Jedi Knight source-code liberated & Flare 0.18
In a pretty surprising move the source-code of the idTech3 based games Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy were released under the GPL by Activision and Raven Software. You can find the original source drops here and here . The content is obviously still propitiatory (e.g. you need to buy it), but some people have already plans to upgrade the source as OpenJK (most likely back-ports from ioQuake3 ) and make a Linux version most likely. Would be also cool if a nice stand-alone FOSS 3rd person sword-fighting game would come out of this... but the detailed player animations will likely be the biggest road-block. Ahh well... and since I hate posting something with no pictures or videos I include the pretty nice new Flare 0.18 release: It includes some pretty nice new features too: 10 Equipment Slots, up from 4 (and easily configurable) Starting "Class" choice (beginner's power/item kit) Environmental/Ambient Sounds on maps Much improved handling of Animations, E...