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Steam Play Proton 5.0-4 is up fixing Origin, GTA V, Denuvo and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another new release of Steam Play's Proton software is up and while small in number of changes, it's quite a mighty update overall.

Say hello to your new best friend 'LVI' - another security flaw in CPUs for Intel

By Liam Dawe,
Security? What security? Say hello to 'LVI' (Load Value Injection), a new class of' transient-execution attacks' exploiting flaws in modern processors and it defeats all existing countermeasures.

The Humble Sakura Collection Bundle has launched with lots of Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a fan of Anime, Manga and that sort of thing the Humble Sakura Collection Bundle is officially live and plenty of the titles in this support Linux.

Avorion, the massive open world build-your-own spaceship adventure is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Few space games have impressed me as much as Avorion, I'll make that clear right away. An open world space adventure, where you build your own ship block-by-block is out now and it's gorgeous.

Creepy Tale, an atmospheric mix of platforming puzzle with a sinister theme is out on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Creepy Tale from Deqaf Studio is a mix of adventure and exploration, platforming and some horror themes that all come together in a pretty great looking game.

Snake Core twists the gameplay from the classic Snake into a fun looking action game

By Liam Dawe,
Orangepixel is at it again, putting a real unique spin on a classic. Snake Core is their newest game, revealed this week as a big upgrade to the retro Snake gameplay with a lot more action.

HyperRogue the fascinating and confusing non-Euclidean puzzle-roguelike has a big update

By Liam Dawe,
HyperRogue might just melt your mind if you try to understand it, and it remains as one of the most unique puzzle-roguelike games around due to the non-Euclidean features.

GOverlay - a new open source Linux app for managing overlays like MangoHud

By Liam Dawe,
With the Vulkan API making the creation of Linux gaming overlays like MangoHud easier, having a way to manage them without editing a configuration file would be sweet - enter GOverlay.

Looking to follow more Linux gaming sources? Here's a few you might like

By Liam Dawe,
At GOL we're big fans of community building and so sometimes it's good to give a shout out to others doing fantastic work for Linux gaming.

Untrusted is an upcoming online multiplayer social deduction game about hacking

By Liam Dawe,
Untrusted is similar in idea to other social deduction games like Mafia/Werewolf (amongst plenty of others), only this time it's a bit more nerdy and technical with the hacking idea.

Get political in the free retro platformer 'Super Bernie World' out now

By Liam Dawe,
Super Bernie World is a new free and retro political platformer from a team of different indie developers and it's out now with a Linux version.

mod.io secures funding to expand their cross-platform and cross-store modding service

By Liam Dawe,
mod.io is a cross-store and cross-platform modding solution founded by Scott Reismanis (Mod DB, Indie DB) and it appears they're expanding to bring their fancy modding tech to everyone.

Test Tube Titans has you create and mutate massive creatures to destroy everything

By Liam Dawe,
Test Tube Titans is such an amusing game, allowing you to create freakish looking creatures, blast them with radiation and make them even more menacing. Then you send them out into the world to crush and destroy.

Advanced cross-platform benchmarking tool 'Basemark GPU' has a new build out

By Liam Dawe,
Back in 2018 Basemark announced and released Basemark GPU, their advanced cross-platform benchmarking tool. Last week, they release a huge update to it.

Supernatural horror adventure 'ASYLUM' still on track for this year and for Linux too

By Liam Dawe,
ASYLUM is really looking good, and quite freaky. Senscape just released a big update post on how the progress is going, after Epic Games recently gave them a Mega Grant.

Jumpala could be the next generation of competitive platformers and it's fun already

By Liam Dawe,
Indie developers never cease to amaze me on what they can do with simple settings and Jumpala is another surprise that I've been enjoying.

Monster Sanctuary's latest update adds a whole new area and creatures to collect

By Liam Dawe,
Monster Sanctuary is such a sweet game, another that has its own spin on the creature capture/collection genre with platforming, puzzles and metroidvania-styled exploration.

Diablo on Linux levels up again with a new devilutionX release

By Liam Dawe,
Diablo on Linux. Sound familiar? Well, we only just recently talked about Freeablo and now devilutionX has a brand new release made available for this classic.

Ocean's Heart, a sweet-looking upcoming action RPG that emphasizes exploration

By Liam Dawe,
Ocean's Heart from developer Max Mraz is looking great! A sweet action RPG with a Zelda-like theme and it's coming to Linux. I had a little chat with the developer about it.

Be the captain in a stylish Naval adventure with 'Abandon Ship' now up on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Abandon Ship focuses on 'Age of Sail' ships in a Fantasy setting, with an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings and it is awesome when in motion.