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Games: Humble, Wasteland 3 and More

By Roy Schestowitz Created 18/12/2020 - 10:53am Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 18th of December 2020 10:53:52 AM Filed under Gaming [1]

The Humble Winter Indie Mix Bundle is live with Deponia, Butcher, Armello | GamingOnLinux[2]

The latest bundle full of games from Humble and various indie teams, with a few good picks that have Linux builds too. Here's a look at what to expect from it. Games that have Linux builds are highlighted as usual to make it easy for you.

Wasteland 3 now available on Linux from inXile Entertainment | GamingOnLinux[3]

inXile Entertainment have today officially released Wasteland 3 for Linux (and macOS), following on from their successful campaign in 2016 and Windows release in August 2020.

Acting as a sequel to their 2014 hit, Wasteland 3 is a squad-based RPG with challenging tactical turn-based combat and a deep, reactive story full of twists, turns, and brutal ethical decisions. You get to create and customize a squad of up to six Rangers, plus you get a powerful customizable truck too which you can equip with some fun weapons.

From the brief release announcement, "We greatly appreciate your patience as we worked to bring the game to these OS?, and we?re happy to have it playable for you before the end of the year. We hope you enjoy exploring post-apocalyptic Colorado during your holiday break.".

The renaissance and evolution of indie games [4]

It?s important to mention the role of the game engines in this. In recent years, many of the tools and engines have been striving to make their features more and more accessible to noncoders and young people, thus bringing new communities and talent into the indie space, as young people who try it out are getting further and carrying it on.

As a consequence of being more accessible, we?ve seen the adoption of game design by teachers into high school curricula, to support the learning of computing, problem-solving, and creativity; and colleges using game engines in the teaching of art. This has helped to attract many more young people into games, causing a huge influx of young people with game design experience and fantastic creative energy who are looking to bring their own ingenuity to the indie game making process.

AWS are now funding Blender development for three years [5]

Not long after Facebook joined in, we now have AWS (Amazon Web Services) funding Blender at a Patron Member meaning they will give the Blender Foundation at least €120K a year and they've commited themselves to three years. This funding is going towards improving Blender's character animation tools development.

AWS joins the Blender Development Fund [6]

Today Blender Foundation announced that AWS has joined the Blender Development Fund as a Patron Member to support continued core development and innovation for Blender. AWS committed to a period of three years, specifically to support character animation tools development.

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Links: [1] http://www.tuxmachines.org/taxonomy/term/69 [2] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/the-humble-winter-indie-mix-bundle-is-live-with-deponia-butcher- armello [3] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/wasteland-3-now-available-on-linux-from-inxile-entertainment [4] https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/16/the-renaissance-and-evolution-of-indie-games [5] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/aws-are-now-funding-blender-development-for-three-years [6] https://www.blender.org/press/aws-joins-the-blender-development-fund/