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Godot Engine 4.1 to get FSR 2.2, better 3D support for OpenGL, shader improvements

By Liam Dawe, Apr 19

Seems like the next update for Godot Engine is going to be a nice one for game developers, with multiple graphics enhancements on the way.

Godot Engine 4.0 out now plus console porting is coming

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Today is the big day! Godot Engine 4.0 is officially out now, and there's also work happening for developers to port their games to consoles now too.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe, Feb 8

Game developers might want to begin to look closer at this one! The free and open source Godot Engine is about to have the biggest update ever with 4.0 that now has a first Release Candidate.

4A Games release a full Metro Exodus SDK for modders

By Liam Dawe, Jan 26

4A Games have done something quite awesome. They've released a SDK for people to make full game modifications of Metro Exodus.

Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 get an open source reimplementation with OpenEnroth

By Liam Dawe, Jan 26

Want to play Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 on modern systems with an updated game engine? Well, OpenEnroth looks mighty promising.

GameMaker makes a few more open source moves with extensions

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2022

Well, I have to admit I am surprised that the takeover of YoYo Games (who develop GameMaker) by Opera has been largely positive with them making more moves towards open source.

Star Wars Dark Forces lives on again with The Force Engine

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2022

A dedicated Star Wars fan and code hacker has created something awesome: The Force Engine. A brand new free and open source modern game engine for Star Wars Dark Forces.

Godot Engine 4.0 is approaching release, future plans detailed

By Liam Dawe, Dec 1, 2022

Godot Engine 4.0 is so close now, with an overhauled and powerful Vulkan rendering system and now their developers have a new blog post up detailing some plans.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a Movie Maker

By Liam Dawe, Nov 16, 2022

With Godot Engine 4.0 slowly approaching release, the developers are still hooking up some huge features to this free and open source game engine like a Movie Maker.

Unreal Engine 5.1 rolled out with plenty of Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe, Nov 16, 2022

Epic Games announced that Unreal Engine 5.1 is now available, and along with all the usual big new features, they continued improving their Linux support in this release.

Godot Engine now has its own dedicated Foundation for funding

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2022

The free and open source game engine Godot Engine continues to grow, and now the team behind it has formed a Godot Foundation to continue funding it.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine OpenRCT2 gets another big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, Oct 12, 2022

OpenRCT2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, upgrading many parts of it and making it work well cross-platform on modern systems. Version 0.4.2 was recently released with some fun new features.

The latest Godot Engine showreel is an impressive look at upcoming games

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2022

Every now and then the developers of Godot Engine, a cross-platform free and open source game engine, put together a showreel of what's made with it.

Castle Game Engine building up towards a huge new release

By Liam Dawe, Sep 16, 2022

It's not only Godot Engine that's building towards a big new release. We also have the free and open source Castle Game Engine you might want to keep an eye on.

Godot Engine 4 hits Beta with absolutely loads new

By Liam Dawe, Sep 15, 2022

Godot Engine, the powerful free and open source game engine that is becoming increasingly popular has a massive new Beta release available for Godot 4.

Infinity Engine reimplementation GemRB continues improving Icewind Dale 2

By Liam Dawe, Aug 31, 2022

Classics like Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and more running on the Infinity Engine should live on forever thanks to open source reimplementations like GemRB.

Open source game development advances with Godot Engine 3.5 out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 5, 2022

Godot Engine, the free and open source full game development engine has a big new release available with version 3.5.

ScummVM 2.6.0 out now with more retro game support

By Liam Dawe, Aug 2, 2022

Keeping a great many classics alive with new game engines, ScummVM version 2.6.0 is officially out now.

Modern Diablo game engine devilutionX sees new release, how to get it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jul 29, 2022

Do you want to play the classic Diablo RPG? Well, not only does GOG have it and the Hellfire expansion but the Native Linux devilutionX game engine can make it even better. Here's how to get it working on Steam Deck (and Linux desktop!).