<s>
Xonotic	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Nexuiz	B-Application
,	O
following	O
controversy	O
surrounding	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
runs	O
on	O
a	O
heavily	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
known	O
as	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gameplay	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
and	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
various	O
unique	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
sixteen	O
different	O
game	O
modes	O
in	O
Xonotic	B-Application
,	O
including	O
classic	O
modes	O
like	O
deathmatch	O
and	O
capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
and	O
thus	O
supports	O
bloom	O
,	O
dynamic	O
lighting	O
and	O
shadowing	O
,	O
offset	O
mapping	O
,	O
and	O
high-dynamic-range	B-Device
rendering	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
controversy	O
arose	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
Nexuiz	B-Application
being	O
licensed	O
to	O
IllFonic	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
creator	O
,	O
Lee	O
Vermeulen	O
,	O
secretly	O
made	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
IllFonic	O
which	O
gave	O
them	O
hold	O
over	O
the	O
Nexuiz	B-Application
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
turn	O
of	O
events	O
was	O
unexpected	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
and	O
most	O
Nexuiz	B-Application
developers	O
,	O
they	O
promised	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
seven	O
months	O
later	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
published	O
via	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
Team	O
Xonotic	B-Application
's	O
stated	O
aim	O
has	O
been	O
to	O
"	O
create	O
the	O
best	O
possible	O
fast-paced	O
open-source	B-Application
FPS	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
added	O
sRGB	O
lightmap	O
rendering	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
menu	O
interface	O
,	O
4	O
new	O
maps	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
statistics	O
system	O
(	O
XonStats	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Sandbox	O
editing	O
mode	O
and	O
the	O
long-awaited	O
feature	O
of	O
ClientSide	O
QuakeC	B-Application
(	O
CSQC	O
)	O
networked	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
migrated	O
to	O
the	O
gmqcc	O
QuakeC	B-Application
compiler	O
which	O
generated	O
faster	O
,	O
more	O
optimized	O
program	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
Xonotic	B-Application
,	O
version	O
0.8	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
16	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
codebase	O
of	O
Xonotic	B-Application
was	O
refactored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phoronix	O
praised	O
Xonotic'''s	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
declared	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
visually-impressive	O
open-source	B-Application
games	O
available	O
for	O
[	O
multiple	O
platforms ]	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larabel	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
For	O
being	O
a	O
community-backed	O
open-source	B-Application
game	O
without	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
any	O
major	O
game	O
studio	O
,	O
Xonotic	B-Application
is	O
doing	O
great.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Xonotic''	O
was	O
also	O
deemed	O
"	O
the	O
Best	O
Free	O
Multiplayer	O
FPS	O
Linux	B-Application
Can	O
Muster	O
"	O
by	O
Softpedia	O
.	O
</s>
