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Feral Interactive have released an open source tool that’ll help get the most performance out of Linux games

By Liam Dawe,
92
GameMode is a new daemon/lib combo for Linux that will allow you to optimize your PC for gaming. It's not magic, but it's something that will help.
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The first results of the GZDoom survey are out, 10% are on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
10
Recently GZDoom was updated and with it they added in a new hardware survey, the first results are now available.
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XLEngine for Dark Forces and Daggerfall is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
20
XLEngine is another project to allow you to play classic games on modern systems, this one is for Dark Forces and Daggerfall and it's now open source.
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Nightdive Studios has released the source code for System Shock

By Liam Dawe,
13
I'm not entirely sure how useful it will be in the long run, but Nightdive Studios has released the source code for System Shock under the GPL.
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KeeperRL is a surprisingly engrossing mix of dungeon building, exploration and roguelike with a recent update

By Liam Dawe,
7
I've recently taken quite a liking to KeeperRL, a surprisingly good mix pulling in features from dungeon building, exploration and roguelikes to make quite an engrossing game. The developer also recently put out Alpha 24.
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Open source RPG game engine Flare had the big 1.0 release recently along with a campaign to play

By Liam Dawe,
16
For those who like your old school action RPG games and you're interested in game engines, Flare hit the big full release recently along with the new Empyrean Campaign.
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Valve to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' to help developers with networking, Steam not required

By Liam Dawe,
26
In a rather helpful move for developers, Valve is about to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' and it won't require Steam.
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Enhanced Doom engine 'GZDoom' has a fresh release, now collecting hardware information

By Liam Dawe,
11
GZDoom, the enhanced Doom engine has a new release out to add in new features, bug fixes and collect some hardware information.
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AMD has announced 'Radeon-Rays' an open source ray tracing SDK using Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
30
Ray tracing seems to be all the rage at GDC this year, so AMD has announced Radeon-Rays, an open source ray tracing SDK.
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Open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 'OpenRCT2' has a fresh update

By Liam Dawe,
6
Miss the days of playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 2? Miss them no more, as OpenRCT2 is alive and well with a fresh update.
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Cendric, a strange blending of an RPG and a platformer is now on Steam, it's also open source

By Liam Dawe,
3
Cendric, is a game that blends together a top-down 2D RPG view with a side-scrolling platformer as well, it's quite odd and it's now on Steam.
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Yorg, a free and open source racing game with some hilarious handling

By Liam Dawe,
13
Ever heard of Yorg? It's an open source racing game currently in development that's a little like Micro Machines and it's a little bit hilarious.
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Citra, the work in progress Nintendo 3DS emulator now has a much improved OpenGL renderer

By Liam Dawe,
15
For those who love emulation, you might want to know about Citra, a work in progress Nintendo 3DS emulator that we've never written about here before. It seems they've been hard at work too!
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One Hour One Life, a very unique survival game where you can be another player's baby

By Liam Dawe,
8
I've not been this intrigued by a game for quite some time, One Hour One Life sounds like one of the most unique survival games I've ever seen.
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SC Controller driver and UI for the Steam Controller has a fresh update

By Liam Dawe,
8
The incredibly useful SC Controller tool has a fresh update out that sees the return of AppImage support, a few new bits and some bug fixes.
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Godot Engine to work on Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
5
Speaking on their official blog, Godot Engine developer Juan Linietsky writes about how the open source game engine will be getting Vulkan API support.
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A new OpenRA release adds the full Harkonnen campaign for Dune 2000 and more

By Liam Dawe,
6
OpenRA, the fantastic open source game engine for classic Westwood strategy games has its first full release this year.
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The Communist Dogifesto, a sci-fi FPS built on Linux is now out and it's open source

By Liam Dawe,
3
The Communist Dogifesto, a sci-fi first-person shooter recently released on Steam and itch. It's another game that's open source too and I took a look.
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Have you played HyperRogue? A non-Euclidean roguelike that combines a free and paid model

By Liam Dawe,
7
HyperRogue is a non-Euclidean roguelike that has not only messed with my brain, it also combines a free and paid development model with code that's under the GPL.
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Godot Engine, the open source game engine has evolved with the big 3.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
14
If you're a game developer on the look out for a game engine that's free and open source, Godot Engine 3.0 looks to be a safe bet.
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