.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Ghost Recon. 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: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version...

Halo Combat Evolved is the first installment of the Halo series developed by Gearbox and Bungie. Defend earth as Master Chief against an alien race called Covenant. Utilize an arsenal of weapons including alien guns and vehicles. Experience intense battles in many different environments from Earth to Covenant spaceships.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Halo Combat Evolved. 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: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

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Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine...

Beyond Divinity is an epic sequel to the Divinity franchise with some interesting twists. Control two characters who are souls are bound by a sadistic spell. Fight as an evil Deathknight and a human. Level up, loot, solve puzzles, train new skills, explore, discover alchemy and much more...



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Beyond Divinity. 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: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable...

Enter an epic story in the Jade Empire as a marshal-arts student becomes a master. Choose your own side through tons of dialog and level up your characters abilities as you combat with Marshal Styles, Magic Styles, Weapon Styles, Transformation Styles and more.



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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Jade Empire. 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: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.42staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.42staging
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and...