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[1-03-2015] GamingOnLinux GotY Awards
GamingOnLinux arranged their first GotY Awards.
GamingOnLinux is a famous LinuxGamingNews website, which presents their first Game-of-the-Year Award this year. The Voting is now open and divided into open-source Games and other Games and you can vote for one game in each category.
It would be neat of you to vote for us there.

~~Please Vote for us!~~
UPDATE [1-15-2015] The awards are over and we placed sixth in the Open-Source category with 32 votes. The Battle For Wesnoth and Xonotics from the FreeGameAlliance got second and third place.
See the article on GamingOnLinux for the top ten of both categories.

[10-06-2014] Annex 4.0 released
Annex: Conquer the World has released Version 4.0.
Annex: Conquer the World, a MegaGlest based freeware strategy game for Windows, Linux and and OSX powered machines is having its biggest update ever! This update includes two new unique armies: the Alliance Renegades and NEO Republic, 30 technology tree options, all new maps and scenarios, a new soundtrack, new sounds and voices, and new units to choose from! As of release 4.0 the game is now FOSS licensed!
Download, Changelog and much more on the homepage or on the forum.

[04-5-2014] MegaGlest Cup
The Cup has started! More info on the forum.

[03-22-2014] MegaGlest Cup
A MegaGlest Cup is running on the forum. Everyone can participate! Enrollment deadline is Saturday 29march 23h59. For more Information click here.

[01-19-2014] MegaGlest 3.9.1
MegaGlest 3.9.1 is now available for download. This is primarily a bugfix release which is backwards compatible to v3.9.0. Installer packages for Linux and Windows are provided to ease the setup process. OS X packages may be made available shortly.

[11-18-2013] MegaGlest 3.9.0
MegaGlest 3.9.0 is now available from the forums. Installer packages for Linux and Windows and an OS X application bundle are provided to ease the setup process.

[06-26-2013] MegaGlest 3.8.0 beta1
MegaGlest 3.8.0 beta1 is now available from the forums. Installer packages for Linux and Windows are provided to ease the setup process. OS X packages will be made available upon release of the stable version.

[11-23-2012] MegaGlest 3.7.1
MegaGlest 3.7.1 is now available as HTTP and Bittorrent downloads. Enjoy your games by hosting a game yourself, or by playing on one of the 24/7 gameservers. Installer packages for Linux and Windows are provided to ease the setup process. For OS X, an application package is provided.

[11-13-2012] MegaGlest 3.7.0
MegaGlest 3.7.0 is now available as HTTP and Bittorrent downloads. Enjoy your games by hosting a game yourself, or by playing on one of the 24/7 gameservers. Installer packages for Linux and Windows are provided to ease the setup process. For OS X, an application package is provided.

[10-23-2012] Seeking translators
A new, much easier translation process should make it easy for everyone to contribute. Read about it and contribute.

[07-24-2012] Annex: Conquer the World released
The first stable version of the MegaGlest engine based mech/anime styled and fast-paced RTS Annex: Conquer the World has been released for Linux, Windows, OS X

[04-29-2012] MegaGlest 3.6.0.3 for OS X
MegaGlest 3.6.0.3, a stability update which is compatible to the previous 3.6.0.2 release, is now available for Mac OS X (including 7-zip).

[01-25-2012] MegaGlest 3.6.0.3
MegaGlest 3.6.0.3, a stability update which is compatible to the previous 3.6.0.2 release, is now available for Linux and Windows. Installer packages are provided for easy installation.

[12-21-2011] MegaGlest 3.6.0.2
MegaGlest 3.6.0.2 is now available. Installer packages are provided for easy installation.

[12-04-2011] MegaGlest 3.6.0
MegaGlest 3.6.0 is now available for download and playing, including on 24/7 gameservers and on OS X. Installer packages are provided for easy installation.

[11-29-2011] MegaGlest 3.5.3 beta2
MegaGlest 3.5.3 beta2 is now available for playtesting. This is a binary only release which requires that you have previously installed beta1.

[11-05-2011] MegaGlest 3.5.3 beta1
MegaGlest 3.5.3 beta1 is now available for playtesting, including on a 24/7 gameserver. Installer packages are provided for easy installation. This version was previously also referred to as 3.6.0 beta1.

[10-15-2011] Free Game Alliance born
We are very happy to announce that MegaGlest is a founding member of the Free Game Alliance, an initiative to promote open source game development and mutual exchange amongst the projects forming it. Please take a look at the Free Game Alliance website, discover the other games which are part of it and give them a try! We also welcome your feedback on the FGA blog or the #fga channel on irc.freenode.net. Or let us know what you think about MegaGlests' involvement on the MegaGlest forums and chat.

[09-01-2011] The greek online zine OSArena has published a new interview with the MegaGlest team, discussing the games' history, present and future.

[04-11-2011] MegaGlest 3.5.0 beta 2 is out now. Please play, test and report problems!

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