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BlackHoleSun, makers of Krilo and Bunnies, have recently updated their Website for the first time since 2001 with a new look and anannouncemnt that they are working on a new game, Aftermath. There aren’t many details onwhat kind of game it will be, but the basic premise is that much of humanity has been obliterated and you, being one of the survivors, are to race to dominate the new planet. A beta tester application is available, but there’s nomention of when the test might begin.

A Talent For War updated to note that the version 1.4 (whichquickly followed v1.3) patches have been released for the new space simTerminus, developed byVicarious Visions. Changes (in 1.3 and 1.4):

• Removed ability to create black ships in cosmetic detail screen
• Restored the Ship Manager
• Fixed disconnect while joining a multiplayer game
• Fixed comm queue overflow when starting some games
• Fixed one liner bug when ignoring player communications
• Fixed comm interface update bug

Patches:

• v1.2 to v1.3: TerminusLinuxRetailPatch12to13.tar.gz
• v1.3 to v1.4: TerminusLinuxRetailPatch13to14.tar.gz
• v1.1 to v1.4: TerminusLinuxRetailPatch11to14.tar.gz

Furthermore, there’s been some controversy over just which non-Linux-exclusive shipped firstwith multiple binaries in one box… although there’s been many contenders(Hopkins FBI,BFRIS,Krilo,Theocracy, and probably some I’m forgetting), I thinkit’s safe to say this is the most widely available retail game which includes Linux support with Win32/MacOS out of box. In any case… I’m of the opinion that it’s a rather silly thing to fight over, especiallyconsidering our tactical position of industry underdog. Let’s show some solidarity folks, ok?

Version 1.06 of BlackHoleSun’s Krilo demo has been released to fix a few bug issues.

Krilo Demo 1.06 glibc 2.x Binary:
http://www.blackholesun.com/krilo/krilodemo-1.06.sh

Stormix has announced that their Storm Linux 2000 distribution (based on Debian) will include a demo release of BlackHoleSun Software’s puzzle game Krilo. The demo version is also available for download from here.

Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote in to announce the release of a Krilo demo. Krilo is a family-oriented puzzle/strategy game; screenshots can be viewed here. Krilo binaries can be downloaded as RPM’s, Deb’s, and bzip2′ed tar’s from
http://www.blackholesun.com/aview.php3?key=939964196&bn=krilo2