Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine gets upgraded
Another fresh release went out recently for The Force Engine, a rebuilt game engine to play STAR WARS - Dark Forces and eventually Outlaws nicely on modern systems.
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Amazon Games support is coming soon to Heroic Games Launcher
The Heroic Games Launcher currently supports GOG, Epic Games and manual side-loading but Amazon Games support is also being worked on.
Multi-vendor RGB controller app OpenRGB v0.9 is out now
Cross-platform open source RGB controls continue getting better, with OpenRGB version 0.9 now available so here's what's new.
Free sandbox game inspired by Minecraft 'MineClone2' v0.84 is out now
MineClone2 continues getting better and better as a free and open source replacement of Minecraft, with version 0.84 out now. Here's a run over what's new and improved.
Fedora considering adding in 'privacy-preserving' telemetry
Quite a controversial topic currently floating around is that a change proposal has been made for Fedora Workstation 40 to have some "privacy-preserving" telemetry to "enable limited data collection of anonymous Fedora Workstation usage metrics".
Meta announced 'IGL', a high-performance cross-platform graphics library
Available under the MIT license, Meta (as in Facebook) have released IGL (Intermediate Graphics Library) for developers.
Proton Experimental brings fixes for Gears 5, Overwatch 2, Phasmophobia
Valve released a fresh upgrade to Proton Experimental to get more games like Gears 5, Overwatch 2 and Phasmophobia working better on Linux and Steam Deck.
Wine 8.12 brings more Wayland work and performance improvements
Another biweekly release of the compatibility layer Wine is out now! As the developers continue the progress towards getting Wine working fully with Wayland in version 8.12.
Imagination GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 thanks to Zink
Here's a fun bit of driver and hardware news as Imagination announced their GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 up from OpenGL 3.3 and it's thanks to the open source Zink driver.
Godot Engine 4.1 brings a detachable script editor, Vulkan pipeline cache
Godot 4.1 has been released today for game developers who want a cross-platform free and open source game engine. Bringing with it plenty of new features.
ChimeraOS 43 out now adding ASUS ROG Ally support
ChimeraOS 43 has been released today adding in support for running this SteamOS inspired Linux distribution on the ASUS ROG Ally handheld.
ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.1 improves Heroic Games Launcher support
ProtonUp-Qt is the app that allows you to install the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron.
Morrowind modern game engine OpenMW 0.48 is readying to release
OpenMW is a modern free and open source game engine for Morrowind, and it's really getting close to a release of version 0.48 now with another Release Candidate ready for more testing.
Command & Conquer - Combined Arms - the huge OpenRA mod adds more missions
Easily one of my favourite game packs made with OpenRA is Command & Conquer - Combined Arms, bundling together the Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin. A new release is out in v0.91 expanding the content a fair bit.
Evolution sim Thrive v0.6.3 gives a glimpse of the future
Free, open source and scientific! Thrive is an in-development evolution sim, with a new release out now adding in some more big prototypes for later-life stages.
Multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' v0.15 is out adding the first world boss
Free, open source and continuing to expand! Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. Version 0.15 is out now and sounds fun.
GE-Proton 8-6 is out now fixing up more games for Linux and Steam Deck
GE-Proton has another release available (two actually) so here's a run over what's new for this community-maintained translation layer.
Part 4 of the Wine work for Wayland is now merged
The fourth part of an ongoing series of submission to Wine to get full Wayland support has been merged in.
ckb-next for configuring Corsair keyboards and mice v0.6 out now
Do you own a Corsair keyboard or mouse? Well you should take a look at ckb-next, which just had a new release bringing support for even more new hardware.
Blender v3.6 is out now as a new long-term support release
Showing many companies how open source can be seriously successful, Blender version 3.6 is out now and it's a long-term support release so it would be good to upgrade and stick with it for a while.
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