0 A.D. is an open-source game developed by Wildfire Games. The game sets you back in a historical war and economy world – around 500 B.C. and 1 B.C. at the first part and A.D. 1 to A.D. 500. The game is also available on a number of platforms like Windows, macOS, and OpenBSD. The game is highly comparable with the famous Age of Empires.

Getting 0 A.D.

The game is available on all the major platforms. There’s also an available Flatpak that you can enjoy on all the platforms that support Flatpak. Run the following commands according to your Linux distro –

• Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad
sudo apt update
sudo apt install 0ad -y

• Debian

su -

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

# At the end of the file, add the following lines and save the file
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main

# After the editing is complete, run the following commands

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

echo '#Debian Backports' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo >> 'deb http://http.debian.net/debian stretch-backports main'

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -t stretch-backports 0ad

• OpenSUSE

# openSUSE Leap 15.0
sudo zypper addrepo http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/games/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/ opensuse-games

# openSUSE Tumbleweed
sudo zypper addrepo http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ opensuse-games

• Fedora

sudo dnf install 0ad -y

• Arch Linux

sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

# Remove all the '#' from the "Community" section. Save and exit the editor.
# Now, run the following commands -

sudo pacman -Syy
sudo pacman -Syyuu

sudo pacman -S 0ad

• Flatpak method

Thanks to the Flatpak, the game is available for almost all the other Linux distros. If you want to enjoy the game on your distro, make sure that you have Flatpak installed. After the core installation is complete, run the following commands for installing the Flatpak version of 0 A.D. –

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.play0ad.zeroad

Playing 0 A.D.

Just start the game and enjoy!

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Dota 2

Dota 2 has always been one of the top MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) games around the world. Developed and published by Valve Corporation, Dota 2 is a sequel to DotA (Defense of the Ancients). This game features heroes from the Warcraft universe.

The game is played between 2 teams with 5 teammates each. They start their fighting in an arena with a powerful character, known as “hero”. All have their unique abilities and different styles of playing. Different heroes serve different purposes – carry, jungler, durable, pusher, escape etc. They have different attack types – melee or ranged.

The gameplay is from 3^rd-person view in a 3D format. You have to use your mouse to navigate and attack opponents whereas use keyboard to perform the special abilities. Each ability requires manna or energy that regenerates automatically. Upgrade your heroes with different in-game materials and using the XP gained from killing other heroes and minions.

The game is also available for Windows and OS X. For playing Dota 2, you have to have Steam. Get Dota 2.

Zero-K

Get ready to dominate the world of machines, folks! Zero-K is an intense multiplayer game where your target is to dominate the entire continent (map) with a ton of gears and powers. The game’s developed using the Spring game engine. The game also uses Lua scripting heavily for interface, gameplay changes and enhancements.

Your soldiers are marvelous, highly enhanced robots where you control from small sized to massive robots and lead them into action. The world is full of various land types and you can take advantage of that. Moreover, using robots, you can even modify the landscape to your advantage.

At the starting, you’re on your own – only a bipedal mech known as the Commander. Using this bot, you can construct a base of operation and expand to the most powerful stronghold. You’ll be collecting valuable resources into 2 forms – Metal and Energy. Energy is the most used element here, where metal is used only when build projects.

There are two basic modes – PvP and Chicken (tower defense mode). In PvP, you continue building your army of robots to perform a head-to-head attack or sneak attack using mini, sneaky drones. In Chicken, you defend against semi-sentinel aliens and survive until the “Queen” attacks. The mode ends with 2 possible results – either you die, or you defeat the Chicken Queen.

Ready to dominate the arena? Get Zero-K now!

Linux is an awesome OS for having fun. Besides every day’s normal usage, a few more challenges will help you cheer up. Looking for a challenging Linux distro? Check out Anarchy Linux – an Arch-based distro.

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