Gaming Daily A-Z

A long awaited update of one of the flagship FOSS games has just been released: UFO:AI ! UFO:AI (for those not in the loop) is a turn based strategy game very similar to the classic X-COM . The improvements of the new version are multi fold; Besides big improvements to the render engine, game-play was also overhauled, but head over to their full change log to get the full picture. Speaking of pictures , here a nice one showing the new glow effects on the world map: (Maybe qudobup will be so nice and make a video of it too *hint*) A3P 1.0 A3P ( we mentioned it before ) was also updated to its first non beta release today. You can check it out directly in your browser (a feature of the Panda3D engine used) or download it as a normal version (currently Windows only). A3P Gameplay

Hey FreeGamer crowd, I hope there are still a few people around ;) Today there will be only a short update, as I simply can't believe this gem of a game (see below) has not been featured on this page! EDIT: Do not miss qudobup's post about FOSS engine news directly below this one! A unique arena shooter So someone had the balls (pun intended) and released a completely unique arena shooter with many nifty features, described by the creator as a mix of TPS/RTS/OMG/BBQ ;) Check out A3P , if that has sparked your interest! At it's current version (0.5) it can be described as a third person arena shooter with some small RTS/squad command elements, and it is definitely fun to play: A3P gameplay video 4 The technical specs are rather interesting too: Based on the BSD licensed Panda3D engine (while itself being licensed MIT; the media license is unclear though) it has all the bells and whistles one can expect from a modern game (Full GLSL shader based rendering, networked ODE...