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Chiaki, the open source and cross-platform PS4 Remote Play client now supports the PS4 7.0 update

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2019

Sony recently upgraded the system software on the PlayStation 4 which broke compatibility with the open source Remote Play client Chiaki. The developer acted quickly and a new release is up.

The GTA: San Andreas remake in Unity has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2019

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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.

Pegasus Frontend, the customizable open source graphical game launcher has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2019

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Pegasus Frontend is certainly promising, an open source graphical game launcher you can use across Linux, MacOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi, Android and more.

GGPO, a rollback networking SDK for peer-to-peer games has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

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Oh how I do love to see more projects go open source! GGPO, a rollback networking SDK for peer-to-peer games that's designed to help hide network latency in fast-paced games that requires precise inputs is now on GitHub.

Using the Elgato Stream Deck on Linux just got a whole lot easier with streamdeck_ui

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

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If you're a livestreamer, video creator or anything like that then the Elgato Stream Deck seems like an incredible useful bit of kit. However, it doesn't have official Linux support. Not so much a problem now.

Looking to make 2D games? Perhaps the Orx game engine might be suitable for you

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

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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

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2019

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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.

The Blender team have secured even more funding, this time from NVIDIA

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2019

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Following on from Ubisoft and Epic Games becoming Blender sponsors, NVIDIA have also thrown a bucketful of money into the ring.

FOSS game engine Godot Engine 3.2 Alpha released

By Liam Dawe, 7 Oct 2019

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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.

Keep an eye on 'Veloren', an open source multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2019

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Move over Cube World, there's a new open source voxel RPG in town under development called Veloren and it supports Linux too so there's a bonus point for you.

The handy Steering Wheel Manager 'Oversteer' has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2019

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For those of you with a Steering Wheel and play plenty of racing games on Linux, Oversteer is one of those essential and very handy tools.

FOSS game engine Godot Engine just gained a new Platinum sponsor

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

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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.

Athenaeum, the FOSS game launcher and updater has a big new release

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

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Athenaeum, which is described as a "libre replacement for Steam" by the developer just recently had a big new release out.

Chiaki, an open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client is out and it works on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

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Streaming is all the rage now right? How about streaming your PlayStation 4 to your Linux box using Chiaki, a new open source Remote Play client.

Mindustry the Factorio-like tower-defense game is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

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Oh no, this is going to be very bad for my free time. It was bad enough with Factorio having a huge update recently and now Mindustry is available on Steam.

A developer from Epic Games adds an offscreen video driver to SDL 2

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2019

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Something that came across the desk this morning is a note about Epic Games contributing to the cross-platform development library SDL 2.

D3D9 over Vulkan gets even better as D9VK 0.21 'Lollihop' is out

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2019

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Developer Joshua Ashton continues doing some great work, as another release of the D3D9 to Vulkan layer D9VK is out.

Twitch now officially sponsor OBS Studio development and more in the latest progress report

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2019

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I honestly don't know where we would be without OBS Studio now, it's a fantastic bit of free and open source software for recording videos and doing livestreams. It seems Twitch agree.

Running DOSBox games from Steam on Linux just got better with a fresh release of Boxtron for Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2019

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Love your classic games? Have a lot of those classics on Steam? You need to grab Boxtron, the unofficial Steam Play tool that allows you to use a native DOSBox with Steam games even if they don't have a Linux build up.

The Valve-funded shader compiler 'ACO' is being queued up for inclusion in Mesa directly (updated: merged)

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2019

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Back in early July, Valve announced their work on a new AMD GPU shader compiler for Mesa named ACO and now they're trying to get it pulled into Mesa directly. UPDATED.

Category: Open Source