Open source infinite shape-factory sim 'shapez.io' has a major new release up
shapez.io lets you build up a huge factory with an ever-expanding map, it's open source and a massive new update was recently put up expanding how deep it goes.
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Fast-paced action-roguelike 'Burning Knight' goes fully open source
After recently releasing the first major post-release update, the developer of the action-roguelike Burning Knight decided to open source the whole thing.
System76 continue improving Pop!_OS with fractional scaling now live
Pop!_OS is the Linux distribution based on Ubuntu from hardware vendor System76, and they continue making the experience super-slick with new features.
Godot Engine pulls in another full-time developer to work on web infrastructure
Sounds like things continue going well for Godot Engine, as a free and open source game engine it's made huge leaps over the last year and they're pulling in more developers.
D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK release 1.7.2 is up
Developer Philip Rebohle announced today the release of DXVK 1.7.2 to further improve the D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan translation layer.
SteamOS-like Linux distribution GamerOS has a new release, adds in Epic Game Store support
If you need an easy full-screen gaming experience with Linux, perhaps with your main big TV then GamerOS looks to be the next best thing to SteamOS.
elementary OS 6 set for a big overhaul, adding system-wide Flatpak support
elementary OS is probably the most slick looking Linux distribution around, and their attention to all the small styling details is truly awesome. The next major release is looking like a big overhaul.
Debian Linux is planning a gaming-focused event online in November
With more people using Linux for gaming, certain distributions are waking up to this and making their own plans to improve and it looks like Debian is next.
System76 are doing some serious magic with Pop!_OS and Auto Tiling
With the release back in April of Pop!_OS 20.04, the distribution made by hardware vendor System76, it came with an impressive Auto Tiling feature that System76 continue expanding.
Cosmic Frontier: Override now has its open source Kestrel Game Engine online
Cosmic Frontier: Override is the upcoming remaster of the classic Escape Velocity Override, and just as the team behind it promised during the Kickstarter - the game engine is now open source.
Unity Technologies announce 'Open Projects', building games in Unity that are open source
This is brilliant! Unity Technologies creators of the Unity game engine, which is ridiculously popular with indie developers, have started a series of open source game development projects.
OBS Studio adds in better noise suppression thanks to RNNoise in the 26.0 release out now
Free and open source video recording and live streaming software OBS Studio version 26.0 is out now.
Grand strategy empire builder 'Arcane Fortune' has a new release and it went open source
Arcane Fortune is a game we briefly highlighted at the start of August as one that is inspired by the likes of Civilization, SimCity and Dwarf Fortress and it's getting bigger again.
Open source graphics drivers get a boost with Mesa 20.2.0 out now
The latest and greatest in open source graphics drivers has released with Mesa 20.2.0, although you should wait on it if you're after a stable experience.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 continues living with a new release of OpenRCT2
OpenRCT2 is the free and open source game engine reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, adding in many advanced featured and cross-platform support.
Play more classics including one from 1976 with a new ScummVM release
ScummVM, the awesome all-in-one solution for playing tons of classic adventure and RPGs has a brand new release available which expands the games supported.
Warzone 2100 to get a graphics boost with Vulkan support
The free and open source RTS Warzone 2100 continues advancing, with a big graphics rendering overhaul recently merged in ready for the next release.
Graphics rendering engine 'OGRE' to gain Vulkan support in the 2.3 release
As another win for both open standards and modern graphics APIs, the classic and continually improving open source graphics rendering engine OGRE will get Vulkan support in the upcoming 2.3 release.
Wine 5.18 is out making use of the new vkd3d-shader library
The team hacking away on the Wine compatibility layer have put out another development build with Wine 5.18 now being made available.
Another Discord voice chat overlay for Linux appears with 'Discover'
Since the official Discord client doesn't currently support the Overlay on Linux, it's up to the community and another has been released named Discover.