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NewsForge: Nexuiz: Open Source Deathmatch

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“It started with the opening of the Quake 2 source code. Then
GNU/Linux saw a port for Quake 3 Arena, then Unreal Tournament
2003, UT2004, and Doom 3. We have good first-person shooter (FPS)
games for GNU/Linux, but they’re all proprietary and restrictively
licensed. But Nexuiz is different. It’s a free software multiplayer
deathmatch game available for 32- and 64-bit GNU/Linux, and 32-bit
Windows. It has nothing on Unreal Tournament, but it holds its own
against other games and on older hardware that can’t be upgraded
enough for newer games.

“Nexuiz is free software, so anyone can download, modify, and
share it as they see fit…”


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