Software Update: Warlow 1.0

After seven years of development, version 1.0 of War§ow has now been released. War§ow is a free first-person shooter game for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is based on the QFusion 3D engine, which is a modification of the Quake 2 engine available under gpl. War§ow was created under the motto ‘by gamers, for gamers’, by a team of independent developers from all corners of the world. The game features a cartoon-like visual style and movement system, where Unreal-esque walljumps and dodges can be combined with strafejumps and bunnyhops from the Quake franchise. With version 1.0, War§ow is now officially out of beta. The announcement for this release looks like this:

Gameplay:

• Weapons and armor system tuned for improved competitive gameplay.
• Removed weak ammo system.
• Octagon hitboxes for consistent hitbox size from all angles.
• Improved team play with on-screen teammate indicators and improved mumble support.
• New duel and Bomb&Defuse maps (wdm11, wdm16, wdm17, wbomb6).
• All maps have gone through considerable optimizations!

Community features:

• Global statistics together with match result saving, demo downloads and skillrating (completely optional!).
• Improved community features such as built-in IRC client, in-game news and friends lists.

engine:

• The engine now better utilizes GPU capabilities to render animated skeletal models, allowing massive battles without FPS drops.
• Drasticly improved map loading speeds and performance.
• New “e-sports” gfx features such as r_drawflat to give your own personalized wall and floor colors in any map and possibility to disable all colors from lightmaps.
• New easier and more modern user interface which is fully customizable and scriptable with html/css/js
• style syntax!
• Improved shoutcasting abilities like OGG stream support for Warsow TV, chase cameras and support for spectator-only hud.

Read the full changelog here.