Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more
Epic Games latest acquisition is RAD Game Tools, one a great many game developers will be familiar with.
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Godot Engine had a very productive 2020, lots coming to this FOSS game engine in 2021
Godot Engine is probably the most promising free and open source game engine around, and they clearly had a very productive 2020 with big plans for 2021.
FNA dev and porter Ethan Lee stops future macOS ports, Linux to be their focus
Ethan Lee, the developer responsible for the XNA reimplementation FNA along with around 50 game ports to Linux and macOS has announced the sunsetting of future macOS ports with a big update to a bunch of existing games.
SDL 2.0.14 is out with support for PS5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers
SDL 2 is the magnificent bit of cross-platform development open source tech that gives developers access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware.
FOSS game engine written in Rust 'Bevy' has a new release up
As another promising free and open source game engine written in Rust, Bevy continues maturing and there's a brand new release up for you to try out with lots of advancements.
YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi sure is a versatile device and thanks to GameMaker Studio 2 from YoYo Games, it might even end up as more of a gaming unit with newly added support for exported games.
Godot Engine hires another developer, this time for physics fun
Through 2020 it seems the free and open source game engine Godot Engine has gone from strength to strength, and they've managed to hire another developer.
Unity acquires the open source MLAPI networking library
Unity Technologies who work on the Unity game engine have announced that they have acquired the networking library MLAPI, along with the creator joining Unity.
Unreal Engine 4.26 rolls out with lots of Linux improvements, drops OpenGL for Vulkan
Epic Games have rolled out the latest major upgrade to Unreal Engine 4 while work continues on Unreal Engine 5.
Free and open source modern level editor 'LDtk' now ready for more users
Level Designer Toolkit (LDtk), which was originally known as 'LEd' has a huge new release out and the developer mentioned it's now ready for production.
UNIGINE Engine 2.13 is an impressive upgrade for this rising game engine
UNIGINE might not be a name you hear often when it comes to games but it is an impressive game engine, one that supports Linux fully and it continues advancing in major ways.
Need to plan something out? Check out the slick MasterPlan
Something for game developers, and anyone wanting to plan things using a slick app: enter MasterPlan.
Modern open source level editor 'LEd' has a new release with the first Linux build
Announced and highlighted back here in September, LEd is a modern open source level editor from the previous development lead on Dead Cells.
Godot 3.2.4 has a first beta with 2D batching for GLES3
Despite the small version bump, Godot 3.2.4 will be quite big release for game developers wanting to squeeze out some more performance.
Unity Technologies announce 'Open Projects', building games in Unity that are open source
This is brilliant! Unity Technologies creators of the Unity game engine, which is ridiculously popular with indie developers, have started a series of open source game development projects.
Graphics rendering engine 'OGRE' to gain Vulkan support in the 2.3 release
As another win for both open standards and modern graphics APIs, the classic and continually improving open source graphics rendering engine OGRE will get Vulkan support in the upcoming 2.3 release.
Check out the open source 2D level editor 'LEd' from the former lead on Dead Cells
LEd is a very interesting project to follow for both game developers and people looking to get into it, a new free level editor with a firm aim on being user friendly.
Bevy seems like an impressive upcoming free and open source game engine made with Rust
Feeling a little rusty? After a new game engine for your next game development project? Have a look at Bevy, a cross-platform and open source data-driven game engine built in Rust.
Unity 2020.2 game engine gets a Beta release
Unity Technologies just recently released a brand new build of the Unity game engine, with a focus on performance, stability and workflow improvements.
Godot Engine documentation is about to get much better with a new hire
Godot Engine is one of the most exciting, most advanced free and open source game engines around and it's improving when looking at all angles.
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