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GTA III and Vice City reverse-engineered code is back up on GitHub

By Liam Dawe,
After Take-Two put up a DMCA claim against the reverse-engineered source code for GTA III and Vice City, it's now properly back up online on GitHub.

Classic freeware shooter 'AssaultCube' is making a comeback

By Liam Dawe,
AssaultCube, a name I bet plenty of Linux users know but haven't heard anything of in a long time. It hasn't seen a release since *checks notes* 2013. However, it's going to make a return.

GitHub restores a fork of the cross-platform reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City code

By Liam Dawe,
Remember recently we had a release of the reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City code that worked well on Linux? Which was then promptly taken down by a DMCA notice? Well, it's back.

Cross platform Jagged Alliance 2 reimplementation 'Stracciatella' has a new release out

By Liam Dawe,
Jagged Alliance 2, the classic tactical RPG continues living in modern times thanks to Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella, a cross-platform game engine reimplementation.

Free Game Wednesday: take a look at the great twin-stick Cecconoid

By Liam Dawe,
Cecconoid, a fantastic twin-stick shooter with small cramped environments where the screen flicks between each section actually released the source code and now you can play free.

Build engine port backed by GZDoom tech 'Raze' has a 1.0 release with Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
Raze is a fresh attempt to bring together many different games under one roof including Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Redneck Rampage, Shadow Warrior and Exhumed/Powerslave.

Diablo source port reimplementation DevilutionX version 1.2 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
DevilutionX aims to make playing the classic Diablo and Hellfire on modern systems a breeze, with a full public domain coded reimplementation and a big new 1.2 version is out now.

Koi Farm, the relaxing koi breeding game releases the source code

By Liam Dawe,
Want to jump in and see how another game is made? Now is another chance! The koi breeding game Koi Farm that released on Steam on February 26 has now released the source code.

Flax game engine 1.1 is out with Linux Editor support

By Liam Dawe,
Another promising game engine with lots of big features is Flax, available free with the source available (but not Open Source) has a huge new release out with improvements to their Linux support.

GTA III and Vice City get reverse engineered with a new game engine

By Liam Dawe,
Want to revisit the classic GTA III and Vice City? You should take a look at re3 and reVC which not only provide the source code, they also upgrade the experience for both.

Defold game engine planning Linux improvements through 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Defold, a free game engine with the source code available under a reasonable open license has released a roadmap for 2021 and it's sounding pretty good.

Free cross-platform game engine Defold is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Looking to make games? Defold is a pretty great option that has wonderful cross-platform support and it's free too, available under a pretty open license (but not open source).

FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project releases version 21.0.0

By Liam Dawe,
FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2 are two of the absolute best space shooters around, and thankfully FreeSpace 2 continues living on very nicely with the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project. A new release is up after another year of work.

Is opening up your source code worth it? Terry Cavanagh thinks it was for VVVVVV

By Liam Dawe,
A lot of game developer still worry about being more open with their code but it seems Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons) believes it was worth it.

Play the classic Diablo on Linux with a huge new release of DevilutionX

By Liam Dawe,
Diablo is something of a classic and it lives on thanks to the public domain game engine DevilutionX.

Chunky pixel first-person dungeon crawler Delver is now up on itch.io

By Liam Dawe,
Something for the weekend perhaps, as the excellent first-person dungeon crawler Delver has been released DRM-free on the indie game store itch.io.

Jagged Alliance 2 game engine 'Stracciatella' has a big new release

By Liam Dawe,
The community working to keep the classic Jagged Alliance 2 alive with the Stracciatella game engine have put out their first release in a few years.

Defold Foundation awarded a grant to bring support of Web Monetization

By Liam Dawe,
The Defold Foundation recently announced another partnership, as they've secured a grant from Grant for the Web to bring in support for the Web Monetization API.

Heroic Labs becomes a Defold game engine sponsor

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, game developer King transferred the source code for the Defold game engine over to a new Defold Foundation where they opened up the source and now they have a new sponsor.

Cross-platform game engine 'Defold' source code opens up

By Liam Dawe,
Cross-platform game engine Defold has announced that the source code is now available under a reasonably generous license, along with the formation of a Defold Foundation.
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