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The open source Epic Games client for Linux, Heroic Games Launcher can now run offline

22 Mar 2021

The open source Heroic Games Launcher is a game launcher that currently works with the Epic Games Store, providing Linux users with an easy way to manage it and play games.

Arrow is a new open source app for developing text adventures and game narratives

22 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Are you designing a game narrative or want to make some sort of text adventure? Even if it's just prototyping or storyboarding the free and open source app Arrow can help.

OpenRA has a massive new release improving the classic Westwood RTS games

22 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

A day I've been waiting for! OpenRA, the game engine reimplementation of Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 has a huge new release out for 2021 and a flashy new website.

Free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' has a huge 0.9.0 release

22 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The community of volunteers building up the next-generation open source multiplayer RPG named Veloren have pushed out another massive release, which includes some big new features.

V3DV Vulkan driver for the Raspberry Pi 4 keeps on improving

18 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Soon, the Raspberry Pi 4 will become even better with the constant improvements being made to the V3DV Vulkan driver.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 expands in v0.3.3

16 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

v0.3.3 of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 is out now and it includes quite a lot of enhancements as the community works towards giving the ultimate cross-platform experience.

Lazy Chess a new open source game that gives you the best moves

13 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

I do always love to see new takes on classic games and Lazy Chess has a fun idea. It compresses Chess down into a game of only a few possible moves each turn.

Windows 'not an emulator' compatibility tool Wine 6.4 out now

13 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.4 is officially out now as the latest development release.

VKD3D-Proton works towards Ray Tracing, new small Proton Experimental build up

12 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

For those of you with a graphics card capable of Ray Tracing who use the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer we have some good news coming for you.

Mesa 21.0.0 open source graphics drivers out now

12 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

After much waiting, the latest release of the Mesa graphics stack is out now with tons of improvements to lots of drivers for Linux users and for Linux gaming.

Pixels customizable smart dice seem like an interesting way to spice up your tabletops

10 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

While I haven't yet jumped into the deep end of virtual tabletop experiences myself, the likes of Fantasy Grounds Unity and Foundry VTT support Linux and look really good. Want to spice them up if you play already? Enter the Pixels dice.

FOSS racer Yorg has a new release with improved gamepad support

8 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Top-down open-source racing? Yorg is a little bit like some of the classic Micro Machines games and while rough around the edges as it's in development it's showing promise as another FOSS game.

Sofa gaming Linux distro GamerOS version 23 is out continuing to fill the gap of SteamOS

8 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Filling in the gap left by Valve leaving SteamOS alone, the sofa / couch gaming distribution GamerOS has a brand new release available with the usual great improvements.

plus-x is a simple tool to help developers on Windows set Linux permissions for games

5 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Here's a small and very useful sounding application from game developer Cheeseness. It's called plus-x and the aim is to allow developers on Windows to set the correct permissions on Linux executables.

Godot Engine team grows with another developer now working on rendering

2 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Godot Engine is definitely going places and the more we hear about this free and open source game engine the more we love it. The team now has another member hired to work on rendering.

Open source mixed reality library StereoKit adds Linux support

2 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The XR (VR/AR) space continues to evolve and one of the promising projects there is called StereoKit, an open source mixed reality library and a new release is out now adding in Linux support.

Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8.1 is out now

1 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

After the 1.8 release of DXVK on February 19, a small 1.8.1 release just went out for this Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer.

Free and open source RTS Warzone 2100 gains Vulkan support in the 4.0 Beta

1 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Ready for even more open source goodness? The classic real-time strategy game Warzone 2100 is gearing up for a new release with some absolutely huge changes.

Play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory with the new release of ET: Legacy

1 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Miss the classic shooter from Splash Damage and id Software? Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory has a modern open source version you can play with ET: Legacy and there's a new release available.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe reimplementation OpenTTD has a fresh Beta with OpenGL

1 Mar 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

OpenTTD, the free and open source game that's a reimplementation and much enhanced version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe has a big new Beta up with some huge changes.