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Classic RTS 'Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries' updated, includes online matchmaking and more

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

The classic strategy game Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries was updated this year to include a few nifty features.

Marek sent in a patch to fix a 9 year old bug with Mesa, helps radeonsi with multiple games

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2016

This is quite an amazing little fix. Marek sent in a patch for Mesa that fixes a bug that has apparently been an issue for around 9 years.

DoomRL or 'DRL' as it's now called has gone open source

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2016

After ZeniMax sent the lawyers knocking, the developer of what was called DoomRL (Doom Roguelike) has changed it's name to 'DRL' and it's now open source.

Open source RTS game 0 A.D. has a new project leader, continues towards next Alpha version

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2016

0 A.D. has a change in leadership with Erik stepping down, but work continues on and the new Alpha is already shaping up.

VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan continues to improve

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2016

VK9, formerly known as 'SchaeferGL' is an open source project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan.

A 2016 Thanksgiving retrospection about the open source game engine 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy, 24 Nov 2016

xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II.

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' continues improving at a rapid pace

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2016

As always, I am massively impressed with the progress the Mesa developers have made. The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' has continued to evolve recently.

The itch app has a new major version, still as slick as ever

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2016

If you're a fan of the games store itch like me, you may want to know about the latest update to their open source client.

A quick video on SC Controller's new gestures feature, the standalone UI and driver for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2016

SC Controller is really awesome! It's a standalone UI and driver for the Steam Controller. It was pointed out to me that it has a new gestures feature and I was asked to do a video. Here's a quick look at this fun new feature.

The Wine development release 1.9.23 is now available

By sobkas, 12 Nov 2016

The Wine team released yesterday another development release of their software. Version 1.9.23 has many small changes including 32 bugfixes.

Mesa 13.0.1 RC released, bug fixes and up to 30% performance increase in the Intel Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2016

Not long after the big Mesa 13 release, we have a release candidate ready for a point release. It's an interesting one too, as it will include a performance improvement to the Intel Vulkan driver, as well as assorted bug fixes.

0 A.D. Alpha 21 Ulysses released, check out this beautiful open source strategy game

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2016

0 A.D. Alpha 21 Ulysses is the latest and greatest open source real time strategy game, and probably one of the most high quality open source games around.

'VCMI' is an open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 3

By Liam Dawe, 4 Nov 2016

Fans of the classics may be interested to know about 'VCMI', an open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

Mesa 13 released, featuring OpenGL 4.5 for all vendors and AMD gains Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2016

This release is a bit massive when it comes to actually looking at the features. Everything we have been hyped about recently is now in the stable release.

Marek has sent in another Mesa commit to help improve OpenGL performance, using threading

By Liam Dawe, 30 Oct 2016

Marek, the well known contributor to Mesa has been working on some form of Mesa OpenGL threading, and his test showed a 70% improvement for Borderlands 2.

The Wine Development Release 1.9.22 Is Now Available

By sobkas, 29 Oct 2016

The Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.9.22 has many small changes including 25 bugfixes.

Looks like Mesa has hit OpenGL 4.5 for the open source Nvidia 'nvc0' driver

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2016

It looks like in the last few days the 'nvc0' driver for Nvidia cards in Mesa has hit OpenGL 4.5 compatibility, joining Intel and AMD.

Widelands, the open source settlers-like real-time strategy game is preparing for a new major release

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2016

Oh boy, I used to absolutely adore Settlers when I was younger on my Amiga! Widelands is an open source strategy game much like the original, and a new release is on the way.

The awesome open source RTS engine 'OpenRA' has a new release, with more original Command & Conquer missions

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2016

I do love 'OpenRA', especially fun when we did our online Linux tournament. The new release is really great too, with it implementing more of the single-player missions from the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.