It's the first video game source code release of 2025! :woot:

Now those games can be ported to Linux, macOS, and current and future versions of Windows, and be kept alive as long as there's a passionate coder who cares about bringing them back. C&C is really popular, too, so it will have a much longer lifespan than many other open source games.

They should do this more often, it's an infinite money source, they do a positive advertisement to a pretty old game, people buys them and the community do the job to "update" the game to current standards

Yes, please! Now I wish EA would release the source code for the classic Wing Commander games, especially because the GOG/DVD version of Wing Commander 4 does not work very well under WINE or Proton, and so that modders can mod or upgrade those games to their liking.

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You preserve games by releasing them DRM free. Where is Freelancer?

Currently on the GOG.com dreamlist: https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/freelancer [External Link] . While the dreamlist is a nice idea, I don't think the dreamlist will actually accomplish anything, if its current track record is anything to go by. On top of that, developers and publishers will have to agree to the terms set by GOG, which means none of that Denuvo crap that these craporations love so much.

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Meanwhile, IBM claims they are already "replacing as many workers with AI as possible" [External Link].

Because, of course, who needs puny humans when you can have an AI do the work for you for free? :angry: Never mind the fact that these puny humans also have basic needs to pay for. :angry: This is what pisses me off about this AI gold rush.

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It's nice to see more of these exclusives coming to PC. But I think Sony will probably hold the best of the best, such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Astro Bot, as console exclusives. And even if those titles get PC releases, Sony is probably going to enforce PSN account requirements.

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We need more collaborative funding efforts for Firefox and Thunderbird. As if Chrome doesn't already have a monopoly on web browsers...

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They can't, or won't?

There are many, many reasons game developers cannot release their source code. To name a few:

• The publisher may forbid it


• Usage of APIs covered by NDAs, such as console platform APIs


• Usage of proprietary middleware


• Hard drive failure on the computer which has the source code

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It's such a shame that studios like Freejam have to close down, and it's even more of a shame that they can't release any of their source code to whoever is interested in keeping the game going in their spare time.

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So Linux had less than 1% market share at the beginning of 2024, but now it has over 2% market share. That's huge growth! Definitely nothing to scoff at.

I hope Linux can grow even more, especially considering what Microsoft is doing with Windows 11, and the seemingly unstoppable AI crap that nobody asked for.

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Quoting: Doktor-Mandrake

Quoting: Mountain ManWhy do they bother when they know Nintendo is going to shut them down? 🙄

Not happened to a single decomp so far

Banjo Kazooie should come at some point hopefully since that's 100% decompiled now

Not sure why you disapprove so much over such old games being ported to pc lol

It certainly baffles me that Nintendo hasn't shut down these projects, when Rockstar/Take Two was able to shut down re3/reVC three years ago.

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I must say this is a bit surprising to me. Amazing how times have changed.

Based on my experience and intuition, 20-30 years ago, PCs had approximately 25% of the market share, and consoles dominated the rest of the market. You can see this in how people are more likely to know of or talk about Sonic or Mario, compared to Wing Commander or Commander Keen. Doom II and Command & Conquer are the only PC/DOS games I can think of, which are still as well-known today as they were back then.

There's also this, from the article about console support [External Link] on the Godot Engine blog:

While platforms like Steam are very easy to publish for, the reality is that most of the revenue from independent developers generally comes from consoles (this, of course, speaking of devs not focusing on mobile).

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