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No Time To Explain is a platformer game about Time Travel, Big Jetpack Guns, Giant Enemy Crabs and Ribs in People's Eyes. You are taken on a wild adventure of time paradoxes, things that make no sense and more things that make less sense. The game went through a Kickstarter funding project which raised more than $ 26K for the developers though the actual target was only $ 7K. So there was already a huge interest in the game even before its release.

Open Source and Cross Platform flight simulator game FlightGear has reached version 2.4 after being in development for 6 months bringing in many impressive new features and fixes.

A new version for Tomahawk Social Media Player has been released. This version brings improved stability as well as lots of UI polish to the application. Tomahawk adds social elements to your media player as you can connect to your own other machines and friends via Jabber, Google Chat and Twitter. This release also introduces a new 'Listen Along' feature which allows you to directly play a track that your friend is currently listening.

Unity Interface has just received a massive overhaul in Ubuntu 11.10 and the main dash menu looks better than ever. Application access and discovery has improved greatly. Two main lenses in Unity launcher, Applications and Files Lenses have been removed and are now integrated into the dash only. A new Music Lens has also been introduced for quickly searching and browsing your favorite artists. The Ubuntu Button on top left corner has been removed and a new big Ubuntu orb on the launcher now activates the main dash menu. Active blur option for the dash is turned on by default now giving it a really sleek and polished look. Application title, window controls and app menu on top panel now show all the way to the left. There are still two more Betas to come so the interface will be polished more overtime as it is quite slow and there are still many rough edges.

Ubuntu Software Center is getting a complete makeover in its GTK3 avatar and first tech preview of this whole new look landed today in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. Being just a tech preview as of now, the current Software Center is still there by default. The new interface features a carousel at top for banners and featured items. Software categories have been moved over to the left with New and Top Rated apps section at the center of the main home page. Many sub-categories have their own top rated section now. The current sidebar in Ubuntu Software has been removed completely and a new new toolbar with drop down categories have been added at the top, giving a much cleaner look.

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 3 has been released and is now available for download. This release features Linux Kernel 3.0 final, Thunderbird 6, Firefox 6 and New Gwibber with improved design. Comipz, Unity and Unity 2D has been updated and Unity 2D is now fully compatible with GTK3. Both Unity and Unity 2D share same settings and Unity 2D have now better accessibility support.

Link-Dead is a side-view multiplayer only combat game placed in a post-nuclear war setting. You can pick one of two teams. One is an advanced elite warrior faction calling themselves the Ubermen. They walk in full body armor and possess futuristic guns that can be modded with a range of gun attachments. Ubermen's goal is to hunt Mutants which are a race of post-war people adapted for living underground. They don't have any advanced technology but use guerrilla tactics like building improvised bombs with laser tripwires and using predator-like camouflage to hide.

Desura Linux Client development is on going on a really fast rate. In last couple of posts we reported initial working screenshots of Desura Linux client but now more of these have been posted by lead developer Keith Poole. Desura Linux client can be distributed as a small binary file at initial release, which may be compressed, or distributed in some sort of signed package (yet to be decided). Users can place this binary anywhere on their system that have write permissions, and when run, it will build the Desura folder around itself and download any remaining components respecting Linux FSH. Also all the games can be installed into a 'games' folder under the Desura folder to simplify installations, updates, patches, user configs etc.

Altitude is a 2D side-scrolling airplane shooter game created by Erik Measure and Karl Sabo, the founders of Nimbly Games. The game is a fierce contest of fighter planes, battling for supremacy of the skies in a fast paced combat that is way more fun than a flight simulator. It is a game of steely nerves, hair-trigger reflexes and brilliant tactical thinking. There are five unique planes to choose from and an online community that will provide you with hours of entertainment.

Red Eclipse is a Free and Open Source game, built on Cube Engine 2 using SDL and OpenGL. The game is a single-player and multi-player first-person shooter, built as a total conversion of Cube Engine 2, with focus toward balanced gameplay, custom maps, and agile, action oriented gameplay.

0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It is a historical war and economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The project involves state-of-the-art 3D graphics, detailed artwork, sound, and a flexible and powerful custom-built game engine. The game has been in development by Wildfire Games , a group of volunteer, hobbyist game developers, since 2001. The code and data are available under the GPL license, and the art, sound and documentation are available under CC-BY-SA.

Here is a list of all PPAs for different Firefox and Thunderbird Channels which you can add to your sources list and always have up to date packages. PPA instructions for Stable, Beta and Aurora channels will upgrade your existing Firefox/Thunderbird installation while instructions for Nightly channel will install a new daily build trunk version side by side to your existing Firefox/Thunderbird installation.

Gameolith, a web based Linux game store has been launched with 5 indie games. The store aims to provide an easy way to get your favorite commercial Linux games with bundled DRM. Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora packages and tarballs will be made available for these games.

One of the most popular and award winning board game Memoir '44 is now available as an online computer game. Ranked 50 by Board Game Geek, The digital adaptation of the game was long awaited by the fans and now hundreds of players can play this game online from a dedicated Linux client.

Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Alpha 2 has been released. This release sees many parts being upgraded to Gnome 3.1.2 stack but not all. Ubuntu 11.10 comes with Unity as default session and Unity 2D as fallback mode with Gnome Shell and Classic Gnome both installable from repositories.

Fans of Nethack, UnNetHack and Slash'Em can play these games in isometric graphical interface on Linux, thanks to open source project Vulture. Developed by Dark Art Studios, Vulture provides a mouse-driven interface that enhances the visuals, audio and accessibility of the game, yet retains all the original gameplay and game features. The latest version of Vulture was released in April.

Developers of action game Garshasp : The Monster Slayer are working on a Linux port. The game is inspired by Prince of Persia series and is based on Ogre3D engine. Garshasp is based on ancient Persian mythology bringing to life the epic battles of the mythological hero, Garshasp. You play as Garshasp himself, the strongest man in Persian Mythology, in the ancient lands against the evil monsters and in a journey to revenge and reclaim the legendary mace of your ancestors which is stolen by the Deevs. The main mechanics of the game revolve around melee combat, hack 'n' slash gameplay, platforming and exploration. The game is developed by Dead Mage and Fanafzar Game Studios and is in development since 2006. Windows version has already been released but soon we will see it on Linux as well.

Unknown Horizons is an open source real-time economy simulation game with strategy elements. The game is presented in an isometric 2D view. Your aim is to build colonies, collect taxes and use strategic trade policies and diplomacy to maintain a balanced economy. If you have played Settlers and Anno, you will be in familiar territory.

Dead Cyborg, a new donation based episodic science fiction adventure is coming soon to Linux. The game is based on Blender game engine and is made by one person Endre Barath, who has done all the coding, designing and written the story as well. Apart from the game itself, the donation model also looks interesting. This model is not new but more and more games are adopting alternative pricing/revenue strategy, may be after after success of Humble Indie Bundle and the weekly alpha model adopted by Wolfire Games. Also such models in themselves act as a promotion strategy otherwise many good freeware games fade just because of lack of promotion.

Bridge construction set (also referred as Pontifex II) is now available in available in Ubuntu Software Center under the purchase section. The game which tests your bridge constructions skills has received great reviews from critics and users and has won many awards. Released back in 2002 and developed by Chronic Logic, Bridge Construction Set is about designing and building bridges and then stress testing them to see how these creations hold up under pressure. When test vehicles pass over these bridges and make it safely across you know you've succeeded. If they plummet into the river you know you need to go back to the drawing board. So, you must build a bridge that doesn't break in any condition, although breaking and plunging a train into the watery depths can be half the fun.