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Intel begins talking up their open source efforts for their upcoming dedicated GPU
With Intel's brand new dedicated GPU due next year, they've begun talking up their efforts of getting Linux support in early.
Category: Open Source
The open source Morrowind game engine 'OpenMW' is going to officially bring in multiplayer
This is quite exciting! OpenMW is now looking to officially merge in the TES3MP multiplayer fork as an optional game feature.
OpenRA has another test release out for those after their classic RTS experience
OpenRA, the fantastic project that lets you play classics like Red Alert and Dune 2000 has another test release out.
The massive 0.5 release of Lutris is out with a revamped UI, GOG support and tons more
Regular readers will know by now how much I've enjoyed using Lutris to bring together my game library across Steam, GOG and more. It just recently put out the big update!
Coregrounds, a competitive strategy game with Tower Defense and MOBA elements shuts down, goes open source
On top of AuroraRL shutting down this month, Coregrounds a competitive strategy game that pulled in elements from both Tower Defense and MOBAs has also shut down. This one has also opened up the code.
The developer of AuroraRL, a 2D space exploration game has thrown in the towel
The difficulties of game development and Early Access have hit another developer, with Sun Dogs throwing in the towel with AuroraRL. It's not all bad news though.
The free and open source game engine 'Godot Engine' has a third 3.1 beta out
No need to wait for Godot, the third beta of Godot Engine 3.1 is officially out for you to break it apart and report issues.
Dead Ascend, an open source point and click 2D adventure game
For those wanting to check out another open source game or perhaps see how they're made, Dead Ascend might be a fun choice for a little adventure.
vkQuake2, the project adding Vulkan support to Quake 2 now supports Linux
At the start of this year, I gave a little mention to vkQuake2, a project which has updated the classic Quake 2 with various improvements including Vulkan support.
Quake 2 now has real-time path tracing with Vulkan
If you have one of the more recent NVIDIA RTX graphics cards, here's an interesting project for you to try. Q2VKPT from developer Christoph Schied implements some really quite advanced techniques.
ET: Legacy, the open source continuation of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory has a new release out
I have some pretty fond memories of playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory online with friends many years ago, so to see it still alive and kicking with ET: Legacy is awesome.
The FOSS game engine 'Godot Engine' has a very exciting 2019 planned for features
While the big Godot Engine 3.1 release isn't out yet (soon), they're already working out a list of exciting features for the next few versions.
SuperTuxKart 0.10 beta is out with online multiplayer and it's looking good
SuperTuxKart, the free and open source racing game has hit the beta stage with the 0.10 release that's now available.
The latest OpenRA test build supports more single-player missions and features AI improvements
OpenRA, the incredible free and open source recreation of classic Command & Conquer real time strategy games has a new test build out.
The KKnD remake using the OpenRA game engine is coming along nicely
Keeping tabs on various open source projects, one I'm quite keen to see progress further is the KKnD and KKnD2 remake. They just recently pushed out a new build to improve it further.
Lutris 0.5 beta 2 is out to further refine the experience and it's looking great
Lutris, the excellent all-in-one game manager solution is really starting to show off now. The latest beta has some nice improvements to tidy it all up.
The free and open source game engine 'Godot Engine' is closing in on the big 3.1 release
Announced today, Godot Engine 3.1 alpha 5 is now officially available and the last alpha before they really lock it down to focus on critical issues.
Wyrmsun, the free and open source RTS adds seasons and better modding support
Wyrmsun, the classic free and open source RTS had an update recently which amongst other things added in seasons to show the passing of time in game.
Open source platformer SuperTux gets its first new stable release in quite some time
Here’s one that we missed in the holiday scramble. Following an alpha release, the penguin-themed platformer has its first big update in two years.
The free and open source RTS 0 A.D. has re-released Alpha 23 fixing issues
While Alpha 23 of the free and open source RTS 0 A.D. was released way back in May of 2018, it did come with some issues and they've put out an updated version now to improve it.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
- After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified
- Mounts of Mayhem released for Minecraft with new mobs, weapons and more
- Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
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