Alternative Games
Alternative Games (formerly IGIOS) is a Finnish video game company specializing in porting games primarily to the Linux platform as well as to Mac OS X .[1] Their first products were the Linux ports of Shadowgrounds and Shadowgrounds Survivor,[2][3][4][5] with both games originally being developed by Frozenbyte and being released by Linux Game Publishing in September 2009.[6][7] It was also working on bringing Iron Sky: Operation Highjump to Linux.[8]
In November 2010 it was announced that Trine and Trine 2, games also by Frozenbyte, were coming to Linux by a new developer called Alternative Games.[9] It was later confirmed that the company was founded by the IGIOS Linux team.[10] The finished Linux port of Trine was released as part of the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle, alongside the Shadowgrounds games for Linux and Mac OS X and a pre-order for Splot, which is also coming to Linux.[11]
Games ported
Upcoming games
Alternative Games team
Programming:
- Turo Lamminen
- Tuomas Närväinen
- Mikko Tiusanen
References
- ^ Shadowgrounds and Shadowgrounds Survivor for Mac OS X frozenbyte.com, May 06, 2011
- ^ Shadowgrounds Survivor Announced for Linux GamersHell.com, March 13, 2008
- ^ Shadowgrounds Survivor Coming to Linux 2404, March 13, 2008
- ^ Shadowgrounds Survivor for Linux Gamer World, March 13, 2008
- ^ Shadowgrounds Survivor headed to Linux LinuxGames, March 14, 2008
- ^ Shadowgrounds Survivor from Igios is now GOLD ! linuX-gamers.net, September 20, 2009
- ^ Linux Shadowgrounds Survivor Plans Blue's News, March 13, 2008
- ^ Iron Sky: Operation Highjump – Action Adventure Linux Gaming News, December 30, 2009 (Article by Maxim Bardin)
- ^ Frozenbyte Is Wanting Some Linux Gamers Phoronix, December 13, 2010 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Alternative Games Is All About Linux Gaming Phoronix, December 14, 2010 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ The Humble FrozenByte Bundle! Linux Gaming News, April 12, 2011 (Article by Maxim Bardin)
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