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A little hacking on a Monday morning? Why not with the online sim Grey Hack

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2020

Feel like letting off some steam and do a little hacking? How about in a safe environment that also happens to be a game where everyone is trying to do it? Grey Hack sounds amusing.

Arachnowopunk is a single-button infinite-runner mini-metroidvania

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2020

Benny Heller, developer of Arachnowopunk emailed in to show off their new single-button infinite-runner mini-metroidvania and it's quite sweet.

Dive into cyberspace this weekend with the latest Black Ice upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2020

After finishing the first act of Black Ice story, this cyberpunk FPS continues getting content expansions and some of it sounds hilarious.

Give tiny countries a resource transport network in the upcoming Mini Countries

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2020

Mini Countries from Yheeky Games looks like a fresh take on the transport-network puzzle strategy system.

Atmospheric fantasy turn-based RPG Colmen's Quest is out now

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2020

Not long after we only just discovered it, the fantasy turn-based RPG Colmen's Quest is now considered finished and released and it also has an updated demo.

The Hotline Miami series is launching on Stadia soon, WWE 2K Battlegrounds out now

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2020

Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number are the next set of games to be announced for Google's game streaming service Stadia.

Faraway: Director's Cut getting a launch delay to be 'bigger and better'

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

Faraway: Director's Cut, the upcoming PC release of the very popular mobile game was originally due next week but they're no longer setting a date.

Comedy point and click adventure Plot of the Druid to get a demo in October

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

Plot of the Druid is an upcoming fantasy comedy point and click adventure, it's coming with Linux support and they're going to be putting out a demo on October 15.

Want to play Soldat 2? We have some copies to give away

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

The classic side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer shall return in Soldat 2 on September 22, so we've teamed up with Transhuman Design to offer a few copies to GOL readers.

Northgard hits 2 million copies sold, Clan of the Lynx DLC is out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

After recently announcing an impressive 2 million copies sold milestone, Shiro Games have released the Clan of the Lynx DLC for their strategy game Northgard.

Watch the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing talks from XDC 2020

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

With XDC 2020 (X.Org Developers Conference) in full swing, we've been going over the various presentations to gather some interesting bits for you. Here's more on the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing.

The first Life is Strange 2 episode is now permanently free

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

Have you been on the fence about picking up Life is Strange 2? Well, now you have a much better chance to take a look at it.

KDE Plasma 5.20 Beta is out and it's huge

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

While GNOME recently had their own big release, the KDE team aren't far behind for showing off their latest modern Linux desktop environment with Plasma 5.20 Beta.

C-Dogs SDL, the classic run and gun game has a new release

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2020

C-Dogs SDL is something of a classic. A free and open source overhead run-and-gun game that continues being updated and a fresh release is out now.

Helheim Hassle is a seriously funny adventure puzzle-platforming mix

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

What could take the crown for the funniest Linux game this year, Helheim Hassle released earlier in August and it's a genuine delight to play through.

Blasphemous confirmed to release for Linux on September 21

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

The Game Kitchen and Team17 today confirmed that Blasphemous will finally launch official Linux support on Monday, September 21 after the original 2019 release.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is out today, some details for you (plus new driver release)

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

As if you forgot, right? Today, the real next generation in gaming begins, with the release of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 as the first in the desktop Ampere architecture.

Get an early look at NO PLAN B, an upcoming tactical strategy planning game

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

NO PLAN B from the developer of Gladiabots looks like it will be quite fun, blending ideas from the likes of Door Kickers and Frozen Synapse.

Unity 2020.2 game engine gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

Unity Technologies just recently released a brand new build of the Unity game engine, with a focus on performance, stability and workflow improvements.

Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2020

Mindustry, a game that mixes in Factorio with Tower Defence and then goes wild from there is a fantastic example of how good a free and open source game can be.