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Flax Engine 0.6 beta released, adds Linux support
Nice to see even more game engines add Linux support. Flax Engine is one we covered recently, after they announced their plans to support Linux and now it has arrived.
Category: Game Engine
GemRB, the FOSS game engine for Bioware's Infinity Engine had a new release recently
Here's an open source game engine reimplementation you don't hear about much. GemRB, for Bioware's Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment games had a new release recently.
Fully supported Unity Editor for Linux delayed, Unity 2019.3 in the final testing stages
Two bits of big news about the Unity game engine to share today, one specifically about Linux and one about the Unity engine as a whole.
The second Beta of Godot Engine 3.2 is out with more WebAssembly work
Just over two weeks after the first, the second Beta for the big upcoming Godot Engine 3.2 release is now available.
Godot Engine has a new Platinum sponsor with gambling game dev Interblock
Good news for Godot Engine, as they have another company supporting their work on the free and open source game engine.
Time to play some classic Command & Conquer as OpenRA has a huge fresh stable release out
OpenRA, the free and open source game engine to bring classic Command & Conquer titles like Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Dune 2000 and eventually Tiberian Sun to modern systems has a big new release up.
Game dev: Flax Engine is adding Linux support in an upcoming update
Flax Engine, another game engine that supports Vulkan is going cross-platform with an upcoming release adding in Linux support.
The first Beta of Godot Engine 3.2 has been released
The team behind the FOSS game engine, Godot Engine, have now released the first Beta in the 3.2 series so the full release is coming close now with lots of new goodies for game developers.
FOSS game engine 'GDevelop' integrates the Yarn Dialogue editor in the latest build
Creating dialogue in your games with GDevelop just got a lot more advanced, as the team have integrated the Yarn Dialogue editor into their FOSS game engine.
The RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 open source game engine 'OpenRCT2' v0.2.4 is out
The team keeping RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 alive with the power of open source have pushed out another fine looking release of OpenRCT2.
Another OpenRA preview build is up needing testing, Tiberian Sun support is coming along
Work continues on the open source game engine OpenRA which allows you to play Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 on Linux and other modern platforms with support for Tiberian Sun progressing well.
The GTA: San Andreas remake in Unity has a new release out
SanAndreasUnity, an open source remake of the game engine for GTA: San Andreas that aims to be cross-platform has a new release out, with better Linux support included.
Looking to make 2D games? Perhaps the Orx game engine might be suitable for you
One we've never covered before at all is the free and open source Orx. A lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine.
OpenTESArena, an open source re-implementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena
A fun open source game engine project we've not covered here before is OpenTESArena, an open source re-implementation of The Elder Scrolls: Arena and it just had a new release.
FOSS game engine Godot Engine 3.2 Alpha released
With months of development behind them, Godot Engine 3.2 hits the first Alpha release with a ton of new and improved features for this FOSS game engine.
FOSS game engine Godot Engine just gained a new Platinum sponsor
The excellent free and open source game engine Godot Engine just announced that Heroic Labs are now supporting their development as a Platinum level sponsor.
ScummVM 2.1.0 is now ready for testing with support for more major classics
ScummVM, the clever bit of software enabling many classic point-and-click adventure games to run nicely on modern systems has a big new release in need of some testing.
GTA: San Andreas is being remade (unofficially) in Unity and it supports Linux
Have any fond memories of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? You might want to take a look at this new unofficial remake being made in Unity as it supports Linux.
The FOSS 2D game engine GDevelop continues advancing the 5.0 release
GDevelop, a FOSS (Free and open-source software) 2D game engine seems to be really coming along nicely for the current overhaul.
openblack is a FOSS game engine for Black & White currently under development
How about a little open source to start your Tuesday morning? Work is going into the openblack project, to create a modern open source game engine for Black & White (2001).
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