Heroes of Might and Magic II reimplementation sees a big AI improvement
fheroes2 is ensuring that the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II can never die, and with the latest version out now it's more interesting to play than ever before.
Category: Open Source
Linux Foundation launches the Open 3D Engine based upon Amazon Lumberyard
This could be the start of something truly big for game development (amongst other things), with the Linux Foundation pulling together some huge names to launch the Open 3D Foundation and the Open 3D Engine based upon Amazon Lumberyard. UPDATED.
Game manager Lutris 0.5.8.4 out as a small fix-up before the next major release
The free and open source game manager Lutris has a fresh release up, although it's mostly a fix-up release as work is ongoing for the next major release due soon.
DOSBox-X and DOSBox Staging both had new releases lately
Running DOS classics? Well, there's plenty of ways to choose from with multiple projects looking to speed up the development on DOSBox with both DOSBox-X and DOSBox Staging seeing new releases.
Wine 6.12 is out now with theme work, Network Store Interface beginnings
The Wine 6.12 development release is out now, containing plenty more new features and bug fixes to help run Windows games and applications on Linux.
Heroic Games Launcher 1.8.0 'Arlong' is out now and goes multi-platform
Not only does the alternative open source Epic Games Store client Heroic Games Launcher have a new release out with 1.8.0 'Arlong' it's also gone multi-platform.
NVIDIA puts out a new release of their open source NVAPI interface
With the absolutely huge NVIDIA 470 driver release now out the door, NVIDIA has just put up a fresh release of their open source NVAPI interface.
ScummVM adds support for Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy and The Journeyman Project 2
Have time to play some more classics? The latest release of ScummVM might not be out yet but they have announced some more titles will be playable.
Linux Kernel 5.13 rolls out with early Apple M1 support
Another Linux Kernel release is out now with Linux 5.13 bringing with it, amongst plenty of other things, initial and early support for the new Apple M1 chip.
Unvanquished gets a small bug-fix release for graphical issues and a Flatpak
Unvanquished, the free and open source humans vs aliens strategic shooter had another update recently, although mostly a cleaning up build from the recent big release.
AMD releases FidelityFX Super Resolution, source code dropping mid-July
Today AMD released FidelityFX Super Resolution, their attempt to answer NVIDIA's DLSS and the source code to it is coming soon for developers to look at.
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games sees a small bug fix release ahead of the big 1.8
Heroic Games Launcher is an application built on top of the a command-line client called Legendary, and Heroic has a fresh bug fix release out to help ahead of a major release.
Classic open source RTS Warzone 2100 has a Beta out for the upcoming 4.1 release
After the huge 4.0 release back in April that added in the Vulkan renderer, a new update for Warzone 2100 is in need of testing as they clean up a backlog of bug fixes.
Theme Hospital game engine reimplementation CorsixTH 0.65 is out now
Another fantastic free and open source game engine reimplementation just had a new release. This time it's CorsixTH 0.65 for playing Theme Hospital on modern systems.
GemRB 0.9.0, the game engine reimplementation for the likes of Baldur's Gate
Less than a month after the last release, the Infinity Engine reimplementation for the likes of Baldur's Gate and other RPGs has another big release with GemRB 0.9.0.
Free and open source evolution game Thrive 0.5.4 is out now with cell colonies
Bringing you the latest in open source evolution simulation, Thrive 0.5.4 is out now with a big new gameplay feature with the possibility of forming cell colonies.
The development release Wine 6.11 is out now, pulls in patch to help Roblox work on Linux
Another two weeks and another bottle of Wine has been opened. This Wine 6.11 development release pulls in an interesting patch too for Roblox.
OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink gets a huge performance boost
We heard you like performance and it seems the new OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink is going to bring some FPS friends whenever the next release lands.
Alternate Quake II game engine Yamagi Quake II adds optional Vulkan support
Want another game engine reimplementation to play Quake II? Yamagi Quake II is another that's quite advanced and big new release is available with Vulkan support.
Control AMD's Wraith cooler RGB on Linux using Wraith Master with a new release
Have a fancy AMD CPU with a Wraith Prism cooler? You might want to adjust some of the RGB settings on Linux and for that you should check out Wraith Master.
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