Last month the launch of Warsaw 2.0, the new version of this FPS that is Open Source, multiplayer and cross-platform. This game (like several others) was developed from the Quake 2 engine and is based on the Qfusion 3D modification that is something that makes it stand out within the universe of titles of the same genre, for all its aesthetics that reminds us of drawings animated and its very well achieved futuristic setting.
Warsow is a game where you will have to fight your way through a wide variety of scenarios to survive, of course, not everything is as simple as it sounds, because you will also have to be very skillful, fast and have very fine combat tactics.
The first version of Warsow was released on June 8, 2005, but only as an alpha version and has been in constant development ever since. And on July 28, 2012 the first stable version was released.
The novelties of Warsow 2.0 are no small thing, they range from performance improvements, improved visual effects and sound effects, it also brings new options and even has a tutorial level to familiarize first-time users with the controls and the whole vibe of the game. In addition, improvements in the parameters of the weapons that give a greater balance to the game, improvements in the algorithm of the appearance of the users, and the colors in the maps provide a fantastic aesthetic, this version 2.0 has up to 150 improvements in all aspects, something that they have taken very seriously Victor luchits and its team of developers, and what they have achieved successfully, after the first stable version was seven years in the oven.
Something that must be mentioned when talking about Warsow 2.0 is that a significant number of components that make up this great game are already Open Source (GPL), they are under the CreativeCommons license (Attribution-Share Alike 4.0), and one of its developers points out “makes sure that Warsow does not get caught in a proprietary limbo and remain an important part of indie games in the future"All excellent news.
On the official Warsow site you will find the Warsow 2.0 download for Ubuntu, users of the other distro can download it from the community repositories.
sudo pacman -S warsow
they mix concepts in the same paragraph sentence. the license is CC BY-SA 4.0. GPL is from another family of free licenses, open source is also something else.