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Widelands, the open source Settlers-like, devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Widelands is a free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, and their developers appear to be setting a firm stance against any AI generated contributions.

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. release 28 "Boiorix" is live

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

The first release of 0 A.D. that doesn't have an "Alpha" label attached, as the free and open source RTS has grown up with their faster release schedule.

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Blue Archive devs confirm Steam Deck and controller support is on the way

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2026

The free to play Blue Archive from NEXON arrived on Steam last year, and they've confirmed upgrades are coming for Steam Deck and controller players.

OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2026

Along with their new installers for each classic game, they have a big Unreal Tournament 2004 patch in preview with overhauled Linux and macOS support.

Delivery & Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2026

Need a new game to play with some friends? Delivery & Beyond is a funny online co-op game about scrapping everything from various locations.

GOG are giving away Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy to celebrate their Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2026

GOG are celebrating their Preservation Program where they revive classic games, with you able to claim a free for keeps copy of Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy.

Team Fortress 2 Classified (formerly Team Fortress 2 Classic) has launched on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2026

Team Fortress 2 Classified (formerly Team Fortress 2 Classic) is a mod for Valve's Team Fortress 2 updated with refreshed visuals, new game modes and more.

Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2026

Love classic Sonic games and other similar platformers? The Surge Engine and the included Surge the Rabbit game are great open source projects.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15 brings UI improvements, mod upgrades and a big performance boost

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2026

The open-source voxel game creation platform Luanti (formerly Minetest) version 5.15 was recently released with an assortment of upgrades.

Valve's in-development game Deadlock just got a massive upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2026

Deadlock is an online-only third-person MOBA currently in development by Valve, and they just released a massive upgrade for the game.

Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2026

Keeping classic video game ideas alive, OpenTTD is based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It's free, open source and now better than ever with v15 out now.

The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2026

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is an excellent free and standalone classic RTS game, with release 1.08 out now adding plenty new.

Siren is an awesome looking Aliens inspired Doom II conversion

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2025

Taking a slower approach with inspiration taken from the likes of Aliens, the Doom II conversion named Siren looks really awesome for retro FPS fans.

Free and open source Settlers-like, Widelands v1.3 is out with market trading and new maps

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2025

Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.

Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2025

Amazon continue moving further away from making their own games, with them selling off the upcoming March of Giants and the team behind it to Ubisoft.

Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2025

Ready for the holiday period, Klaus Veen's Treason is a fun looking 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal that now has Native Linux support.

War Thunder is getting infantry combat

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2025

Oh no, it's going to pull me back in isn't it? War Thunder is finally adding infantry combat to its roster of war games in a future update.

Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2025

Just like Epic Games did for the original Unreal Tournament, they're giving full approval to OldUnreal to revive Unreal Tournament 2004 and keep it updated.

Where Winds Meet devs plan improved Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2025

Where Winds Meet continues to be a big hit on Steam and it works quite well on Desktop Linux but it needs a lot of improvements on Valve's Steam Deck.