Good evening,

For you today, two benchmarks: FluidMark 1.3.1 and FurMark 1.9.0.

FluidMark 1.3.1:
Fluid simulation benchmark based on NVIDIA PhysX, by Geek3D.


FurMark 1.9.0:
OpenGL test utility to stess the GPU. It allows you to push the GPU to maximum capacity to test the graphics card's stability regarding max GPU temperatures. From Geeks3D.


Those two sweet tools are compatible with Wine, so better make the most out of it

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GNU_Raziel

Good morning,

Enjoying a well-deserved rest in his Montereggioni villa, Ezio Auditore thought his mission was over after he obtained the Apple of Eden. But there is no rest for the Assassin, who must face the retribution of the Borgia family that was bold enough to attack his domain. It's a family of ill despots comfortably installed in Rome, which they control politically, economically and religiously. To exact vengeance, and more importantly to recover the damned apple, Ezio will have to strike back at the Borgias on their own ground and take the city back from them.



For more info, visit the PlayOnLinux forum HERE.



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GNU_Raziel

Hi there,

Doubt, anger, fear, guilt. All of these emotions filled Isaac Clarke before the cold emptiness of space caught him and gave him to the darkness of the Ishimura... You find yourself on Medusa Station, orbiting around Saturn, a few years later, right on time for the nightmare to resume.



For details, visit the PlayOnLinux forum HERE.



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GNU_Raziel

Good evening,

The following installers have been updated:
- Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Kane Edition)
- Command And Conquer 3 Patch 1.09
- Command And Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- Command And Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Patch 1.02
- Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3
- Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3 Patch 1.12
- Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Patch 1.2

These installers will no longer work with PoL versions earlier than 3.8.12.

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GNU_Raziel

Good evening,

We bring you this day the sequel to one of the best RPGs for PC, Dragon Age 2.

It is actually a role-playing/action game. You are Hawke, a human hailing from the city of Lothering. You can choose the gender and class of you character, before setting out on a journey to the city of Kirkwall. You can always choose your way in the dialogues and the fighting system allows you to switch between strategy and real-time action.



Here is a short preview of the game, made with the Capture plugin:


For more info, check out the PlayOnLinux forums HERE.
The game:
DLC helper:


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By GNU_Raziel

Good morning,

The following installers have been updated:
- Borderlands (clean-up)
- Bulletstorm (Wine version update)
- Dead Rising 2 (clean-up)
- Dragon Age 2 Demo (Wine version update and bug fix)
- Fallout 3 (installer rewritten from scratch)
- Fallout 3 - DLC (clean-up)
- Fallout 3 Patch 1.07 (installer added)
- Steam (Wine version update)
- The Witcher Patch 1.5 (bug fix)

These installers will no longer work with PoL versions prior to 3.8.12.

Note: Due to a mistake (fixed yesterday), all Wine builds had faulty sound support, so we strongly suggest that you delete and reinstall PoL's Wine builds using the Manage Wine versions option.

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By GNU_Raziel

Good evening,

We have a nice, gore game for you today: Bulletstorm.

It's a first-person shooter set in a futuristic and utopic universe. You will be following Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato, members of a paramilitary group working for a futuristic confederation called Dead Echo. Unfortunately, our duo ends up stranded on planet Stygia, home of dangerous mutants.



Here is a short preview of the game, made with the Capture plugin:


For more info, check the PlayOnLinux forums HERE.



Also note that the Poker Stars installer has been fixed, thanks to dnjl

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By GNU_Raziel

Good evening,

We have something a little out of the ordinary for you today, 2 demos: Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo and Dragon Age 2 Demo .

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo:
This demo focuses on the multiplayer mode, allowing you to joyfully destroy your friends' faces in 2 different maps.


Dragon Age 2 Demo:
This demo will allow you to have a look at a small part of the game's story, giving you access to its 3 classes so you can enjoy beating up your foes the way you like.


These 2 excellent demos should keep you at the edge of your seat for the official releases on March 25, 2011 for Crysis 2 and March 11, 2011 for Dragon Age 2.

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By GNU_Raziel

Good evening,

As the manager of the WineBuild aspect of PlayOnLinux, I can now announce that a Wine package compiled and (hopefully) functional for 64-bit architecture is coming soon!

However, before we start integrating this into PlayOnLinux's main code, I need you to test a few things with version 1.2.1, to make sure the package is working as it should.

Since it is not possible yet to directly integrate a new Wine version install into PlayOnLinux's WineVersion manager, you will have to click "Install" and search for "get:787" (without the quotes), then click Install.

That will allow you to install the 1.2.1 version of Wine compiled for the 64-bit architecture and will make it available in the WineVersion menu as "1.2.1-64b".

You can then assign it to a particular application and make a few tests.

Please let us know whether "it works" or "doesn't work". If it does not, make sure to include as many details as possible and tell us if it works with the 32-bit version of 1.2.1 (both can be installed at once, and you can get it from WineVersion, as usual).

That's pretty much it. Ready, set, go!

MulX

UPDATE: You can now install more Wine Version in 64 bits by browsing "Install" -> "Other" -> "Wine Version x86-64".

We added a little something to the website today: an integrated chatroom!

The chatroom uses Jappix and the XMPP protocol, also known as Jabber.

This means you can use your existing Jabber account to log into in the chatroom.

To use it, simply click the "Chat" button at the bottom right corner. If you are logged into the site, your username will automatically be used; otherwise, you will be asked to choose one.

Please note that this doesn't mean there will always be someone there to answer your questions, or that when there are people logged in they are not away from their keyboard. Just like the IRC chatroom, and the same rules also apply.

To use your Jabber account, log into the playonlinux room on chat.jabberfr.org.