The original 'POSTAL' is now open source under the GPL
The original version of the classic shooter 'POSTAL' is now officially open source under the GPL license. That's a pretty nice move by RWS.
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'gifine' is a pretty simple open source tool for making small gifs and videos
Something I've wanted for a while was an easy way to make simple gif animations or videos of small sections of my screen. Thankfully, gifine has come along and seems to fit my needs perfectly.
The open source 'OpenMW' has released 0.41.0 to further improve Morrowind on Linux
OpenMW, the open source engine for playing Morrowind has matured a little more with the release of 0.41.0.
OBS Studio 17.0.0 adds support for capturing previous x minutes and a Linux memory leak fix
OBS Studio 17.0.0 has been released and it's a pretty fun one. It now has a feature that allows you to capture a snapshot of a specific time before hitting a hotkey.
The open source itch games client has been updated yet again
The itch developers sure do work fast, as another two versions of this open source game client has been released.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan reaches another milestone
The developer of VK9, the project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan, emailed in to let me know they have hit another milestone.
The open source itch client has been updated with major new features
The client for the game store itch has been updated again and it has some really useful stuff this time.
Open source game engine 'Godot' is working on a new 3D renderer
Godot, the open source game engine for 2D and 3D games is going to get a brand new 3D rendering system and the developers have given some updates on it.
Stefan Achatz, the developer who helps get Roccat devices properly working on Linux to end his work
Sad news for fans of Roccat hardware as the sole developer working on Roccat device support, Stefan Achatz, is stepping down from his work.
Classic RTS 'Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries' updated, includes online matchmaking and more
The classic strategy game Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries was updated this year to include a few nifty features.
Marek sent in a patch to fix a 9 year old bug with Mesa, helps radeonsi with multiple games
This is quite an amazing little fix. Marek sent in a patch for Mesa that fixes a bug that has apparently been an issue for around 9 years.
DoomRL or 'DRL' as it's now called has gone open source
After ZeniMax sent the lawyers knocking, the developer of what was called DoomRL (Doom Roguelike) has changed it's name to 'DRL' and it's now open source.
Open source RTS game 0 A.D. has a new project leader, continues towards next Alpha version
0 A.D. has a change in leadership with Erik stepping down, but work continues on and the new Alpha is already shaping up.
VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan continues to improve
VK9, formerly known as 'SchaeferGL' is an open source project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan.
A 2016 Thanksgiving retrospection about the open source game engine 'xoreos'
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II.
The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' continues improving at a rapid pace
As always, I am massively impressed with the progress the Mesa developers have made. The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' has continued to evolve recently.
The itch app has a new major version, still as slick as ever
If you're a fan of the games store itch like me, you may want to know about the latest update to their open source client.
A quick video on SC Controller's new gestures feature, the standalone UI and driver for the Steam Controller
SC Controller is really awesome! It's a standalone UI and driver for the Steam Controller. It was pointed out to me that it has a new gestures feature and I was asked to do a video. Here's a quick look at this fun new feature.
The Wine development release 1.9.23 is now available
The Wine team released yesterday another development release of their software. Version 1.9.23 has many small changes including 32 bugfixes.
Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver
Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.