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The Frictional Games strange teaser appears to be growing


By Liam Squires-Hand
Frictional Games, the team that craft some very interesting horror experiences like SOMA and Amnesia are teasing something and it appears to now be growing. What horrific thing will chase us next?

Valve give a little more info on what 'Gamescope' actually does for Linux gaming


By Liam Squires-Hand
Recently, a Valve developer revived steamcompmgr (the SteamOS compositing and window manager) and renamed it to Gamescope. After writing about it yesterday here on GOL, they've now given some more info on what it actually does.

Action-packed drone building game 'Nimbatus' has a huge update, we have 3 copies to give away


By Liam Squires-Hand
We've teamed up with Stray Fawn Studio again to give away three copies of their space drone construction game, Nimbatus, plus there's a massive update out now.

Vulkan API specification 1.2 released, new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver up


By Liam Squires-Hand
Today, The Khronos Group has released the next big update the Vulkan graphics API specification with Vulkan 1.2 now available.

Apocalyptic fantasy RPG strategy 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' new build out, passed $50K on Fig


By Liam Squires-Hand
Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an incredibly engrossing in-development narrative blend of fantasy RPG and strategy mechanics has a fresh build up.

Paradox to focus on smaller and more frequent updates to Imperator: Rome this year


By Liam Squires-Hand
Paradox Development Studio have given their first 2020 update on the roadmap for the struggling Imperator: Rome.

3D party action game 'Aeolis Tournament' is on Kickstarter promising some chaotic fun on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Beyond Fun Studio are raising a little funding to complete their crazy party game, Aeolis Tournament, which is planned to release with Linux support this Spring.

Cortex Command has a Community Project that aims to keep the game alive


By Liam Squires-Hand
Remember Cortex Command? Data Realms released a Linux build for the Humble Indie Bundle 2 in 2010, sadly the Linux version never really progressed much but since it was opened sourced last year it can live on and it is alive.

Valve continue working behind the scenes for Linux gaming with 'Gamescope'


By Liam Squires-Hand
Valve are definitely up to something. For a little while, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais has been tweaking steamcompmgr, the SteamOS session compositing window manager.

DOOM Eternal coming to Stadia on March 20, plus other Stadia news - a round-up


By Liam Squires-Hand
Time for another little roundup of what's going on with Google Stadia lately. First up, let's talk about games.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-12 is out


By Liam Squires-Hand
The first Steam Play Proton release of 2020 is now available with 4.11-12 which is mainly a cleanup.

Slay the Spire patch 2.0 is out, bringing in The Watcher as the fourth character


By Liam Squires-Hand
As if I needed more reasons to dive into the Spire once again, Slay the Spire 2.0 is out which brings quite a lot of changes in addition to the fourth character.

The Humble Sweet Farm Bundle is live with some lovely Linux games


By Liam Squires-Hand
Humble Bundle have just put up The Humble Sweet Farm Bundle and there's multiple lovely Linux games included.

ShotX Studio got a big boost to sales by releasing a free torrent of Danger Gazers


By Liam Squires-Hand
This is certainly an unusual way to get a little extra support for your game. ShotX Studio, an indie outfit of just developer Shota Bobokhidze who recently released the rather good Danger Gazers put it up in a torrent.

Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo arcade shooter released


By Liam Squires-Hand
Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo is a long name and this is supposed to be the expanded edition of the 2019 release, giving additional arcade-style shoot 'em up action.

Korean survival horror-adventure 'The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters' leaving Early Access this month


By Liam Squires-Hand
Atmospheric, story-driven Korean survival horror-adventure from Devespresso Games and Headup 'The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters' is just about ready, with a full release announced for January 28.

Grand space strategy game AI War 2 had a massive update so big it's 'almost a sequel'


By Liam Squires-Hand
Arcen Games sound quite proud of how big the latest update to AI War 2 is, saying it's "Almost a sequel in how much it adds to the core game mechanics and AI.".

Silly physics sandbox Garry's Mod is getting some big upgrades


By Liam Squires-Hand
Garry's Mod is a game about screwing around, playing with physics and possibly creating your own fun game and it's about to get some big upgrades.

Upcoming point and clicker 'Born Punk' has a Steam page up, coming to GOG and newer trailer


By Liam Squires-Hand
I do love a good bit of Cyberpunk, I also love the point and click genre getting a resurgence in recent years and Born Punk really does look and sound great.

Enjoy this peaceful 4 hour long trailer for THE LONGING, a game that takes 400 days to beat


By Liam Squires-Hand
A curious one this, a game that has a clock that counts down from 400 days as soon as you start it and you don't even need to play it to get to the ending, as time continues when you're not playing.