Brian

Bioshock was one of the first games to use the Art Deco architecture and themes from the 20's, also included many elements from their classic games System Shock 1 & 2. Even today Bioshock can compete graphically with modern games and engines.

But will it run in Linux with all the same graphical capabilities and a playable frame rate?

Follow this step-by-step guide on installing and configuring Bioshock to run in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the downloaded version of Bioshock. Retail and Steam versions may require additional steps.



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


Launch PlayOnLinux


Click the Install button


Search for Bioshock
Click Install


Welcome
Click Next
...

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Guide

I've always been a fan of First Person Shooters with an emphasis on military operations. The original Ghost Recon was truly original because it combined First Person Shooter with Real-Time Strategy. You can command your teams to move, attack, flank, hold and defend all the while you are aiming down the scope at enemies.

GRAW entered the gaming industry right after all of the new lighting and physics effects were implemented due to the advances in video processing. Though it ran slow on modest computers, GRAW was extremely beautiful: reflections, highlights and amazing smoke & explosion effects.
It also includes almost all the features of the original Ghost Recon along with a bunch of new features because its based in the future.

I didn't have any problems running it in Mint 13 and was actually quite pleased with the graphical results and frame rate performance.

This guide will walk you step-by-step installing and configuring GRAW to...

Darkest of Days is a first person shooter taking a risk at combining multiple settings in one package. You will find your character in the middle of several historical battles all the while maintaining historical accuracy and sci-fi elements.

Running Darkest of Days in PlayOnLinux was simple and ran extremely well.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Darkest of Days.

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version only. Steam or downloaded versions may require additional steps.



Tips & Specs

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

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
Wine: 1.5.25

Installing Wine with PlayOnLinux

Installing different versions of Wine is necessary for running different games because one...

Since many of us can't afford the $60 price tag of Battlefield 4, but we can still try Battlefield 2 in Linux for almost nothing. Specially if you already own it.

I will walk you through this Step-by-Step guide on how to install and configure Battlefield 2 in order to run it with the optimum settings like you could in Windows.





Tips & Specs:

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

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.7.31

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.31
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko...

Dead Space is one of the scariest and most gruesome PC Game I've encountered! It contains all of the Sci-Fi elements and nostalgia from popular movies of the same genre.

Dead Space also brings some new Role Playing elements like upgrading your weapons, suit and physical abilities. But its really all about dismembering those half-human half-alien monstrosities!

Follow this guide for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure Dead Space in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This tutorial specifically applies to the retail DVD version. Steam versions and downloaded versions may require additional steps.




Setting Up PlayOnLinux

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

Mint 13 32-bit
PlayOnLinux ver: 4.0.14
Default Wine...

Fallout 3 is an immersive Post Apocalyptic Role Playing Game where humanity struggles to survive in a radioactive, mutated wasteland of the United States. Following suite with Bethseda's previous Elder Scrolls titles, they explore a Sci-Fi genre and upgrade the same engine used in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion while retaining our favorite Role Playing aspects to keep us playing for 100's of hours.

Naturally I wanted to see if Fallout 3 would run in Linux. Follow my guide and lets see if it will run for you as well...



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

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Fallout 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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

Mint 16 32-bit...

Needing some Nostalgic games back in your life? When was the last time you played Doom II, Hexen, Heretic or Warcraft?

DOS Box is a PC emulator which allows MS-DOS games and programs to be run under other operating systems. It was designed with PC gaming in mind, but should also run other DOS programs.

This step-by-step guide leads you through installation of DOSBox and Blood in Linux.



Installation

Open your Distro's Package Manager, I'm using Linux Mint.

Search for DOSBox (double-click to select it).


Click Install.


You will be prompted with a password to install it.


When the installation is done a shortcut is created in your...

Far Cry 2 had big shoes to fill due to its successor. Nothing better than topping Far Cry with its own franchise!

Far Cry 2 stepped-up every element with huge open maps for exploration, beautifully animated landscapes, intensely graphic battles, state-of-the-art physics, realistic consuming fire and an immersive story with believable characters.

Lets see how Far Cry 2 stands up in Linux!
I will walk you through a step-by-step guide to install, configure and optimize Far Cry 2 with PlayOnLinux...

Note: This tutorial applies to the Retail version only. Steam & GOG.com versions may require different steps.



PlayOnLinux Setup

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

Mint 13 32-bit
PlayOnLinux ver: 4.0.14
Default Wine ver: 1.5.16

Launch PlayOnLinux.
Click...

I grew up watching the Ghostbusters Franchise and have been waiting many years for a video game based off the movie. If you haven't played it yet... you have to! Its amazing and extremely fun!

Not only is the game written and voice acted by the same characters in the movie, it is full of amazing New York environments with all the ghosts you can imagine!

But this is not a review, instead I'm going to walk you through installing and configuring Ghostbusters in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the retail version. Steam and downloaded versions may have additional steps.



Tips & Specs

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

Mint 13 32-bit
PlayOnLinux ver: 4.0.14
Wine version: 1.5.16 or 1.8

Installing Wine versions...

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade is another Warhammer 40,000 franchise release in the real-time strategy genre. This expansion doesn't require the original Dawn of War game, so you can play skirmishes and the whole campaign without purchasing the original.

Features:

• Two new playable races - Tau and Necron
• Brand new Single Player Campaign experience
• Playable by all seven races
• Non-linear game-play - attack any part of the planet at any time
• Non-linear story from each race's perspective

Follow this step-by-step guide on how to install Dawn of War: Dark Crusade in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This tutorial applies to the retail version only. Steam versions and download versions may require extra steps



Tips & Specs

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl is a long anticipated First Person Shooter with Role Playing elements in a Sci-Fi Post Nuclear zone in Russia.

