Free and open source Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands 1.0 is out now
The day is finally here after nearly 20 years, Widelands is a strategy game heavily inspired by the classic Settlers II and the big 1.0 release is out now.
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Hellpoint is being given away by GOG for 48 hours during their Summer Sale
Free Game Monday! You can now claim a fully free copy to keep of Hellpoint, the souls-like action RPG during the GOG.com Summer Sale but the giveaway doesn't last long.
Veloren, the free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG has a major release out
Want to try another quality free and open source game? Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.
Humble are giving away Surviving Mars for the next 72 hours
Need another game? How about a free copy of the colony building game Surviving Mars? You can get it free for 72 hours from Humble Bundle as of today.
Loria, a classic inspired RTS is now permanently free
It's Free Game Friday! You can now grab a copy of Loria completely free to keep, as the team has now moved onto their next game with them helping develop the upcoming RTS Liquidation.
Awesome pixel-art RTS The Fertile Crescent gets animals, waypoints and better performance
I will never miss an opportunity to mention The Fertile Crescent, a quality indie RTS with some wonderful pixel-art work that feels like a retro Age of Empires.
Piepacker goes Open Beta, play retro games online with friends in a browser tab
Piepacker is something we previewed recently, a game streaming / cloud gaming service designed around retro games that enables you to seamlessly play online with others. It's now in Open Beta.
Widelands, the Settlers II inspired strategy game has a 1.0 Release Candidate out
Remember Settlers II? Well, Widelands has been going for a long time as a free and open source game inspired by it and they're progressing towards the big 1.0 release.
The open source original Soldat is looking for a new maintainer
The absolute classic that is Soldat, which went fully open source back in 2020 is now in need of someone to take over as the original creator has announced.
HyperRogue turns the non-Euclidean roguelike into a VR experience and it's wild
As if it wasn't confusing enough travelling through the non-Euclidean of HyperRogue, it's now also available to play through in different VR modes.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets some big changes for non-Prime accounts
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is going through some changes, as Valve attempt to deal with the bad actors now it's free to play with big changes to non-Prime accounts.
War Thunder "Red Skies" brings many new machines and new locations
Do you hear that? It's the War Thunder! It's back with another huge upgrade named "Red Skies" which comes with plenty of new toys to play with across different nations.
Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 25 to release in June with feature-freeze imminent
Wildfire Games have given an update on the status of 0 A.D. Alpha 25, which they've now confirmed the feature freeze will begin on June 6 to focus on getting it release ready.
1998 classic strategy game Signus: The Artefact Wars sees a full open source release
Signus: The Artefact Wars, originally a commercial release in 1998 was later open sourced in 2002 and it just got an updated re-release with all the data too.
rpg-cli turns your filesystem into a 'JRPG-inspired' terminal game
If you've used the Linux command-line before you've likely done plenty of CD commands to change directory - but what if that was an RPG? Not that you asked but rpg-cli answered.
Get Company of Heroes 2 and Ardennes Assault free to keep on Steam
Here's your quick Thursday tip: right now on Steam you can claim both Company of Heroes 2 and Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault free and keep it forever.
Classic freeware shooter 'AssaultCube' is making a comeback
AssaultCube, a name I bet plenty of Linux users know but haven't heard anything of in a long time. It hasn't seen a release since *checks notes* 2013. However, it's going to make a return.
Dome Romantik is a unique roguelite miner about digging to the planet's core
Dig for riches but watch out for nasty creatures on these alien worlds in the unique and quite clever Dome Romantik.
Notable developer from The Dark Mod team passes away
Grayman, a key team member of the standalone free and open source stealth game The Dark Mod has passed away.
Looks like Trust Factor in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux is fixed for Mesa
For quite some time now, there's been a few troubles for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux with players Trust Factor being severely reduced. Now though, it looks to be finally solved.