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5 dollars to support Linux gaming

By Stefano Forenza on July 17, 2009

Penumbra screenshot

For this week end only, you can purchase the complete trilogy by Penumbra for just 5 dollars.

  • Overture
  • Black Plague
  • Requiem

All the games have been ported to Linux (so no Wine or anything) and feature a -- reportedly -- advanced physic engine. You can read a review of the Windows version here.

So, if you’re a gamer and want to support the cause of Linux gaming, other than having 3 more high level games to play on your Linux workstation, consider buying a copy. It’s 5 dollars / 3.78 euros.

More info and source here.

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6 responses to “5 dollars to support Linux gaming”

  1. Daniel Holm
    Daniel Holm
    July 17, 2009 at 11:06 pm |

    Are you sure that they have been ported TO GNU/Linux, and not just build for all major plattforms?

    Anyways, I bough it earlier today, and am a bit prouder being a Swede.

    Cheers.

  2. MrCorey
    MrCorey
    July 18, 2009 at 5:00 am |

    I played the Black Plague demo for a bit today. This game looks pretty good. It seems to run well on my XP2500+ system quite well, so you don’t need a brand new computer to play it, either (it still has to be beefy, though).

  3. amd-linux
    amd-linux
    July 18, 2009 at 9:15 am |

    I bought the games, too, to spport them. The games run without problems on Jaunty with Ati 9850 graphic.

    I also just tried to made this public on our local (German) Ubuntu-Forums, but my entry got deleted without comment. So I guess supporting Linux games is not a very high priority for the Ubuntu officials. Or Helios has been banned from Ubuntu forums cause I linked to his blog entry :-)

  4. Vadim P.
    Vadim P.
    July 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm |

    Fine, buying. Though I’m all too pre-occupied with http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ atm.

  5. Antonio Rojilla
    Antonio Rojilla
    July 18, 2009 at 7:08 pm |

    Well, I wouldn’t mind to buy these games for that price, but I can’t even upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 thanks to ATI / fglrx… :(

  6. Brett
    Brett
    July 21, 2009 at 4:41 pm |

    Wonderful, thank you! I just purchased the game and it’s downloading.

    Please keep us informed of more inexpensive and wonderful 3D Linux games!

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