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  jMonkeyEngine is a popular open source 3D game engine written in Java.  I did a “Closer Look at” jMonkeyEngine earlier last year if you want more information.  The big part of this release isn’t really all that flashy, but it is smart.  You see up until now, jMonkeyEngine has been heavily tied to the […]

  Joining the Evil Empire hasn’t had an immediate affect on the the RoboVM team, in fact, they just released a new version.  RoboVM is the technology that enables you to run Java developed applications on iOS, commonly used with the LibGDX library to enable iOS support.  This release sees the edition of a number […]

  Starling is a flash based game engine, perhaps most famous for Angry Birds.  For some time the primary maintainer has been quietly pounding away on the next version.  Today (actually a couple days ago, this news item slipped through my net, sorry about that) Starling 2.0 is available and it’s a pretty extensive update.  […]

  HaxeDevelop, an IDE specifically for Haxe development has been released.   HaxeDevelop is sadly a Windows only IDE, and there is a good reason for this.  HaxeDevelop is ultimately a fork of the popular FlashDevelop IDE, which has long been the best IDE for Haxe development.  This fork obviously focuses heavily on Haxe related […]

  So today marks the first day you can place an order for the HTC Vive, the VR headset that came via a collaboration between HTC and Valve.  If you though the Oculus Rift was expensive take a deep breath… the HTC Vive is $800USD, plus shipping, as seen from their online store:   This […]

  Microsofts entrant into the VR field, the HoloLens, will begin taking developer pre-orders tomorrow for a healthy price tag of $3000USD.   Ouch.   First, let’s temper some expectations… this is very much a developer release, the actual launch of the HoloLens is a long ways out.  This release is akin to the original […]

  Released in candidate form a couple weeks back, the Spring RTS engine just released version 101.  Spring is a real-time strategy game for Windows, Mac and Linux that is focused open source game engine.   Release 101 brings: Lua Feature & Map shadersIt is now possible to set custom shaders for features and map […]

  Marmalade SDK, a popular C++ and Lua based mobile focused game engine, just released version 8.2.1.  Apple platforms certainly were the focus of this release with 3D touch and Watchkit support being the major new features.  For details on the new 3D Touch support, check out this recently released tutorial.   From the release […]

  Another week, another Unity patch.  This one is actually pretty meaty in the fix category, about twice as many fixes as usual, which I have to assume is a good sign. From the release notes: Features Metal: Add -force-metal switch to force Metal rendering on OSX/iOS. Improvements Editor: Added warning dialog if there is […]

  I love C#, probably my favourite general purpose programming language at the end of the day.  In the early days however, C# was heavily tied to Microsoft’s ecosystem.  Then a little company named Ximian created a Mono, an open source implementation of C#.  At first the relationship between Microsoft and Ximian (and Microsoft and […]