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Natural Selection 2's DirectX To OpenGL Convertor Now Builds Out Of The Box

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2014

Not long ago the tool Unknown Worlds wrote to convert Natural Selection 2's DirectX calls into OpenGL was open sourced, it has now been updated to build properly.

KeeperRL, An Open Source Mix Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress Of Needs IndieGoGo Love

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2014

Remember KeeperRL? That odd mix of Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress that we posted about recently is now on indiegogo looking for funds to reach a glorious "1.0" version.

Hold Onto Your Fedoras as Unvanquished The FPS/RTS Hybrid Has Set Loose Alpha 26

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2014

Unvanquished continues to amaze with the 26th alpha version, wow that's a lot of alpha's for you. Usual assortment of new features and bug fixes.

KeeperRL A Dungeon Simulator Built On Top Of Roguelike Mechanics New Alpha

By Liam Dawe, 5 Apr 2014

KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator built on top of roguelike mechanics. You become a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction.

GoldenEye: Source Is Now Open Source, Get Porting To Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 5 Apr 2014

GoldenEye: Source a Half-Life 2 modification is now open source and on github, so Linux developers it's time to get it on Linux.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.16 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 4 Apr 2014

Wine development team was able to produce a new experimental release today. 1.7.16 brining many new features and as many as 50 bugfixes.

OpenTTD, An Open-Source Simulation Game 1.4 Major Release

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2014

OpenTTD is an open-source simulation game based upon the popular Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

The Open Source Game Corner, Highlighting Open Source Projects Part 2

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2014

The second part in my articles on giving some limelight to open source games and engines, this time I have a completely different set to show you! How exciting!

Natural Selection 2's Direct3D HLSL to OpenGL GLSL Parser Open Sourced

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2014

In another win for open-source the developers behind Natural Selection 2 have opened up the code they use to parse HLSL calls into OpenGL's GLSL.

Humble Weekly Sale To Support Open Source Projects, Nice!

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2014

Now this is putting Humble back on the map for Linux gamers, a weekly sale where some of the proceeds go towards open source projects!

The Wine Development Release 1.7.15 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 22 Mar 2014

Developers introduced a new point release 1.7.15 of a development branch of Wine. While keeping with a two week release cycle, They were able to push out many new features and 53 bugfixes.

Flash Is Dying, Long Live OpenFL

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2014

Lars Doucet, the developer of Defenders Quest has written an interesting blog post about Flash and his thoughts on Flash dying.

Paragon The Good-Looking Space Trading Game Updated & Interview

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2014

Paragon the great looking space trading and combat game has hit alpha 5 bringing in lots of goodies for you space pirates!

Morrowind RPG Open Source Engine OpenMW Releases 0.29

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2014

OpenMW the open source engine to play Morrowind on Linux has a brand new version finally includes a much needed save/load feature.

Valve's OpenGL Debugger VOGL Now Open Source On Github

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2014

Valve mentioned at Steam Dev Days that they were working on an OpenGL debugger, they have now delivered. Vogl is now on github for all to see.

Unvanquished Open Source FPS/RTS Hybrid Looking For Coders

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2014

Unvanquished is one of the most promising looking open source games around, and they need help with programming!

Duck Marines, A Free Software Remake Of Team Sonic's ChuChu Rocket

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2014

I am sure there are a few Sega fans following us here, so this one is for you! Duck Marines is a free software remake of the ChuChu Rocket party game.