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Open source game engine 'Godot Engine' has the first 3.1 version alpha available

By Liam Dawe, Aug 31, 2018

Godot Engine, the incredibly impressive open source game engine is pushing ahead towards the massive 3.1 update with the first alpha.

OpenRCT2, the re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has another fresh release out

By Liam Dawe, Aug 26, 2018

For those who love the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, OpenRCT2 looks like a rather decent open source game engine to give it a new lease of life especially as it continues to be updated.

Looks like AMD just open sourced their V-EZ Vulkan wrapper

By Liam Dawe, Aug 24, 2018

Back in March, AMD announced the V-EZ Vulkan wrapper, with an aim to make Vulkan development easier. Now it seems they have open sourced it.

RTS game Krush Kill 'N Destroy to be unofficially revived with the OpenRA game engine

By Liam Dawe, Aug 20, 2018

Krush Kill 'N Destroy 1 and 2 are two classic real-time strategy titles from the 90's and a team of coders are looking to revive them using the open source OpenRA game engine.

The Communist Dogifesto, an open source first-person shooter has a big update

By Liam Dawe, Aug 17, 2018

The Communist Dogifesto has quite an amusing setting, with Russian space dogs aboard a space station becoming really rather intelligent and taking it over. It's open source and it just had a rather big update.

SC Controller, incredibly useful UI/Driver for the Steam Controller has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Aug 13, 2018

If you ever have issues with games not picking up your Steam Controller correctly, you should probably take a look at the excellent SC Controller project.

The Xenko Game Engine recently became free and open source

By Liam Dawe, Aug 6, 2018

The Xenko Game Engine recently released their 3.0 update which came with a surprise announcement of it now being free and open source.

NetHack: Legacy is a remastered version of the original NetHack due out this month

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2018

NetHack: Legacy follows on from it's older brother with the aim to make NetHack a bit more modern and accessible.

Open source Morrowind game engine OpenMW 0.44 released

By Liam Dawe, Jul 29, 2018

For those wanting to play Morrowind on Linux, the latest version of the open source game engine OpenMW is out with a new spell search bar and more.

The fast-paced free shooter 'Xonotic' is now available as a Flatpak package for easy install

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2018

Not to be outdone by Snap packages, Flatpak's are also getting in on the fun so you can also now get Xonotic from Flathub.

The space 4x strategy game 'Star Ruler 2' is now open source

By Liam Dawe, Jul 23, 2018

Star Ruler 2 from Blind Mind Studios has officially become open source and not just the game engine, it seems it's the whole thing.

A new version of CorsixTH, the open source game engine for Theme Hospital is on the way

By Liam Dawe, Jul 19, 2018

Need something to keep you going while you wait for Two Point Hospital? CorsixTH allows you to play Theme Hospital on Linux with a modern game engine.

Sparky is a cute little terminal game about a dog making friends

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2018

Need a game for when you have a coffee break? Sparky is a sweet and simple game that's played in the terminal. Woof!

Fast-paced free shooter 'Xonotic' is now available as a Snap

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2018

Xonotic, the free and open source fast-paced shooter Xonotic is now available as a Snap package for super easy installation on Linux.

The open source project 'xoreos' released version 0.0.5 'Dawn Star'

By DrMcCoy, Jul 4, 2018

Fashionably (?) late, but still finally there, a new release of xoreos arrives! xoreos is a re-implementation of BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives).

Open source game engine 'Godot Engine' to get an impressive third-person shooter demo

By Liam Dawe, Jul 3, 2018

The lead developer of the open source game engine 'Godot Engine' has shown off a video of an upcoming third-person shooter demo and it's impressive.

Mesa now supports OpenGL 4.4 Compatibility Profile for radeonsi

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2018

Good news for those of you using an AMD GPU, as Mesa with radeonsi now has support for compatibility profiles up to OpenGL 4.4.

OpenSAGE, an early WIP game engine for Command & Conquer: Generals adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 25, 2018

OpenSAGE is an open source game engine that aims to be a re-implementation of SAGE, the RTS engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals and other RTS titles from EA Pacific.