Hey guys,
Just wanted to ask if you know any cool freeware/open source games that are playable in LAN, coz Im going to a friend's place today with my gear and he rather spends money on alcohol than on games, so I need to find a few games to spend the night with... We play everything, from RTS to FPS.
Thx in advance!

Hmm, there's OpenArena, which is based on the Quake 3 engine. It's not properly finished yet though.

Nexuiz is a pretty funky free shooter too. It feels a lot like UT.

Here's a funky remake of UFO: Enemy Unknown (XCOM). It takes a while to get used to it though, but it is multiplayer compatible.

Glest is a free RTS. Feels a bit like Warcraft 3.

That's about all I can think of for now!

I saw one in PCG a month or 2 back and it looked prett ok,,,, ill try hunt it down quick

***edit*** damn how could i forget about this!! did u ever play the awesome 'the ring meets counterstrike' game F.E.A.R?

Well it was great and for some time now theyve developed and given away a full multiplayer version of the game for FREE!

I keep meaning to install this myself as i lost my origional FEAR disc and i loved the game. In fact ill go DL it now.

http://www.joinfear.com/

im still looking for this other FPS too though, bugging me now!!

Planetside totally free now.

Was meant to be a subsription £9 a month FPS shooter but noone paid as noones machines could run it.

Might be worth a shot now myself i think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05aZngUeQI&feature=related

http://www.planetside.com

(edti ok its a tenner to buy in the first place but content free)

Ah so it is free now.

I thought it was free first I heard about it, then I found out it wasn't. Now it is.

edit: Actually, looks like you still have to pay for it. There was a free period (with restrictions) but that was last year if wikipedia is anything to go by..

Heres something you could play.
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But I suggest you download this rather than the normal release client, because the way that was built comes into conflict with a recent IE security update.

Just downloaded and played this, pretty damn nice graphics!