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LGP brings back Loki, Kind Of

Posted by timothy on from the games-are-a-good-indicator dept.

michaelsimms writes "Linux Game Publishing has announced a publishing deal with Epic Interactive to publish Northland for Linux. What's this about Loki, you ask? Well, Northland is a game featuring the Norse god Loki, and a group of heroes battling to save the world in the time of Odin and the gods of Nordic myth."

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  1. Look ma! Article text! by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Informative
    Northland coming to Linux

    Nottingham/Tuebingen - March 4, 2004 - Linux Game Publishing and e.p.i.c.
    interactive today announce a cooperation to bring award winning RTS game
    Northland to the Linux platform. RTS game Northland, originally developed by
    Funactics Software from germany, was ported by e.p.i.c. interactive and will
    be available to Linux retailers from Linux Game Publishing soon.
    The Linuxversion of the game is in beta stages now and a demoversion will be
    available prior to the release of Northland. Northland can be preordered now
    .

    Northland, which only recently has been published for the PC, tells the
    story of Bjarni the Viking.
    The story begins where the plot of "Cultures 2 - The Gates of Asgard" ended.
    After perilous adventures our four heroes defeated the Midgard serpent and
    thus saved the world. A great celebration began and everyone was happy and
    content.
    But only a very short time later the peace was disturbed by a call for help
    from their friend Hatschi. Hatschi's homeland was plagued by mysterious
    monstrous serpent creatures, which spread chaos and destruction through the
    country. Without hesitation Bjarni and Crya hurried to help him and stumbled
    right into a new adventure, in which the sly god Loki will play an important
    role...

    Northland features:
    * Stand-alone Adventure Strategy game.
    * Single player campaign with 8 missions including several sub missions.
    * The exciting plots tell the story of Viking God Loki who tried to take
    revenge on Godfather Odin for his banishment from Asgard to Earth. For that
    he abuses our four human heroes with his intrigues and traps.
    * 8 additional free single player missions (non campaign).
    * 3 difficulty levels to make the game fun for everybody from beginners to
    experts.
    * Special effects like weather effects, fog, ghost units etc.
    * Based on the enhanced technology of "Cultures 2 - The Gates of Asgard";
    enhanced AI.

    System requirements:
    PC@800 Mhz or better, 128 MByte RAM, graphics board with 16 MByte RAM, CD
    drive, Linux kernel 2.3 or better.

    About e.p.i.c. interactive

    Founded in 2000 to port and publish games for niche platforms such as the
    Apple Macintosh or the Commodore Amiga. The first releases were the classic
    adventure game "Simon the Sorcerer II" (2000) and real time strategy hit
    "Earth 2140"(2001) for the Mac. In 2003 e.p.i.c. started adapting its
    porting API to the Linux platform.

    About Linux Game Publishing

    Founded in 2001, Linux Game Publishing was formed to help companies
    bring their games to market. Combining extensive Linux knowledge with
    a solid business foundation, Linux Game Publishing is partnering with
    a number of other companies to bring to Linux both ports of games from
    other platforms and original titles.

    For more information please contact
    Linux Game Publishing Press Department
    press@linuxgamepublishing.com
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  2. Re:Loki a Norse God? by southpolesammy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Loki is the Norse "Trickster" god. Full fledged greater deity.

    --
    Rule #1 -- Politics always trumps technology.
  3. Re:Loki a Norse God? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not really. He was technically a giant - the giants as you should know were the Aesirs nemises - even though he mingled with the gods in Asgard. Also, I wouldn't exactly call him the Norse "trickster god" since unlike the rest of Asgard's population he wasn't worshipped (being responsible for the greatest betrayal* in the entire mythology and all that)... he was more like the Norse bad guy :)

    * the slaying of Balder

  4. Re:Loki a Norse God? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The distinction between Norse gods and giants is really blurred. Odin (and his brothers Vili and Ve) were created from a frost giant. Odin went on to become head of the AEsir, Vili and Ve faded away.

    Traditionally Loki isn't really a god. He's Odin's blood brother, which is why he's allowed among the gods, even though he will play a central role in their downfall.

    And indeed, all gods are actually mortal. At Ragnarok, the gods are killed. Odin by Fenrir, Thor by Jormungand, Tyr by Surt... Balder's already been killed by Hod, although that was really Loki's fault.

    But though they're mortal, they can come back from the dead, as Balder will do after Ragnarok. So being immortal isn't as useful as it may seem.. :)