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Ubisoft and Epic Games are now supporting Blender development

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Two surprising bits of news recently about Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite as they've managed to secure some extra funding from two big names.

Space Grunts 2 announced, fusing together fast turn-based gameplay with a card battle system

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Developer Orangepixel is working on another new game in addition to the upcoming Gunslugs:Rogue Tactics. Space Grunts 2 will be combining turn-based gameplay with a card-based battle mechanic.

Comedy adventure game "Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure" is now available on GOG

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Another game goes completely DRM-free on GOG, with developer COWCAT putting up Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure along with the Linux version.

Possession, a roguelike where you're a ghost that needs to possess others to survive

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Certainly a fun sounding idea! Possession from developer Weirdfellows is a traditional turn-based roguelike, made on Linux and it just recently released.

FOSS racing game "Yorg" has a big new update ready for testing

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Yorg, an in-development FOSS racing game is nearing the release of update 0.11, with a Release Candidate now available for testing.

Point & Click Adventure game "The Hand of Glory" confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2019

Madit Entertainment are currently crowdfunding for their new Point & Click adventure game "The Hand of Glory", as it turns out they've confirmed Linux support too.

GameMode, the Linux gaming performance tool has a fresh release out

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2019

What a lovely weekend for some open source releases. Hot on the heels of a new DXVK release, the performance optimization tool GameMode spearheaded by Feral Interactive has a new release out.

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DXVK, the awesome D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan translation layer has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2019

Developer Philip Rebohle has given the gift of code this weekend, with a new release of DXVK now officially available.

Songs of Syx, a city-builder with empire management, tactical battles and RPG elements

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2019

Here's a fun recent discovery, Songs of Syx an in-development title from Swedish developer Jakob de Laval. It's a city-builder with empire management, tactical battles and rpg-elements and it's looking good.

The six-degree-of-freedom shooter "Overload" has a new Community Level Pack offering a fresh challenge

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2019

Overload is possibly the best six-degree-of-freedom shooter I've played in the past few years, sadly it has been overlooked by a lot of gamers.

Interested in Google's Stadia game streaming service? We have a few more details now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2019

With Google's game streaming service Stadia inching closer, we have some more information to share about it.

Dota Underlords has another update out, this one changes the game quite a lot

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2019

Valve continue to tweak Dota Underlords in the hopes of keeping players happy, this mid-Season gameplay update flips quite a few things on their head.