It's hot outside, meaning you all want to stay in and play games right? GOG have you covered with their summer sale.
We've once again teamed up with GOG with our own special summer partner page, where I've personally hand-picked some Linux games that are now on sale that I think you might be interested in. We may even be doing another giveaway with GOG later in the week, so stay tuned for that!
If you would rather ignore my picks and head right on over to see all their Linux games on sale, click here. There's a good few hundred Linux games on sale, so you're likely to find something interesting.
Also, Xenonauts is currently going for free for 48 hours, well worth a look if you're a fan of XCOM-like strategy games. You can also bag a copy of Sunless Sea once you spend a small amount too.
Finally, it might be worth taking a look at GOG Connect again to see if you can bring over any more games from Steam to get a copy on GOG free too—handy! Looks like a few good titles going right now like Prison Architect, FTL, Hotline Miami 2 and more.
Before anyone asks, there's no update on GOG Galaxy.
Anno 1701 A.D.
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deus Ex GOTY Edition
Dragon Age: Origins
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition Deluxe
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
FEAR Platinum
FEAR 2: Project Origin + Reborn
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
GUN
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Mafia
Mafia II Director's Cut
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
MDK
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest
Mirror's Edge
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions
Risen
Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition
Risen 3: Titan Lords - Complete Edition
The Saboteur
Saints Row 2
Sam & Max Save the World
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
SWAT 4 Gold Edition
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Tales from the Borderlands
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
:)
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Edit 2: More games added to the sale
Edit 3: Updated again
Last edited by adamhm on 11 June 2018 at 2:28 pm UTC
Quoting: adamhmFallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
God damnit, we've been having issues getting fallout 3 to run stable in wine for a few days now. If this works well I wish I had found this before fiddling with it on my own...
Quoting: adamhmEdit: Using GOL affiliate links nowThat's really kind of you :)
Quoting: adamhmAs usual, older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made
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As usual, your work rocks!
Quoting: GuestQuoting: adamhmAs usual, older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made
How reliable are these Wine-wrapped games? I've never bought a Wine-wrapped game before, so I don't know what's involved, or how compatible they are, or how much setup I have to do.
I would consider buying some of the older ones that have no chance of coming to Linux (but I won't buy anything that may have a native port coming).
Any info is appreciated.
These games are NOT Wine wrapped by default. These are scripts that contains certain Wineprefixes for certain games.
So ; if you buy them you would end up buying a Windows game , not a Wine wrapped game by default.
Last edited by Cyril on 4 June 2018 at 8:02 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestHow reliable are these Wine-wrapped games? I've never bought a Wine-wrapped game before, so I don't know what's involved, or how compatible they are, or how much setup I have to do.
I try to make them as easy to use & as much like playing a native game as possible. As long as you have the dependencies installed it's simply a case of putting the files in one place & running the build script to assemble the wrapper, then once that's done the resulting wrapper can be treated much like a native game - simply move it to wherever you want it & run the start script to play.
Quoting: GuestI would consider buying some of the older ones that have no chance of coming to Linux (but I won't buy anything that may have a native port coming).
None of them are likely to come to Linux officially; I don't buy any games for Wine until they're old/discounted enough that an official Linux release is unlikely, and I strongly recommend that others do the same - save the high/full price purchases for Linux titles in order to encourage more official Linux releases.
Quoting: GuestThanks, I'll keep that in mind. Perhaps I'll get a cheap one, and if it works out I'll consider more.
Feel free to ask if you need help with any of them :)
Quoting: adamhmAs usual, older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers for:
Anno 1701 A.D.
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Deus Ex GOTY Edition
Dragon Age: Origins
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition Deluxe
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition
FEAR Platinum
FEAR 2: Project Origin + Reborn
GUN
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 3: Contracts
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest
Mirror's Edge
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions
Risen
Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition
Risen 3: Titan Lords - Complete Edition
The Saboteur
Saints Row 2
Sam & Max Save the World
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
STALKER: Clear Sky
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
SWAT 4 Gold Edition
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
System Shock 2
Tales from the Borderlands
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
:)
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Really quick question does the saboteur work with a controller from your script, 3rd person shooters are not that much fun on mouse and keyboard for me.
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Really quick question does the saboteur work with a controller from your script, 3rd person shooters are not that much fun on mouse and keyboard for me.
I've never tried before, but I quickly checked with an X360 controller just now and the game didn't recognise it. It might be possible to get it working with some tweaking but it's not something I have any experience with as I almost exclusively use kb+m.
Quoting: adamhmQuoting: Whitewolfe80Really quick question does the saboteur work with a controller from your script, 3rd person shooters are not that much fun on mouse and keyboard for me.
I've never tried before, but I quickly checked with an X360 controller just now and the game didn't recognise it. It might be possible to get it working with some tweaking but it's not something I have any experience with as I almost exclusively use kb+m.
No worries thanks for the reply if i get it working i will put up what i did for anyone else that wants it
edit right changed some wine dependcies added xinput buttons worked sticks did not however used the guide over on boiling steam now have controller working perfectly. Thank you for the script.
Last edited by Whitewolfe80 on 5 June 2018 at 6:26 pm UTC
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Quoting: adamhmQuoting: Whitewolfe80Really quick question does the saboteur work with a controller from your script, 3rd person shooters are not that much fun on mouse and keyboard for me.
I've never tried before, but I quickly checked with an X360 controller just now and the game didn't recognise it. It might be possible to get it working with some tweaking but it's not something I have any experience with as I almost exclusively use kb+m.
No worries thanks for the reply if i get it working i will put up what i did for anyone else that wants it
edit right changed some wine dependcies added xinput buttons worked sticks did not however used the guide over on boiling steam now have controller working perfectly. Thank you for the script.
Personally, I am diametrically opposed to your game play preference. For me, I use a gamepad or joystick for driving games, platformers, or fighters. But I'd never ever want to touch such controls for a 3D shooter like DOOM, Xonotic, Painkiller, Serious Sam or a 3D RPG like Witcher 2, Deus Ex, Shadow of Mordor, Mad Max, etc.
(For anyone interested, I've had success with the Mmod for Fear, for those wanting to crank up the experience :))
Last edited by HadBabits on 6 June 2018 at 4:45 pm UTC
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich
Mafia
Mafia II Director's Cut
MDK
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
Quoting: g000hQuoting: Whitewolfe80Quoting: adamhmQuoting: Whitewolfe80Really quick question does the saboteur work with a controller from your script, 3rd person shooters are not that much fun on mouse and keyboard for me.
I've never tried before, but I quickly checked with an X360 controller just now and the game didn't recognise it. It might be possible to get it working with some tweaking but it's not something I have any experience with as I almost exclusively use kb+m.
No worries thanks for the reply if i get it working i will put up what i did for anyone else that wants it
edit right changed some wine dependcies added xinput buttons worked sticks did not however used the guide over on boiling steam now have controller working perfectly. Thank you for the script.
Personally, I am diametrically opposed to your game play preference. For me, I use a gamepad or joystick for driving games, platformers, or fighters. But I'd never ever want to touch such controls for a 3D shooter like DOOM, Xonotic, Painkiller, Serious Sam or a 3D RPG like Witcher 2, Deus Ex, Shadow of Mordor, Mad Max, etc.
Well horses for courses personally mad max is a driving game with action combat so controller anything 3rd person controller so Tomb raider etc basically anything that was built for a console I play on a controller. When it comes to fps games always mouse and keyboard same with flight games, rts games etc
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