Keep an eye on 'Veloren', an open source multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
Move over Cube World, there's a new open source voxel RPG in town under development called Veloren and it supports Linux too so there's a bonus point for you.
Category: Open Source
The handy Steering Wheel Manager 'Oversteer' has a new release out
For those of you with a Steering Wheel and play plenty of racing games on Linux, Oversteer is one of those essential and very handy tools.
FOSS game engine Godot Engine just gained a new Platinum sponsor
The excellent free and open source game engine Godot Engine just announced that Heroic Labs are now supporting their development as a Platinum level sponsor.
Athenaeum, the FOSS game launcher and updater has a big new release
Athenaeum, which is described as a "libre replacement for Steam" by the developer just recently had a big new release out.
Chiaki, an open source PlayStation 4 Remote Play client is out and it works on Linux
Streaming is all the rage now right? How about streaming your PlayStation 4 to your Linux box using Chiaki, a new open source Remote Play client.
Mindustry the Factorio-like tower-defense game is now on Steam
Oh no, this is going to be very bad for my free time. It was bad enough with Factorio having a huge update recently and now Mindustry is available on Steam.
A developer from Epic Games adds an offscreen video driver to SDL 2
Something that came across the desk this morning is a note about Epic Games contributing to the cross-platform development library SDL 2.
D3D9 over Vulkan gets even better as D9VK 0.21 'Lollihop' is out
Developer Joshua Ashton continues doing some great work, as another release of the D3D9 to Vulkan layer D9VK is out.
Twitch now officially sponsor OBS Studio development and more in the latest progress report
I honestly don't know where we would be without OBS Studio now, it's a fantastic bit of free and open source software for recording videos and doing livestreams. It seems Twitch agree.
Running DOSBox games from Steam on Linux just got better with a fresh release of Boxtron for Steam Play
Love your classic games? Have a lot of those classics on Steam? You need to grab Boxtron, the unofficial Steam Play tool that allows you to use a native DOSBox with Steam games even if they don't have a Linux build up.
The Valve-funded shader compiler 'ACO' is being queued up for inclusion in Mesa directly (updated: merged)
Back in early July, Valve announced their work on a new AMD GPU shader compiler for Mesa named ACO and now they're trying to get it pulled into Mesa directly. UPDATED.
Video recording and livestreaming app OBS Studio has a big new release out
The team building the free and open source video capture and livestreaming software, OBS Studio, have announced the 24.0 release.
ScummVM 2.1.0 is now ready for testing with support for more major classics
ScummVM, the clever bit of software enabling many classic point-and-click adventure games to run nicely on modern systems has a big new release in need of some testing.
The FOSS strategy game 0 A.D. seems to be coming along very nicely
Things on the news front for the FOSS RTS game 0 A.D. have been quiet recently but they certainly haven't been sitting on their hands, a lot of work has been going on in the background.
The handy NVIDIA Optimus GPU switcher just added support for more Linux desktops
Remember we recently wrote about the MATE Optimus GPU switcher being developed by Martin Wimpress of Canonical? Well, it just keeps getting better.
FOSS voice chat application Mumble has finally put out the massive 1.3 overhaul
Move over Discord, Mumble has rolled back into town with a massive new release for this open source voice chat application.
Game manager Lutris just had a huge update with D9VK, Discord Rich Presence and more
Need something to manage all your games from different places? Lutris is pretty handy and it just had a huge upgrade.
If you need help managing NVIDIA Optimus check out this little tool
Canonical developer Martin Wimpress shared an update to their handy NVIDIA Optimus GPU switcher, might be worth a look if you're in need of something to make it easier.
GTA: San Andreas is being remade (unofficially) in Unity and it supports Linux
Have any fond memories of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? You might want to take a look at this new unofficial remake being made in Unity as it supports Linux.
FOSS fantasy turn-based strategy game Battle for Wesnoth has a new Beta, still porting to Godot Engine
The team behind the popular free and open source fantasy turn-based strategy game Battle for Wesnoth have announced the start of a big new release.
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