Open Source FPS Game `Red Eclipse` 1.4 Brings Graphical And Gameplay Enhancements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXqc4l04DjXq2bdle6y2XsQqekOzO1IEAJGiyRFBfNnIoc4rGa_YeWA-x2SpyPrcmGSx9n8zTR4Nf9twnbm-a6hA-mwXyTTN22B4L3rIYz7ehkdlTbavkA9LJ1QBuGOIaZsc_MqAg_uxS/s1600/red-eclipse_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="red eclipse" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXqc4l04DjXq2bdle6y2XsQqekOzO1IEAJGiyRFBfNnIoc4rGa_YeWA-x2SpyPrcmGSx9n8zTR4Nf9twnbm-a6hA-mwXyTTN22B4L3rIYz7ehkdlTbavkA9LJ1QBuGOIaZsc_MqAg_uxS/s320/red-eclipse_1.png" title="red eclipse" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.redeclipse.net/">Red Eclipse</a> is a cross-platform, open source first-person shooter game that supports both single (against bots) and multi-player modes. The game runs on the Cube Engine 2 and it's very flexible, allowing players to extend the existing game modes (Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, etc.) with "mutators", changing how the game is played.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8slT3gtPJ86pIm7kg4QaIpQuEv9fJf7ioS-A0b7dYbNJpSyj71gM6YEgIJzcTerzyDGQmaSnCUZvh-MKDEPx6v0JQJJ4HrPeGWrMUdDThUzDTBOUYKS9GqbiZc0MX42rA8inVwk4LdRXS/s1600/red-eclipse_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="red eclipse" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8slT3gtPJ86pIm7kg4QaIpQuEv9fJf7ioS-A0b7dYbNJpSyj71gM6YEgIJzcTerzyDGQmaSnCUZvh-MKDEPx6v0JQJJ4HrPeGWrMUdDThUzDTBOUYKS9GqbiZc0MX42rA8inVwk4LdRXS/s320/red-eclipse_3.png" title="red eclipse" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Red Eclipse 1.4 "Elara Edition"</b> has been released a few days ago and comes with improvements to the gameplay, weapons and more:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Vanity items and improved colours: dress up and frag with style;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Visible legs in first person: know where you are kicking and parkouring;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Enabled multi-coop (one human team and multiple bot teams);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Added gauntlet mode (one team tries to run to the other side of a map, other team tries to hinder, switches at half-time);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Heads fly off when doing a headshot;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">New and revamped maps: bringing you even more variety;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Better viewing: level flythroughs, improved third and first person cameras;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Better menus and other HUD elements: easier to see and read at a glance;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">New weapon: Mines add a new dimension to the existing gameplay;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">New mode: attack and defend in Gauntlet, competing for the most laps;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Automatic demo recording: for those times you just have to watch it again;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">User Accounts: donate or contribute, and wear the in-game supporter badge;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Improved weapon balance and gameplay rules, bugs fixed, and much more;</li></ul><br />See <a href="http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=BF5yfpVj">THIS</a> page for a complete changelog.<br /><br /><br />Below you can watch a video demoing an older Red Eclipse version:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mjHVb3z72tM" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=mjHVb3z72tM">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzvd8_2YwtEGIZ0CGsk1ogUX6RDUjiMD0RsBGEKKNWEbEt7IQKEJM4vNI5ss4ZToI15XWu2fXC4ctXicwKJW2zn9I_0C7Iah4iJDPIEIjfDOeJqa70YeisI-OtE9PBHYSFPV3M4yBauxo/s1600/red-eclipse_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="red eclipse" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzvd8_2YwtEGIZ0CGsk1ogUX6RDUjiMD0RsBGEKKNWEbEt7IQKEJM4vNI5ss4ZToI15XWu2fXC4ctXicwKJW2zn9I_0C7Iah4iJDPIEIjfDOeJqa70YeisI-OtE9PBHYSFPV3M4yBauxo/s320/red-eclipse_2.png" title="red eclipse" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to its "mutators", map editor and of course, its gameplay, Red Eclipse is very fun to play with your friends or with the growing online community.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Red Eclipse</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Red Eclipse is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and it can be downloaded via <a href="http://www.desura.com/games/red-eclipse">Desura</a> or from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/redeclipse/files/redeclipse_1.4/">SourceForge</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arch Linux users can install Red Eclipse from <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47449">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've downloaded the tar.bz2 archive in Linux, extract it then run "redeclipse.sh".</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Jonathan De Nil for the tip!</i></div>

Open Source FPS Game `Red Eclipse` 1.4 Brings Graphical And Gameplay Enhancements

Red Eclipse is a cross-platform, open source first-person shooter game that supports both single (against bots) and multi-player modes. The...

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