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Godot, the open source game engine has released the first 3.0 Alpha
The open source game engine Godot has released the first Alpha in the major 3.0 upgrade, here's a look at what's new.
Category: Open Source
Open source RTS '0 A.D.' Alpha 22 Venustas has been released, it's huge
The wonderful open source RTS 0 A.D. has released the 22nd Alpha named Venustas and it includes a ton of new features.
OpenRA adds another 9 Dune 2000 missions, a command bar and tons more
OpenRA, the open source game engine for Commander & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 has a new test release out with tons of changes.
OpenRCT2, the open source RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine has another update
A good one to keep an eye on for fans of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, as OpenRCT2, the open source game engine has been updated again recently.
Trying the experimental GCN 1.0 support in AMDGPU
Inspired by the recent release of Dawn of War 3, I decided to try out the experimental GCN 1.0 support in the new AMDGPU kernel driver and share my experiences.
Mesa 17.1.1 officially released
The Mesa team has officially released Mesa 17.1.1 which is a bug fix release to provide better stability in the open source graphics drivers.
RadeonSI has a large patch set in Mesa-dev for ARB_bindless_texture, allows Dawn of War III to work on Mesa
Mesa developer Samuel Pitoiset sent in a set of 65 patches to the Mesa-dev list to enable ARB_bindless_texture for RadeonSI (AMD), this will allow Dawn of War III to work on Mesa.
The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git
Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition were previously broken on Mesa, but as of today a patch has landed in Mesa-git to fix them both ready for Mesa 17.2.
Marek submits patch series for threaded Gallium to Mesa, boosts performance in games
AMD employee and Mesa developer Marek Olšák is at it again, proposing a series of patches that would boost performance for AMD GPUs running the open drivers.
Mesa 17.1 has now been released
The latest release of the open-source graphics drivers has now been made available following the final release candidate. There's plenty of new things to love in this release.
Mesa 17.1 RC4 released, final version expected in approximately 24 hours
Emil Velikov has announced the availability of Mesa 17.1 RC4 for some final testing, with the final release of Mesa 17.1 due in approximately 24 hours.
OpenRCT2, the open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has been updated again
A fresh build of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 open source game engine OpenRCT2 is now available that continues to polish up the experience.
FreeOrion, the open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a massive new release today
Another one from the great big RSS feed list I follow today. FreeOrion, an open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a huge new release.
Mesa 17.1 RC3 is available, closing in on release this month
Mesa 17.1, the next big release for open source graphics drivers on Linux is closing in on release. The third release candidate is now available for testing.
OpenRCT2, an open source game engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
It appears we've never mentioned OpenRCT2 before, a fully featured open source engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2!
OpenRA has a new release with HiDPI font rendering, more Dune 2000 missions and more
OpenRA is easily one of my favourite open source projects. It allows us to play early Westwood RTS games like Red Alert and Dune 2000 in a modern engine on Linux. The latest release is a good one too.
OpenLara, an impressive open source engine for classic Tomb Raider has a WebGL demo
OpenLara was pointed out to me as it's an open source game engine to run classic Tomb Raider titles on Linux, it also has a WebGL support and a demo to show it off in-browser.
Open source RTS 0 A.D. to get a 'Capture The Relic' gamemode and more in the next Alpha
The next Alpha of the open source RTS 0 A.D. is moving along with development and it sounds like it's going to be a fun release.
Open source game engine for Morrowind 'OpenMW' to gain 'Distant terrain' in the next release
One thing I totally forgot to write about is that in the next release of OpenMW, the open source game engine for Morrowind, will finally have the 'Distant terrain' feature.
Xonotic 0.8.2 released with new maps and numerous new features
Version 0.8.2 of the free and open source arena FPS Xonotic has been released with a couple of new maps and a number of other changes and additions.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update
- Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now
- NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
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