retux
OpenDungeons and FreeOrion updates plus ReTux
A couple of long standing open source game projects have received significant updates. OpenDungeons , an open source dungeon management game, has see…
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ya3dag
Assorted news #1024
*hrmmpf* New FreeOrion 0.43 release . Unvanquished Alpha 18 . Some news from the standalone idTech4 Hexen remake . Open-source reimplementation of Ca…
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platform-windows
Free Orion 0.4.2
A few day ago a much improved version of the 4X space strategy game FreeOrion was released. Check out this cool set of introduction videos (Part 1 ,…
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xonotic
Shorts: FreeOrion 0.4.1 and Xonotic Vehicle Gameplay
FreeOrion image: Moving a fleet around in FreeOrion video: FreeOrion testplay (best viewed at 720p HD ) FreeOrion 0.4.1 has been released a month a…
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openmoo2
Graphs & Virgins: Evil Cult
Evil Cult [ latest version ]. One of my favorite games. A 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) turn-based game with little micro-managemen…
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unknownhorizons
A bunch of updates
Very creative headline, I know... but news of various games were piling up in my "should post about it on FreeGamer" link-list... yet I nev…
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xreal
HE'S ALIVE
*Qubodup's eyes shift left and right* Qubodup mutters, "I smell death." *Charlie jumps out from behind a tree* "No! It's me!&q…
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widelands
Non RTS strategy games
An update so quickly? Behold the Free Gamer world is coming to an end. :p So, we mentioned some promising RTS games in the last update. OK, I forgot …
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widelands
What planet are you on?
Wesnoth Knight Battle for Wesnoth continues to get stupendously good art contributions such as this series of Loyalist portraits . Hot on the heels …
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vikings
January Sales
Everything is so cheap after Christmas. I mean, look what you can get for FREE! :-) The FreeOrion project just released version 0.3.11, which comes…
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opendungeons
Game & engine news cluster
Nebula from FreeOrion So let's see... what's going on in the open source gaming world today? On the forum of FreeOrion are a bunch of awesom…
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thewhitechamber
Good Morning Free Gamer
Well it's been a while since I chipped in. Q has been doing a fantastic job, I'm sure you will agree, of keeping us up to date with the Free…
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supertuxkart
FreeOrion 0.3.9 and SuperTuxKart 0.5
FreeOrion star map detail Cheer, for a new release of the awesomely pretty FreeOrion has seen the light! This time both Windows and GNU/Linux build…
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freeorion
Adonthell-artwork, FreeOrion Linux builds
Adonthell's broccoli bushes. James Nash has kept working on vegetation sprites for Adonthell 's art repository (which is quite meager righ…
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throwin
Cruise Control
I was close to putting some kind of melodramatic title like "the beginning of the end" but it would have been, well, melodrama so opted for…
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worldofpadman
The Best Way To Play
Here's a good tip on how to get extra performance in Linux. It's on the Ubuntu forums but is essentially an X.org trick. Battle for Wesnoth…
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sauerbraten
scorched3d
Read All About It
Mars: Land of No Mercy , it was looking dead, but it's back! The website is back online and hopefully so is development. I would point out that…
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freetrain
Free this free that O_o
Linux users can now get their hands on the latest version of FreeOrion , the turn-based space stategy project inspired by Master of Orion games, with…
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soulfu
SoulFu 1.5 "Niceware"
There's a new release of SoulFu . Whilst the source still comes under a funny license that many would not consider true open source, I believe a…
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