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The 7DFPS Game Jam returns in December 2020
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Unity Technologies officially files to go public with an IPO
Unity Technologies, creator on the Unity game engine has now formally applied for IPO (initial public offering) and the documents are pretty revealing.
TUXEDO Computers announce the lightweight AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14
Need new hardware? TUXEDO Computers believe they have revealed the "the lightest Linux powerhouse in the world" with the new AMD Ryzen powered TUXEDO Pulse 14.
Devs quit Skullgirls and Indivisible studio Lab Zero Games, issues with studio owner
It's never fun to have to write about things like this but it needs to be highlighted. Lab Zero Games, developer on titles like Skullgirls and Indivisible seem to be a sinking ship.
Ubisoft renews their funding commitment to Blender
The good news for the open source application Blender just keeps flowing, after Unity announced their support for funding Blender only recently, now Ubisoft will be continuing with their funding as they've renewed their relationship with Blender.
The Linux port of fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds is coming along
The Mane6 development team have posted a short but slightly amusing update on the upcoming Linux port of the fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds.
PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword now runs in RPCS3 emulator
The people working on RPCS3 sure do some amazing work, this PlayStation 3 emulator is truly the stuff of dreams for game preservation and another big title is now playable.
GOG have a huge 'Harvest Sale' with Serious Sam: TFE free for 48 hours
If you need to start your week off with some new games, you should take a look at DRM-free store GOG.com as they have a pretty huge sale going on.
Children of Morta adds Linux support and a new animal charity DLC
Coming up on a year since the original release, Children of Morta from developer Dead Mage and publisher 11 bit studios has now formally added Linux support.
Amusing co-op game Unrailed! to get 1.0 release on September 23
Unrailed!, the brilliant bit of co-op train-track building fun from Indoor Astronaut and Daedalic Entertainment now has an actual release date.
Draft of Darkness adds a little survival horror to deck-building roguelikes
Whatever will developers come up with next for deck-building card games? Survival horror, as it turns out. Draft of Darkness was announced and it's coming to Linux.
Rocket Shipment is an upcoming fresh-take on classics like Lunar Lander & Thrust
Much like the upcoming Gravity Ace, we have another new take on the classic gameplay found in the likes of Lunar Lander & Thrust with Rocket Shipment.
Team Fortress 2 has a new update out with a Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case
Valve have realised again that Team Fortress 2 is actually still online and have done a fresh update, although only minor it does add in a new Summer 2020 Cosmetic Case.
Blender pulls in another funding partner with Unity
Joining many other companies that seemingly woke up to actually supporting free and open source software, Unity has now pledged funding towards Blender.
NVIDIA and accelerated Xwayland gets closer with code that 'sounds unpleasant'
Red Hat developer Adam Jackson has opened a new merge request for the Mesa project, with what they're calling GLX Delay, to bring accelerated GLX for Xwayland with the NVIDIA driver.
Baldur's Gate engine remake GemRB celebrates 20 years with a new release
GemRB, a fine example of an open source game engine reimplementation for the Infinity Engine that powered the classic RPGs including Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment games celebrates two big things.
GOL asks: what are you playing? Come chat
As another week comes to a close it's time to have a chat with the GOL readership about what you're all playing lately, come and let us know.
Fantastic 2D action-RPG 'Chronicon' has now released
Chronicon is an example of pure dedication, as Subworld developed this excellent 2D action RPG over the course of over five years and it's now left Early Access.
Airships: Conquer the Skies hits 100K sales, new update live too plus interview
One man band David Stark has managed to hit quite a milestone, with their game Airships: Conquer the Skies hitting over 100K sales.
Chunky pixel first-person dungeon crawler Delver is now up on itch.io
Something for the weekend perhaps, as the excellent first-person dungeon crawler Delver has been released DRM-free on the indie game store itch.io.
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