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Fast-paced free shooter 'Xonotic' is now available as a Snap

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2018

Xonotic, the free and open source fast-paced shooter Xonotic is now available as a Snap package for super easy installation on Linux.

The open source project 'xoreos' released version 0.0.5 'Dawn Star'

By DrMcCoy, 4 Jul 2018

Fashionably (?) late, but still finally there, a new release of xoreos arrives! xoreos is a re-implementation of BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives).

Open source game engine 'Godot Engine' to get an impressive third-person shooter demo

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2018

The lead developer of the open source game engine 'Godot Engine' has shown off a video of an upcoming third-person shooter demo and it's impressive.

Mesa now supports OpenGL 4.4 Compatibility Profile for radeonsi

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2018

Good news for those of you using an AMD GPU, as Mesa with radeonsi now has support for compatibility profiles up to OpenGL 4.4.

OpenSAGE, an early WIP game engine for Command & Conquer: Generals adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2018

OpenSAGE is an open source game engine that aims to be a re-implementation of SAGE, the RTS engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals and other RTS titles from EA Pacific.

Free and open source racer 'Yorg' has a new build out with experimental multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2018

Remember Yorg? The free and open source racer I showed a little of back in March has a fresh update out with experimental multiplayer.

Shockolate is a new cross-platform source port of System Shock 1

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jun 2018

Fancy playing System Shock 1 using an open source game engine that's cross-platform? Give me some Shockolate.

Open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 'OpenRCT2' updated again

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2018

Want to play some RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on a modern game engine that supports Linux? OpenRCT2 is what you need and it's been updated.

xpadneo is an 'advanced' Linux driver for the Xbox One S wireless gamepad

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2018

xpadneo seems like an interesting project for those of you who own the Xbox One S wireless gamepad, allowing you to connect it Bluetooth with other fun features.

Free first-person stealth game 'The Dark Mod' has a major new release

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2018

The Dark Mod, inspired by the Thief games just had a massive update and there's a lot of new goodies.

The excellent SC Controller project adds Bluetooth support

By Liam Dawe, 28 May 2018

SC Controller, the rather great driver and user interface for working with the Steam Controller (and now many others) outside of Steam recently added Bluetooth support.

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 23 is now out

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2018

0 A.D. the free and open source RTS from Wildfire Games has a new alpha build available and it's a pretty huge release.

mod.io is a new open API for cross-platform Steam Workshop-like mod support

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2018

This is really interesting. The guys behind Indie DB and Mod DB have announced mod.io, a new cross-platform API to give any game Steam Workshop-like mod support.

Liberation Circuit, a free software RTS where you can design your own units with AI

By Liam Dawe, 3 May 2018

Do you love strategy games? You might like to take a look at Liberation Circuit, a free software (GPL) RTS that includes optional programming elements.

The open source fantasy turn-based strategy game 'Battle for Wesnoth' is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2018

Battle for Wesnoth, one of the oldest and most polished open source games around is now available free on Steam.

Free and open source RTS 'Zero-K' releases on Steam on April 27th

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2018

Free and open source RTS 'Zero-K' is going to release on Steam on April 27th, along with a single-player campaign and multiplayer.

Feral Interactive have released an open source tool that’ll help get the most performance out of Linux games

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2018

GameMode is a new daemon/lib combo for Linux that will allow you to optimize your PC for gaming. It's not magic, but it's something that will help.

The first results of the GZDoom survey are out, 10% are on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2018

Recently GZDoom was updated and with it they added in a new hardware survey, the first results are now available.

XLEngine for Dark Forces and Daggerfall is now open source

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2018

XLEngine is another project to allow you to play classic games on modern systems, this one is for Dark Forces and Daggerfall and it's now open source.