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Open source NES-style music maker FamiStudio has a big new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another great project we are following is FamiStudio, a free and open source NES-style music maker and they have a fresh release up now.

The Barony crowdfunding was a success, incoming big updates for everyone

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Barony is a wonderful, challenging co-op first-person roguelike RPG that recent had quite an interesting crowdfunding campaign. It was a success, which means this already released game is going to see some huge upgrades.

Linux Mint teams up with Peppermint OS on a WebApp Manager

By Liam Squires-Hand,
In the latest monthly news on the Linux Mint distribution blog, Mint's Clement Lefebvre talks about a new and interesting application being made.

The itch.io app can now use a system installed Wine on Linux for Windows-only games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Without any announcement, the open source application for the indie store itch.io added support for Wine in their Linux builds so you get more choice.

Bringing together audio and video, PipeWire for Linux is really coming along

By Liam Squires-Hand,
PipeWire, the next-generation of modern Linux audio and video appears to be coming along nicely and it appears it's ready for wider testing.

Valve update open source GameNetworkingSockets with P2P connections

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GameNetworkingSockets is just one in a list of open source projects worked on by Valve developers, and this doesn't even require Steam so developers can use it anywhere.

FNA 20.09 is out with the new FNA3D, brings experimental Vulkan support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A big day for the FNA project, as they've released a massive new release which pulls in FNA3D, the new modern and much more advanced 3D graphics library for FNA.

ScummVM 2.2.0 is coming soon, developers need help testing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With the next release of ScummVM upcoming, the team have put out a call to arms for helping testing a bunch of new titles that will be supported with ScummVM 2.2.0.

Event-driven FOSS game engine GDevelop adds dynamic 2D lights, more features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The free and open source game engine and editor GDevelop continues maturing, with new features constantly being pulled it to make it more powerful.

Open source 3D creation suite 'Blender' has a major new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite continues going from strength to strength, with a brand new release out now. Let's go over the highlights.

Ludo is a new sleek front-end for Libretro, as an alternative to RetroArch

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you find the RetroArch a little overwhelming and want something different as a front-end for Libretro, have a look at the newly announced Ludo.

Wine compatibility layer sees a 5.16 development release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Released just before the weekend began, the Wine team have put out the 5.16 development release as they continue chasing Windows compatibility.

Free and open source racer SuperTuxKart has a big 1.2 release out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The classic FLOSS racing game returns with more enhancements, as SuperTuxKart now has the 1.2 release officially available. Here's a run over the highlights and what's new.

Recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio has a major new build in testing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Free, open source and pretty essential for anyone doing livestreaming and/or recording videos on Linux; OBS Studio has a new Release Candidate out for testing.

Ventoy is my new favourite tool for Linux distro-hopping

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you distro-hop on Linux often? Ventoy might be the tool you're looking for and it's quite possibly my new best friend.

Make retro Game Boy games with the open source GB Studio, now with colour in the 2.0 Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GB Studio is a free and open source retro adventure game creator that allows you to visually make games that can work cross-platform on Linux, macOS, Windows…and the Game Boy.

Linux Steering Wheel manager 'Oversteer' has a new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Have a Steering Wheel that you need to tweak on Linux for your favourite racing games? Oversteer can help with that a lot and a new release is up.

Ubisoft renews their funding commitment to Blender

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The good news for the open source application Blender just keeps flowing, after Unity announced their support for funding Blender only recently, now Ubisoft will be continuing with their funding as they've renewed their relationship with Blender.

PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword now runs in RPCS3 emulator

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The people working on RPCS3 sure do some amazing work, this PlayStation 3 emulator is truly the stuff of dreams for game preservation and another big title is now playable.

Blender pulls in another funding partner with Unity

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Joining many other companies that seemingly woke up to actually supporting free and open source software, Unity has now pledged funding towards Blender.
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