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Fourth release candidate of Wine 1.8 is out

By sobkas, 13 Dec 2015

Wine development team released today the fourth release candidate of upcoming stable version 1.8 Because at the moment Wine source code is in feature freeze, no new capabilities were added this time. 26 bugs were fixed.

Third release candidate of Wine version 1.8 is out

By sobkas, 4 Dec 2015

Wine development team released today the third release candidate of upcoming stable version 1.8 Because at the moment Wine source code is in feature freeze, no new capabilities were added this time. Only 40 bugfixes were introduced.

OpenMW 0.37 released, now with the new OSG renderer

By Samsai, 1 Dec 2015

It seems to be the season for new versions of excellent open source gaming projects. OpenMW, the open source recreation of the Morrowind engine, has a new version which brings important rendering updates.

The Dark Mod became more graphically impressive in their last update

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2015

We missed covered the last update to The Dark Mod back in February, and I'm glad someone emailed it in as its becoming quite impressive.

Wine 1.8-rc2 released, brings more stability

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2015

The Wine developers are continuing towards a stable 1.8 released, and they have released Wine 1.8-rc2.

A 2015 Thanksgiving Retrospection About The Open Source Project 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy, 27 Nov 2015

xoreos (a F/OSS reimplementation of Bioware's Aurora engine) developer DrMcCoy reflects on the project's progress over the past year, and offers thanks to supporting contributors and the community.

0 A.D. Alpha 19 “Syllepsis” Released

By Samsai, 26 Nov 2015

A new alpha release of the open source RTS 0 A.D. has just been released. The new release has various technical improvements and a couple of new gameplay and AI features.

Wyrmsun, A 2D RTS Game Inspired By The Classics, On SteamOS & Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2015

Wyrmsun is yet another game we totally missed, mainly due to it not appearing in the SteamOS + Linux new releases. Valve really need to fix games showing up there if they add a Linux version to an existing release later on.

GOL Cast: Destroying Frakloads Of Toasters In Diaspora: Shattered Armistice

By Samsai, 29 Oct 2015

Ever wanted to fly a high-speed interceptor in a big dogfight against a superior enemy force like in Battlestar Galactica? Well, it's possible thanks to Diaspora: Shattered Armistice! Let's go kill some toasters!

Endless Sky, An Open Source & Open World Space Sim Inspired By Escape Velocity

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2015

People say we don't cover enough open source, well here's a good one for you. Endless Sky is something I've only recently discovered, and I sort of fell in love with it.

Digging Up A 1999 Fossil With Freespace 2, Have You Tried It? It’s Excellent.

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2015

Freespace 2 is a space combat simulator game from way back in 1999, it may be old, but it has an official open source engine and you should really give it a run.

Have You Tried Tanks Of Freedom? An Open Source Strategy Game

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2015

We have covered Tanks of Freedom before, but this open source strategy game has changed quite a bit since the initial article.

Red Eclipse: A Lightweight, Open-source, Highly-engaging FPS

By rudeboyskunk, 5 Oct 2015

A post from a community member highlighting the free and open source FPS. They say it ranks among their top five FPS game of all time, wow.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.52 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 2 Oct 2015

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.52 has many small changes including 99 bugfixes.

FLOSS Reimplementation For BioWare Aurora Engine 'Xoreos' Updated

By DrMcCoy, 1 Oct 2015

xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives). It's at an early stage, but progress is being made.

Wine Development Release 1.7.51 Is Now Available

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2015

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.51 has many small changes including 37 bugfixes.

Sol, A Cute and Mod-Friendly Platformer, Goes Even Further With Providing Accessibility Options

By BTRE, 28 Aug 2015

The charming little platformer, noteworthy for its advanced accessibility options and its copyleft license, was recently updated. It now features a crossover mod with Race the Sun and even more accessibility options.