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Teeworlds, the classic free multiplayer platform battler is still being updated and it's looking good

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

Teeworlds, a game that's been around for a great many years now continues to be improved and updated with another update pushed out recently.

Free and open source racer 'SuperTuxKart' hits the big 1.0 release

By Liam Dawe, Apr 22, 2019

A long time coming for sure, the free and open source racer SuperTuxKart has a big 1.0 release with LAN and online play enabled.

CorsixTH, the open source game engine for Theme Hospital has a brand new beta

By Liam Dawe, Apr 15, 2019

For those who love their classics, Theme Hospital can be revived using the open source CorsixTH game engine which just had a big update.

Godot Engine awarded 50K USD from Mozilla, more exciting features planned for Godot Engine 3.2

By Liam Dawe, Apr 11, 2019

Sounds like everything is going extremely well for the crew behind Godot Engine, with quite a few announcements to go over!

The next release of the free and open source racer 'Yorg' sounds like it's going to be great

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2019

Yorg, a free and open source racing game currently in development that seems promising is going to get a big update soon with a number of new features and improvements.

GZDoom 4.0.0 released with their experimental Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2019

GZDoom, the incredibly popular game engine for Doom and all sorts of mods and entirely new games has a major release now available.

Game launcher Lutris has another release out, adding a little spit and polish

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2019

Lutris, where would I be without you now? This excellent open source game launcher has another point release out to fix some bits up.

The open source livestreaming and recording software OBS Studio has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, Apr 5, 2019

Here's something fun for you content creators this weekend, as OBS Studio just released a fresh build for you.

SuperTuxKart has a new release candidate out for 0.10 with online support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 5, 2019

The SuperTuxKart team have been busy since releasing a beta back in January, with a release candidate now available.

KeeperRL had a rather game-changing update recently with the addition of Z-levels

By Liam Dawe, Apr 4, 2019

KeeperRL, a dungeon simulator with a mixture of roguelike and RPG mechanics had another massive update at the end of last month.

OpenTTD, the open source simulation game based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Apr 4, 2019

OpenTTD continues to mature for those who love their building and business sims, with the first major release in a year now available.

Quaver, an open-source competitive rhythm game is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3, 2019

For those who think they have some fast finger-work, Quaver is an open-source competitive rhythm game and it's coming to Steam.

Apparatus, a physics puzzle game developed on Linux is now on Kickstarter, will be open source too

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3, 2019

Apparatus, a name I honestly had never heard of until recently is a physics puzzle game developed on Linux. As it turns out, this is a reboot of a game that was popular in the early days of mobile touchscreens.

Open source Morrowind game engine OpenMW has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2019

Time for another adventure? OpenMW, the free and open source game engine for Morrowind just had a brand new release.

The open source game manager Lutris had another sweet update recently

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2019

What's that, too many launchers or no easy way to manage GOG games on Linux? Lutris might solve this problem for you.

AMD have launched an update to their open source Radeon GPU Analyzer, better Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21, 2019

AMD are showing off a little here, with an update to the Radeon GPU Analyzer open source project and it sounds great.

First-person roguelike 'Barony' released the Myths & Outcasts DLC recently, also now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21, 2019

Barony is a game I hadn't honestly touched in a very long time, which all changed with the Myths & Outcasts DLC that released last month giving new ways to play. It's also now on GOG, so that's great.

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19, 2019

It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.