CorsixTH, the open source Theme Hospital engine has a major release
CorsixTH 0.60 has been released which features user campaigns, an in-game map editor and more. Really pleased to see it progress as TH is an absolute classic.
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The Wine Development Release 1.9.12 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.12 has many small changes including 20 bugfixes.
OpenKeeper, another open source game engine, this time for Dungeon Keeper II
I really do love open source game engines. Keeping older titles alive on new platforms and bringing bug fixes with them. This time Dungeon Keeper II gets the treatment.
The Wine Staging Team has released their patch-set for Wine 1.9.11
Wine Staging 1.9.11 has been released this weekend. This release is a small update containing only a few improvements targeting different applications.
Simutrans, the open source transportation simulation game is now on Steam
Simutrans is a bit of an oldie in the open source gaming world, but it's pretty good and it has now found its way onto Steam.
Rotorcross, an open source multirotor racing simulator has a Linux version
Apparently Rotorcross is becoming a thing where you race drones and it actually sounds like a pretty cool idea for a game. The code is open source too, but it's built with Unity.
New set of GPU benchmarks and adventures in OpenGL 4.3
Quite recently there have been quite a few advancements on the open source side of GPU drivers so I figured it would be the perfect time to talk about these changes and run some updated benchmarks.
The Wine Development Release 1.9.11 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.11 has many small changes including 21 bugfixes.
Intel & Nvidia Fermi Mesa OpenGL driver has now finished up OpenGL 4.3 support
Oh wow, didn't expect this so soon. The Mesa driver for Intel graphics and Nvidia Fermi (GeForce 400, GeForce 500) on Linux have now reached OpenGL 4.3 compliance with "ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior" now being done.
There is now an open source driver and GTK3 based UI for interacting with the Steam Controller
Open source rocks! A fellow named kozec has created a user mode driver (based on another) and a UI for interacting with the Steam Controller.
Come watch another round of the GOL OpenRA tournament tonight, last one before the final!
Apologies for the late notice on this, we will try better next time. Tonight is the last OpenRA game before the final! Come watch it on Twitch at 7PM UTC.
Minetest, the open source sandbox game inspired by InfiniMiner & Minecraft has a major new version
Minetest is an open source game and game engine much like Minecraft and available for free. It has recently released a major new version.
OpenRW, an open source engine for Grand Theft Auto III
I love open source! OpenRW joins the ranks of game engines like OpenMW (Morrowind), OpenRA (Command & Conquer, Red Alert) and many more.
Intel's Mesa OpenGL driver has now finished up OpenGL 4.2 support
Not long after gaining OpenGL 4.0 support, Intel's Mesa driver is now able to support OpenGL 4.2 and it's not far off 4.3.
The open source Mesa driver for Intel graphics finally reaches OpenGL 4
Intel's Mesa has been lagging behind for quite some time, but today it looks like the wait is over. The Mesa Intel driver finally has OpenGL 4 support.
The Wine Development Release 1.9.10 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.10 has many small changes including 25 bugfixes.
OpenApoc, the open source engine for X-COM: Apocalypse shows impressive progress
I actually really liked where XCOM went with X-COM: Apocalypse, it had issues sure, but it had some interesting features. Like OpenXcom, OpenApoc will be a fully featured open source engine. The new video showing their progress is fantastic.
The Wine Development Release 1.9.9 Is Now Available
The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.9 has many small changes including 38 bugfixes.
Tiny Chopper Raceway - An Example Godot Game With Sources
Tiny Chopper Raceway is a small 2D drifting/race-against-the-clock game created as an example to demonstrate some of the Godot engine's capabilities.
Open source Morrowind game engine OpenMW releases 0.39.0
The awesome open source Morrowind game engine has released 0.39.0, bringing a lot of fixes and a few bigger features.