With Graphical capabilities beyond its time S.T.A.L.K.E.R had lasted the test-of-time. Even today its still graphically beautiful with plenty of eye-candy even for mediocre hardware.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow Of Chernobyl in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow Of Chernobyl. 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: 1.8.3

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"...

There are still a lot of favorite Steam games that won't run in Linux. So, I thought it would be nice to have a step-by-step guide on how to install WinSteam with PlayOnLinux

I found it to be fairly easy to install and restore my backed up games from Windows. I am dual-booting Mint & Windows 7 so I can easily access my Steam games from the Windows 7 partition. This saved me a lot of time because I didn't have to download each game through Steam. Instead I did a quick copy & paste to migrate my games after Steam was installed.



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 16 32-bit
PlayOnLinux ver: 4.2.2
Wine version: 1.6.2

Installing Wine

Click Tools
Select...

Assassin's Creed is a very unique game that combines the action and sandbox elements to create an immersive story-line in the time period of the Crusades. Not only can you climb any structure and are free to strategize how to make your kill, Assassin's Creed also gives you the freedom to save people in distress and roam massive ancient cities of Israel.





Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Assassin's Creed in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Assassin's Creed. 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: 4.2.5
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"...

Here is an example of the future of gaming!
Epic Citadel is a browser based benchmark with beautiful graphics and detail.
Walk around a stunning castle in First Person and take in all the eye candy while you stroll down streets, over a country-side and through a church.

Epic Citadel

The Unreal engine utilizes Java and HTML5 to communincate with your video card and I see a lot of possibilities with browser-based gaming.

Obviously we will still need a good video card, but as tablets can render these amazing visuals it makes me believe one day my desktop will be obsolete.

Note: Make sure to use Firefox in Linux because Chromium isn't supporting Unreal yet.

0AD is a FREE open-source time-period strategy game.
The graphics are timeless and beautiful!

The Alpha 13 Megadha

Its Free, so you have not excuse but to try it out!
By the way, 0 is a zero, so its Zero A.D.

Ubuntu installation:

0 A.D. Provided Packages
Alternatively, 0 A.D. packages are available from 0 A.D. PPA:

Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter

(If you get errors about unmet dependencies, check that you have the Universe repository enabled in/etc/apt/sources.list.)

There are a lot of indie games that either die or take too many years until completion...
Its rare for us to see an indie came take off like Minecraft and thrill millions.

One of those few is Hard Reset

Hard Reset re-uses elements from our favorite action games and packs them together with stunning detailed graphics.
The icing is a pleasing physics engine that allows destruction of almost everything!
Gun through action packed and energetic as you blast through robotic minions in a Blade Runner setting.
Ugrade your weapons and armor...

And yes, it runs great in PlayOnLinux!
What else could you want?

Running With Rifles is a cell-shaded action game where you and your friends can battle in towns, trenches, and forests.

Running With Rifles
Linux Demo

Features:

• Windows and Linux supported
• 24/7 servers in Europe and USA supporting 30+ players
• 5x 1 km^2 maps with total of 45 bases
• 1x PvP (no AI) map with 7 bases (coming back soon)
• hundreds of simultaneous AI soldiers
• open world: it’s up to you how you play, the war goes on without you
• not your usual “I’m the hero”-shooter: one bullet kills more often than not
• use cover, crouch and prone, move with others to increase your odds to stay alive
• emergent AI that tries hard: they too use cover and rooftops, attempt outflanking
• gain experience to get promotions to lead your own squad, unlock abilities
• a variety of weapons, and thus, roles...

If you have heard of Blender then you probably know that it is a free opensource 3D modelling program that also has a game engine.
Dead Cyborg is probably the most graphically beautiful game I have seen with the Blender Game engine.
Episode 1 & 2 are totally FREE and there is a Linux release!

Dead Cyborg is a first person sci-fi puzzle game. No weapons, just explore and solve puzzles.

Dead Cyborg

If you havn't played Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot, then you havn't experienced a martial arts extravaganza!
Your character is a Rabbit with the ability to jump very high and very long distances. His speciality? Kung Fu!
Sneak up on your opponents or utilize a frontal combo attack... Jump off ledges or run up a vertical wall...

The graphics may be dated but the action is a lot of fun... wait, this isn't about Lugaru, instead I'm introducing Wolfire's new game in development:

Overgrowth

Overgrowth is based on the original Lugaru but upgraded on every aspect of the game!
High Definition textures
Bump mapping & soft shadows
Martial Arts fighting with hand-to-hand and weapons combat
Huge maps for with detailed environments
Extremely realistic A.I.
and more...

Watch their development videos to see what is already completed.

This Linux tutorial is meant to offer tips on how to install & run PC Games in Linux Mint. I cannot guarantee these steps will work in other distributions. If your game has no native Linux installation binaries, Wine is your next best bet for the game to work. I obviously cannot guarantee the game to work in Wine either.

I also recommend learning the basics of Terminal commands. I know its silly to learn commands for gaming when Windows doesn't require any command line knowledge, but since Linux is totally free and most of the basic apps are also free, its worth a little bit of your time so you can successfully install/run/diagnose your game.

Here are some commands that may help you with PC games on Linux:

Note: when a successful command is run you won't get any evidence that it ran properly in the Terminal. So if you don't get an error, it successfully did exactly what you told it to do.

Important Note:
Any time you type a command, you will need to press ENTER...