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Free 2D space exploration and action sim Naev has a big new Beta

By Liam Dawe, Dec 12, 2022

Naev is a reasonably well known free and open source 2D space sim, one that's about to get a whole lot bigger with the v0.10 release now in Beta (specifically, it's on its second Beta).

Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2022

Another year is coming to a close and so the team behind Wine, the Windows compatibility layer, are readying up for another major stable release with version 8.0.

Proton Experimental upgraded to fix the EA App failing to update on Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2022

When the EA App replaced Origin on Steam, it came with a whole bunch of problems for gamers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Now, it should hopefully be sorted in Proton Experimental.

Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2022

Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.

EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2022

As part of their original initiative about sharing patent pledge to not go after others on accessibility, EA have recently released Fonttik as open source to help game developers. Not only that, they've pledged more of their patents to this goal.

Polychromatic for managing Razer devices on Linux v0.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2022

Polychromatic, powered by OpenRazer, is a front-end UI for users to easily manage their Razer devices and a new release is out now with version 0.8.0.

Intel using DXVK (part of Steam Proton) for their Windows Arc GPU DX 9 drivers

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2022

Intel recently announced a big driver update for their Arc GPUs on Windows, because their DirectX 9 performance wasn't as good as it could have been. Turns out, they're using code from the open source DXVK which is part of Steam Play Proton.

Blender 3.4 is out now with Wayland support on Linux, Intel's Open Path Guiding added

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2022

Blender, the absolute power-house free and open source 3D creation suite, has a big release out with Blender 3.4 and it's awesome.

Proton 7.0-5 out now for Steam Deck & Linux desktop, 14 newly playable games

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2022

Valve has finished the current Proton Next testing, with Proton 7.0-5 now available as an update in your Steam Library replacing the previous Proton 7 version. Here's a run over what's new.

Heroic Games Launcher gets a big Hotfix to clean up some issues

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher to help manage games on Steam Deck and Linux with GOG, Epic Games and other apps you can sideload has a new release out to clean up after the recent big update.

MineClone2 version 0.81.0 (free Minecraft-like) for Minetest out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2022

MineClone2 is pretty much as close as you can get to Minecraft without playing Minecraft. It's free, open source and runs on the Minetest voxel game engine. A new release is now available with version 0.81.0.

NVIDIA talks up RTX IO with GDeflate (used in DirectStorage 1.1) to speed up games

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2022

Vulkan version 1.3.233 was released back in November, and with it came two new extensions from NVIDIA designed to help speed up gaming on Linux and Windows. Their tech is even used in DirectStorage from Microsoft.

OpenRA for classic Command & Conquer, Dune 2000, Red Alert has a new Playtest

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5, 2022

OpenRA is one of my absolute favourite open source projects allowing you to play the Westwood classics like Command & Conquer, Dune 2000 and Red Alert has a new Playtest up over a year after the last release.

ProtonPlus is a new in-development Proton version manager

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5, 2022

While we already have ProtonUp-Qt which works just fine, it seems another thought they could do it better and differently with Proton version manager ProtonPlus.

Lutris v0.5.12 out now fixing Origin, Epic Store, Ubisoft Connect, GOG

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5, 2022

Lutris, the all-in-one game manager for Linux and Steam Deck, has an important bug-fix release out now you'll want to upgrade for the best experience.

Proton Experimental fixes up Vampire Survivors, Marvel Snap, Microsoft Flight Simulator

By Liam Dawe, Dec 2, 2022

Proton Experimental has a now update available as of December 1st, so here's a run over what's new in the latest build for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Mesa 22.3 open source graphics drivers released

By Liam Dawe, Dec 1, 2022

Mesa 22.3 is the latest and greatest the open source community has to offer for graphics drivers, and it's now available with lots of improvements.

Godot Engine 4.0 is approaching release, future plans detailed

By Liam Dawe, Dec 1, 2022

Godot Engine 4.0 is so close now, with an overhauled and powerful Vulkan rendering system and now their developers have a new blog post up detailing some plans.

OpenTTD adds variable interface scaling in a fresh Beta

By Liam Dawe, Nov 30, 2022

A big release of the Transport Tycoon Deluxe inspired game OpenTTD is upcoming, with a second Beta available now with some great new features like variable interface scaling.