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The Alan Wake series has not quite received the attention it deserves. Think of your favorite thriller movie... Alan Wake can absolutely compete with the theatrical settings and interactive elements.
It plays just like a movie, but instead you feel like its yourself stuck in this movie battling light and dark.



I won't give away any spoilers because the game will speak for its-self with the thrills and scares.
I had a chance to try Alan Wake in Linux and it runs decent enough to deserve a guide.

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

Note: This guide applies to the GOG.com version of Alan Wake. Other 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
Wine...

Support this Leadwerks Kickstarter campaign to help push game development in native Linux.

Leadwerks Kickstarter

Leadwerks is a visual tool for building any kind of 3D game, including dungeon crawlers, first-person shooters, and side-scrollers.

Click to expand...

Features:

• AAA Graphics
• Steam integration
• Steam Workshop
• Export to Steam
• C++ Programming
• Visual Scripting
• Constructive Solid Geometry

If you love Sci-fi over-the-shoulder shooters with an immersive story, role playing elements, amazing voice acting, epic themes, squad based action, weapon customization and stunning graphics... Mass Effect is your game!

On top of all that, it runs GREAT in Linux!
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Mass Effect in PlayOnLinux.



Note: This guide applies to the Retail version only. Downloaded and Steam 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
Wine: 1.5.25

Installing Wine with PlayOnLinux

Installing different versions of Wine is necessary for running different games because one Wine doesn't work for them all. PlayOnLinux makes it possible to download, install and test your game...

Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion was a state-of-the-art benchmark for gaming before Skyrim. Consisting of a massive open-world full of dungeons, castles, ruins, mountains, swamps, forests and countless enemies. Anyone could easily invest 200+ hours just exploring Tamriel, leveling up and completing quests. There is always somewhere new to explore, someone new to talk to and some new minion to slay.



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

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Elder Scrolls: IV Oblivion. 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...

Wolfenstein has been a long-running franchise starting with the original Castle Wolfenstein in 1981 to Wolfenstein 3D (1992) as one of the first 3 dimensional games. Then later in 2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstein continued the story by revisiting the original concept but with more efficient graphics and stunning visuals... but that wasn't enough. In 2009 Ravensoft developed yet another Wolfenstein with modern graphical capabilities opening a whole new world in the Wolfenstein franchise.

Of course I wanted to see if it run in Linux...



Follow this step-by-step Guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Wolfenstein in PlayOnLinux.

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

Tips & Specs

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

Who doesn't like the Unreal franchise?

• First person shooter
• Sci-fi
• Multi-player/Cooperative
• Space Vehicles
• Create your own character
• Lots of free mods & total conversions

Unreal Tournament 3 really isn't a name that glorifies what the Unreal engine really can do. It should be Unreal State-of-the-Art!
The UT3 engine is so advanced that many huge successful games like Borderlands, Gears of War and many more famous games were created in its wake!

To this day the Unreal engine and UDK still do no port games to Linux natively, but we can still play our favorite games with PlayOnLinux anyways!



Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3, other Steam or Downloaded versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs

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

Torchlight II not only surpasses all expectations from the original Torchlight, it even rivals Diablo 3 and includes a multi-player cooperative campaign. The world is bigger, there are more bossess, minions, weapons, armors, classes, pet, locations, secrets... on and on and on...



There is actually more of everything! You will not be disappointed. In fact, it runs beautifully in PlayOnLinux too

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

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Torchlight II. 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...

Every review of Far Cry will tell you that it was under-rated and way before its time. Featuring Super High quality textures, bump mapping, soft shadows, huge maps, advanced A.I. and sandbox game-play. Honestly a lot of modern games have been inspired by Far Cry elements.
Lets see how it runs in the Linux environment...

Follow this step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Far Cry with PlayOnLinux.



Note: This guide applies to the retail version of Far Cry. Other downloaded versions (GOG, Steam) 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
Wine: 1.4.1

Copying CD ROM data

The original Retail version has 5 CD ROMs and I've never had much success with multiple-disk installations. So lets copy all of the...

There are already a lot of Dungeons & Dragons games out there. From board games to card games and video games. The Lore of D&D is nothing new to most of us...
But I am excited to see Neverwinter appear as a Free game with the ability to use everything available in the game without having to spend a penny. The graphics are beautiful, the the world is huge, fight along side friends, customize your character and all the rest of the expected RPG qualities.



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

Note: This guide applies to the downloadable version of Neverwinter. Steam and Arc versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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

Note: March...

Fable: The Lost Chapters, is a Hero Adventure with all the nuts-n-bolts of an action RPG game. Melee weapons, ranged weapons and magical attacks are all part of your arsenal as you fight bandits, mages, animals, monsters and bosses. There is also customization of your characters appearance.

Naturally I wanted to see if it runs on Linux in the PlayOnLinux environment.
Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to configure, install and optimize your game with PlayOnLinux.



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

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.1.9
Wine: 1.4

Copying CD files

Create a new folder on your desktop
Name it: Fable

Enter your Fable Disk 1

Select all the files on Fable Disk 1
Copy to your new Fable folder...

Call of Duty is a well known war franchise in settings from WWII to modern day. When Call of Duty 2 arrived it was packed with a bunch of new features like directx 9 graphics and the ability to play through different WWII scenarios from different countries.

Running Call of Duty 2 in Linux was pretty easy and ran really well.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Call of Duty in PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the retail version only. Downloaded and Steam versions may require additional steps.



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

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.1.9
Wine: 1.4

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Search for "Call of Duty 2"
Select "Call of Duty 2"
Click Install


Wine Installing...

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...

But...
The app hasn't launched yet and it isn't going to for a few more months.

And...
The 50-person team raised the entire $25 million on a prototype and a beta test at Stanford University. There is something just *wrong* about that, to this observer. Must have been a helluva sales pitch.

Story here:
http://www.businessinsider.com/lucas-duplan-raises-25-million-seed-round-for-clinkle-2013-6

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...