Category: Open Source

We missed covered the last update to The Dark Mod back in February, and I'm glad someone emailed it in as its becoming quite impressive.

The Wine developers are continuing towards a stable 1.8 released, and they have released Wine 1.8-rc2.

xoreos (a F/OSS reimplementation of Bioware's Aurora engine) developer DrMcCoy reflects on the project's progress over the past year, and offers thanks to supporting contributors and the community.

A new alpha release of the open source RTS 0 A.D. has just been released. The new release has various technical improvements and a couple of new gameplay and AI features.

Wyrmsun is yet another game we totally missed, mainly due to it not appearing in the SteamOS + Linux new releases. Valve really need to fix games showing up there if they add a Linux version to an existing release later on.

Ever wanted to fly a high-speed interceptor in a big dogfight against a superior enemy force like in Battlestar Galactica? Well, it's possible thanks to Diaspora: Shattered Armistice! Let's go kill some toasters!

People say we don't cover enough open source, well here's a good one for you. Endless Sky is something I've only recently discovered, and I sort of fell in love with it.

Freespace 2 is a space combat simulator game from way back in 1999, it may be old, but it has an official open source engine and you should really give it a run.

We have covered Tanks of Freedom before, but this open source strategy game has changed quite a bit since the initial article.

A post from a community member highlighting the free and open source FPS. They say it ranks among their top five FPS game of all time, wow.

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.52 has many small changes including 99 bugfixes.

xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives). It's at an early stage, but progress is being made.

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.51 has many small changes including 37 bugfixes.

The charming little platformer, noteworthy for its advanced accessibility options and its copyleft license, was recently updated. It now features a crossover mod with Race the Sun and even more accessibility options.

Teeworlds is a great little 2D battle game, and while it has been around for a while it's now just become available on Steam.

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.50 has many small changes including 39 bugfixes.

Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.49 have many small changes including 31 bugfixes.

Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.48 have many small changes including 39 bugfixes.

The F/OSS reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora engine, xoreos has recently had its 0.0.2 release. Highlights include the ability to load areas from all target games, WASD camera controls, early menu support, early dialogue support for Neverwinter Nights, and a xoreos-tools side package.

Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.47 have many small changes including 48 bugfixes.