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Mesa 25.0.1 released with fixes for Avowed and Total War Warhammer III

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the released of Mesa 25.0.1, the first bug-fix release for the Mesa 25.0 series.

OpenRA update brings a revamped Map Editor, high-quality Dune 2000 assets, more Red Alert missions

By Liam Dawe,
While EA have officially open sourced a bunch of classic Command & Conquer titles like Red Alert and Generals, the cross-platform OpenRA project continues advancing with a new release out now.

Godot Engine 4.4 is out now with Jolt Physics, Ubershaders, Interactive in-game editing

By Liam Dawe,
Godot Engine 4.4 has been released bringing with it a plethora of advancements for game devs, so it might be time to give it another look.

Sonic Unleashed gets a full fan-made PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Sonic Unleashed from the Xbox 360 has made its way onto PC, although not by SEGA. This is a fan-made port created through the process of static recompilation.

GOverlay app to help you configure the MangoHud overlay v1.3 released

By Liam Dawe,
GOverlay can help you set up the performance display MangoHud with buttons and checkboxes, instead of needing to edit a config file. A new v1.3 was released making it portable.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher continues to evolve into an even more impressive cross-platform game launcher for GOG, Epic Games, Amazon Prime and more with v2.16 bringing some great enhancements.

Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT) upgrades NVIDIA clockspeed configuration

By Liam Dawe,
If you want to fully control your GPU on Linux you may want to check out the latest update to Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT), which brings in various new features.

EA just open sourced Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Renegade and Generals

By Liam Dawe,
I can't quite believe it either. Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Command & Conquer Renegade and Command & Conquer Generals (inc. Zero Hour) have their code officially open sourced.

X.Org X server and Xwayland have 8 more security vulnerabilities revealed

By Liam Dawe,
You should probably keep an eye on your software updater, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland have more security vulnerabilities that have been announced.

Open-source PlayStation remote play client chiaki-ng gets improved controller mapping

By Liam Dawe,
The community-made open-source PlayStation remote play client chiaki-ng has version 1.9.6 out now, bringing with it more improvements to make streaming PlayStation games to other devices even easier.

Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy v1.3.2 released with improved game installs

By Liam Dawe,
If you prefer to buy your games for Linux on GOG, there's a fresh update to Minigalaxy, the open source simple GOG client.

Evolution sim Thrive adds radioactive chunks, environmental tolerances and thermosynthesis

By Liam Dawe,
The open source and cross-platform evolution sim Thrive has added in some even more advanced gameplay elements, making it a whole lot more interesting to attempt survival.

Morrowind game engine OpenMW gearing up for a huge new 0.49 release

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in the Release Candidate stage, Morrowind open source game engine OpenMW is getting ready for a huge new release.

Lutris game manager v0.5.19 released with improved Proton support

By Liam Dawe,
The popular game manager / launcher Lutris has a new release out, which brings with it various improvements to how it handles launching games with Proton.

Wine 10.2 and vkd3d 1.15 released with more Bluetooth driver progress and support for setting thread priorities

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 10.2 is the latest development released with new features now available for the Windows compatibility layer, plus they also recently put up vkd3d 1.15. This is a huge part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck and other Linux platforms.

Proton Hotfix updated to fix Marvel Rivals and Indiana Jones on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released a fresh update to the special Proton Hotfix version. This fixes up issues on Steam Deck / Linux across Marvel Rivals and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Playstation 2 Emulator PCSX2 enables Wayland by default

By Liam Dawe,
For people who enjoy seeing improvements for emulation on Linux, and for Wayland support - the Playstation 2 Emulator PCSX2 has now enabled support for it by default.

Playtron GameOS Alpha 3 brings the 'GameLAB' tool for game configuration and remote management

By Liam Dawe,
Playtron, the company attempting to build a Linux gaming distribution to take on Valve, Microsoft and others have released GameOS Alpha 3 with a bunch of new features. This includes a new fancy open source tool named GameLAB.

The OBS Studio versus Fedora drama seems to have calmed down - no more legal threats

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I highlighted a fight that had broken out between the OBS Studio team and the Fedora Linux developers. The issue was centred around the Fedora Flatpak of OBS Studio but it seems to have calmed down now.

Mesa 25.0 open source graphics drivers released with Vulkan 1.4 and initial AMD RDNA4 support

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced today the release of Mesa 25.0, bringing lots of open source graphics driver updates and expanded hardware support.
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