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First-person roguelike 'Barony' released the Myths & Outcasts DLC recently, also now on GOG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Barony is a game I hadn't honestly touched in a very long time, which all changed with the Myths & Outcasts DLC that released last month giving new ways to play. It's also now on GOG, so that's great.

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.

GameHub is another open source game launcher, giving Lutris some competition

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Not a fan of Lutris or just want to try something different? GameHub could be a pretty good option for you.

Feral Interactive have put out a big update to their 'GameMode' Linux gaming performance tool

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We all want to get the best performance out of our Linux games and Feral Interactive's GameMode tool continues to help towards this.

OpenRA for classic Command & Conquer games has a fresh release now out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
OpenRA, the open source game engine for the classics Command & Conquer titles (and a personal favourite) has a brand new release available.

OpenRCT2, the open source game engine for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 was updated

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some fresh news about a wonderful open source game engine this morning, as OpenRCT2 for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has a new release out.

Mesa 19.0 is officially out, lots of improvements for Linux open source graphics drivers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Today is the day, for those of you using open source graphics drivers (AMD/Intel and some older NVIDIA GPUs), Mesa 19.0 is now officially out.

Godot 3.1 is out, a massive upgrade for this impressive open source game engine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After going through 11 beta builds and 3 release candidates, Godot 3.1 is officially out with tons of new features.

A Vulkan renderer is in the works for GZDoom

By Talon1024,
One of the GZDoom developers, dpJudas, has been working diligently on the Vulkan renderer for GZDoom.

Minetest, the free and open source voxel game engine has a big new release out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For those of you who enjoy sandbox voxel games like Minecraft, check out Minetest which just had a major update.

OBS Studio 23.0 is officially out with VAAPI for Linux, new audio filters and plenty more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The big update to the awesome recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio is now out, with tons of goodies included.

NBlood, an open source port of the classic FPS 'Blood' using EDuke32

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Based on the EDuke32 game engine, NBlood is a new open source port of the classic FPS Blood. From what Voidpoint (Ion Maiden) said on Twitter, it's using their version of the game engine too.

OpenMW progresses towards supporting Oblivion, Skyrim and Fallout plus shadows are back

By Liam Squires-Hand,
OpenMW, the excellent open source game engine for Morrowind has made some interesting progress towards supporting later games like Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Intel begins talking up their open source efforts for their upcoming dedicated GPU

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With Intel's brand new dedicated GPU due next year, they've begun talking up their efforts of getting Linux support in early.

The open source Morrowind game engine 'OpenMW' is going to officially bring in multiplayer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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

By Liam Squires-Hand,
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.
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