What is Warsow?

Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Speed and movement, that's what Warsow is all about. Like a true cyberathlete you jump, dash, dodge and walljump your way through the game. Grab those power-ups before your enemy does, plant the bomb before anyone sees you, and steal the enemy's flag before anyone knows what's going on!

A handful of popular gametypes come shipped with Warsow, like Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Clan Arena, Instagib and Duel. Warsow invites you to add to this list, by creating your own custom gametypes with the brand new gametype scripting system!

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Warsow 2.0 released

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Warsow 2.0 is released after a year and half of continuous development and multiple community betas. Listing individual changes and improvements of over 150 featured in the release would take too much space and time, so here are some most prominent ones:

- Tutorial level was added to introduce new players to the basics of Warsow gameplay, movement and combat.
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- Majority of Warsow assets are now under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Setting the assets free ensures Warsow doesn't get stuck in proprietary limbo and will remain an important piece of indie gaming in the future too. Players and developers alike are encouraged to innovate with free assets, and contribute more media back to the game! Or just simply use them in their own games if they comfort the license.

- Many graphical effects such as gibs, hit and stun indicators, Lasergun and Electrobolt beams, were revamped. In addition, the renderer has received numerous optimizations, resulting in 30 to 50% performance improvements depending on the hardware and settings.

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- The spaw algorithm was revamped to favor more distant points in Duel mode. The further from the fragger is the spawn point, the more likely it gets to be picked for the fragged player is to respawn.

- Weapon parameters were tweaked to improve game balance and hopefully make it more fun to play.

- The flipped mode was introduced for those who might want to challenge themselves by tricking their brains on otherwise familiar maps!

- Game maps can now have a color grading profile set to create better mood or improve the aesthetics. The setting can be controlled by map author and can be turned off in the options menu. Here is how the effect is used in one of our maps, which also received an uplifted 3D sky in this version!

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- Two new HUDs by Adem for playing and spectating. The weapon and item icons were redrawn in a modern flat design to provide better visibility for the simple items setting.

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- Pressing and holding Left Shift in Team Deathmatch, Bomb & Defuse, Capture the Flag and CTF: Tactics game modes now brings up contextual voicecomm menu to aid in cooperative gameplay.

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- And much more!

Warsow 1.51 released

Warsow 1.51 released

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New major update to the game with plethora of improvements + a bugfix release

Warsow on Steam Greenlight - we need your help!

Warsow on Steam Greenlight - we need your help!

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Warsow is up on Steam Greenlight, and in this light I'd like to ask you, dear reader, would you play this game if it were available in Steam? If yes...

Warsow 1.02 Released

Warsow 1.02 Released

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Bugfix release of your favorite fast-paced first person shooter you sure don't want to miss!

Warsow 1.0 Released

Warsow 1.0 Released

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After 7 years in beta, the game finally hits the 1.0 milestone!

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Warsow 2.0 for Mac

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Warsow 2.0 for Linux and Windows

Warsow 2.0 for Linux and Windows

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Warsow 2.0 is released after a year and half of continuous development and multiple community betas. This version features more than 150 changes and improvements...

Warsow 2.0 for Windows

Warsow 2.0 for Windows

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Warsow 2.0 is released after a year and half of continuous development and multiple community betas. This version features more than 150 changes and improvements...

Warsow 1.51

Warsow 1.51

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After months of hard work and multiple test releases, we are proud to announce the long-awaited release of Warsow 1.5. The latest and greatest version...

Warsow 1.02 Installer (Windows only)

Warsow 1.02 Installer (Windows only)

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Warsow is set in a futuristic cartoonish world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets. It is a completely...

Warsow 1.02 for Windows and Linux (TGZ)

Warsow 1.02 for Windows and Linux (TGZ)

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Warsow is set in a futuristic cartoonish world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets. It is a completely...

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adem
adem - - 4 comments

"Time for another Warsow duel cup organized by the elusive Puffdar. Thanks to a generous amount of donations SpartaCup is able to spread the prize money across the top 8 finishers in their next installment. 270€ will be the prize pool waiting for our competitors in this Christmas cup."

more information - Warsow.net

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Endriu96
Endriu96 - - 28 comments

That's a little like Quake... :]

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silvio95
silvio95 - - 16 comments

Why doesn't it change map automatically?

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Guest
Guest - - 700,207 comments

depends on the serversettings...

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legluondunet
legluondunet - - 26 comments

Does not work on Ubuntu precise 64 bits:
$ warsow.x86_64: error while loading shared libraries: libpng15.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
and libpng15.so.1 is not available in precise.

Thanks for your help.

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adem
adem - - 4 comments

Guide to install Warsow on Ubuntu 12.04
Warsow.net

Alternatively you can use playdeb's repos:
Playdeb.net

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MajorBloodBath
MajorBloodBath - - 4 comments

I had that problem on Debian Squeeze 64 bit. I successfully compiled libpng15.so.15 from source and I still received that error.
It turns out I had inadvertently managed to update libpng12-0 at some point? To a newer release so I forced it back to 1.2.44-1+squeeze4 with Synaptic Package manager. This solved the problem for me! Good Luck.

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noChance79
noChance79 - - 15 comments

You can try to download and compile the sources of libpng15 from here: Sourceforge.net

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cakestyles
cakestyles - - 3 comments

Is there a guide for this?

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theravenswolf
theravenswolf - - 78 comments

Guys vote for Warsow on MLG!!

Feedback.majorleaguegaming.com

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medve
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the playerbase is too small for mlg

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