Article category: Open Source - page 111

FNA 20.05 (XNA4 reimplementation) is out with a brand new 3D graphics library 'FNA3D'

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2020

Ethan Lee, porter of many games to Linux (and macOS) and the creator of the XNA4 reimplementation FNA today announced the release of FNA 20.05 and a brand new 3D graphics library FNA3D.

Open-source OpenXR runtime for Linux 'Monado' gets an improved compositor - runs Blender VR

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

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Those crazy-smart folks over at Collabora have continued hacking away on Monado, a fully open source OpenXR (VR / AR standard) runtime for Linux. Now it's progressed quite far and it can run Blender VR.

If you have the retro gaming itch RetroPie 4.6 is out with support for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

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Ah the Raspberry Pi, a seriously cool and highly versatile little device and a perfect way to build a retro gaming station with the power of Linux thanks to projects like RetroPie.

Missing out on VibranceGUI for Linux? There's a project for that and now a fork for AMD too

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

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VibranceGUI, a program on Windows that adjusts the colouring of your games as it's sent to your screen is quite popular and there's a similar project available for Linux. Now it's also not just for NVIDIA.

Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution Fedora 32 released

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

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The Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution, Fedora, has a brand new release today with Fedora 32 showing off some of the latest of what open source has to offer.

Free first-person shooter 'Tomatenquark' releasing soon based on Cube 2: Sauerbraten

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

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Coming soon to Steam Early Access, Tomatenquark is another attempt to revive a classic free and open source first-person shooter.

Legendary is an in-development community-made open source version of the Epic Games Store

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2020

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While it wasn't made specifically for Linux, the in-development community made application 'Legendary' has an aim to be a cross-platform and open source version of the Epic Games Store.

Open-source graphics rendering engine 'OGRE' has a major new release up

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2020

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OGRE, a classic open source graphics rendering engine has a major new release available and the first big release in some time.

Open source PS4 Remote Play client 'Chiaki' major release up with VA-API support

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2020

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Giving you another way to enjoy your games from various sources on Linux, the free and open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client 'Chiaki' has a new major update.

Collabora continue expanding the FOSS 'Panfrost' driver to cover Mali Bifrost GPUs

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2020

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Some interesting open source GPU driver news to share today, as Collabora continue working on their open source Panfrost driver to cover newer generations of Mali ARM GPUs.

The classic Escape Velocity: Override is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2020

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Escape Velocity: Override, something of a classic from the 90s is getting remastered with Cosmic Frontier: Override and it's seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Linux game launcher 'GameHub' has a brand new release, with game tweaking support

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2020

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GameHub is another game launcher available for Linux, one we've talked briefly about before, and it just recently had quite a nice looking update.

FOSS Ultima 7 game engine 'Exult' has a new big stable update after 16 years

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2020

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Ultima 7, what a classic. Released originally back in 1992 it continues to live on thanks to open source. Exult is a FOSS game engine for it and it finally has a fresh release.

Epicinium - a strategy game where nature is a finite resource, to release free and going open source

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2020

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Epicinium is a name I've not heard in some time. After a failed Kickstarter in 2018, they're back with their strategy game and the team at A Bunch of Hacks have a new plan for it which includes open source.

Minigalaxy, the FOSS Linux client for GOG adds support for Wine

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2020

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While GOG don't support their own Galaxy client on Linux (yet?), work continues by the community on Minigalaxy, a streamlined free and open source Linux client for GOG.

OpenRA has a new test release, plus the OpenRA powered RTS 'Fractured Realms' has a pre-release

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2020

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OpenRA, the free and open source real-time strategy game engine for playing classic Westwood games has a new testing release up. Additionally, Fractured Realms, a game powered by OpenRA tech has a pre-release.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine 'OpenRCT2' has a fresh release up

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2020

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Time to get building a massive theme park, as OpenRCT2 for playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 on modern systems with an enhanced feature-set has a new release up.

Direct 3D to Vulkan layer 'DXVK' 1.6.1 release out with plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2020

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DXVK when paired up with Wine (and integrated in Steam Play Proton) translates Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan enabling better performance on Linux for a lot of Windows games. Today, a brand new release went up.

Work is underway to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2020

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ASUS ROG (Republic Of Gamers) is a brand of special hardware primarily aimed at PC gaming and work is now underway by the community to better support their laptops on Linux.

Godot Engine powers up GLES2 with batching coming in Godot 3.2.2

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2020

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With a big release behind them this year with Godot 3.2, and while Vulkan support is being worked on for Godot 4.0, the team is also hard at work to improve the current version further.

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