SDL 2.0.6 was released on Friday as the latest feature update for this widely-used library that allows for more cross-platform portability of applications and games centered around input, audio, and video helpers.

Besides the CryENGINE 5.4 release happening today, Epic Games has made public their first preview release of the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.18.

Crytek today has shipped the exciting CryENGINE 5.4 game engine update.

Banshee has been a promising C++14-written, multi-threaded open-source game engine featuring Vulkan support. When the Vulkan support was added at the start of the year the plan was to see the Linux support added to the game engine in Q2. Well, it looks like in Q4 we could see the Linux client finally materialize.

While not for public consumption at least for now, the Electronic Arts' Frostbite game engine has seen internal Linux testing/development.

It's looking like SDL 2.0.6 will be released in the very near future as this important cross-platform library commonly used by game developers.

Feral Interactive has delivered a punctual release of XCOM 2: War of the Chosen for Linux and macOS gamers.

Landing within the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Library) code-base over night is initial Vulkan API support.

Samuel Pitoiset working for Valve has landed his latest work in Mesa Git to improve the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver.

The Piper user-interface for configuring gaming mice tunables on Linux via libratbag is nearing the finish line for this year's Google Summer of Code.

It's looking like version 2.0.6 of SDL, the Simple DirectMedia Library that's widely used by cross-platform games and other applications, could soon be released.

Feral Interactive is soliciting requests for what Linux game ports you would like to see from this British game porting firm.

For those into real-time tactics video games or titles themed around World War II, Sudden Strike 4 is launching today and Kalypso Media has made good on their word for day-one Linux support.

Valve dropped a teaser overnight on finally a new, original game... Artifact. They describe it as a "Dota card game" for those interested.

Epic Games has pushed out Unreal Engine 4.17, which is exciting for Linux gamers especially thanks to Vulkan renderer improvements.

Khronos' glTF 2.0 standard for the "OpenGL transmission format" or a standardized means of exchanging 3D assets continues seeing wide adoption. From Microsoft demonstrating glTF 2.0 support in their products this week at SIGGRAPH to many programs and game engines picking up support for this format, Godot Engine is now the latest.

For fans of OpenMW, the open-source re-implementation of the engine powering Elderscrolls III: Morrowind, a new feature release is now available.

It's not quite ready for primetime yet by Linux gamers, but Piper as the GTK-powered user-interface for controlling gaming mice on Linux is getting into shape.

After failing to get the initial Vulkan support in last year's CryENGINE 5.3, the public preview of CryENGINE 5.4 is finally available and comes with initial support for the Vulkan graphics API.

For fans of the 0 A.D. open-source ancient warfare game, its 22nd alpha release is now available.

The first alpha release of the big revamp to the Godot 3.0 game engine is now available for game developers to test.

Linux gamers have frequently complained about the lack of MMORPG games on Linux, but at least today there is now one more with Albion Online beginning to roll out to backers of this medieval fantasy themed game.

It will now be easier for games making use of the open-source ioquake3 game engine to remain up-to-date thanks to a cross-platform, auto-updater written by Ryan "Icculus" Gordon.

Publisher Kalypso Media has confirmed the Sudden Strike 4 real-time tactics game is still on track for launch-day Linux support.

Epic Games has released the first public preview of the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.17 game engine upgrade.

Unity Tech has made available their first updated game engine released under the Unity 2017 branding as part of their new versioning scheme.

Unity has announced that with their Unity 2017.3 game engine later this year they will be dropping DirectX 9 support. It has a few possible implications for Linux gamers.

Valve's monthly Steam Survey metrics show a relatively large decline in the Linux market-share for the past month.

Micro Machines World Series rolled out today and it's greeted by same-day Linux support.

Epic Games has released an updated version of its new, free-to-play Unreal Tournament game powered by Unreal Engine 4. With this latest update does come a new, easy-to-obtain Linux client!