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System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted and bundled with the 25th Anniversary Remaster

By Liam Dawe,
Nightdive Studios / Atari have announced that the classic System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted from stores on October 10th.

Fan-made Unreal remake Unreal Redux shows off a fancy new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
With no release date yet, the fan-made remake of Unreal named Unreal Redux looks like it's really coming along nicely.
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena game engine remake OpenTESArena adds Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
While OpenTESArena is still a work in progress to bring The Elder Scrolls: Arena up to modern standards, it's looking even better with the 0.17.0 update.

Even more (yes, again) classics join the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are really stretching out the announcements for their 17th anniversary, with a second helping of classic games now in the GOG Preservation Program.

GOG expands their Preservation Program to include Gothic 1 & 2, Mortal Kombat Trilogy and more

By Liam Dawe,
As part of the ongoing 17th anniversary celebration, GOG have announced another expansion of their GOG Preservation Program.

Blood: Refreshed Supply announced from Nightdive Studios

By Liam Dawe,
Arriving in December, Blood: Refreshed Supply has been revealed by Nightdive Studios as the true definitive remaster of the 1997 cult classic PC game.

Mala Petaka is another action-packed GZDoom boomer shooter now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Love retro boomer shooters and need another to add to your list? Mala Petaka has just arrived on Steam and it's rather colourful.

A shotgun for an arm, boomer shooter Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation arrives in November

By Liam Dawe,
A retro styled boomer shooter where you have a shotgun for an arm. Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is confirmed to launch on November 25th.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.11 has been released

By fheroes2,
Another fresh upgrade for the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 open source game engine fheroes2 with some major changes and bug fixes.

Super Mario Bros Remastered open source fan project brings an impressive remake to PC

By Liam Dawe,
Nintendo likely won't be happy about this one, so get it while it's hot, Super Mario Bros Remastered is out now and open source.

A tribute to classic 90s games and comic books, the RPG adventure Heroes of the Seven Islands is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Heroes of the Seven Islands is an intentionally badly drawn challenging tribute to classic role-playing video games and comic books.

Microsoft's 6502 BASIC is now officially open source

By Liam Dawe,
Some fun computing history for you here as Microsoft recently open sourced Microsoft 6502 BASIC under the MIT license.

Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra enters the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe,
More classics are being kept alive for modern platforms, with GOG putting Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra into their Preservation Program.

Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG

By Liam Dawe,
While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now.

ScummVM gets support for the survival horror Penumbra Overture from the Amnesia developers

By Liam Dawe,
Penumbra Overture was the first survival horror game from Frictional Games released all the way back in 2007, and now ScummVM is getting support for it.

Classic Marathon trilogy on Steam now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally from Destiny and Halo developer Bungie - Classic Marathon 1, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity get Native Linux versions on Steam.

Tomb Raider I and Tomb Raider II open source re-implementations updated with new graphics options

By Liam Dawe,
The TRX project that brings an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 has big new releases out now.

Take command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette in space with Deck & Conn

By Liam Dawe,
MicroProse revealed Deck & Conn, a single-player turn-based tactics game that places players in command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette — in space.

SlaveDriver Engine for the Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave gets open sourced

By Liam Dawe,
Another win for game preservation and open source, with the release of the SlaveDriver Engine for Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave.

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted announced for release in November

By Liam Dawe,
A PlayStation classic returns. The shoot 'em up R-Type Delta: HD Boosted was announced with a PC release coming in November.
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