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DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd

By Liam Dawe,
That's right folks, DiRT Rally is now officially confirmed to be coming to Linux and it arrives on March 2nd. Feral Interactive are behind the port, so it will be another good one I hope.

'The Secret of Tremendous Corporation' is a 2015 short free point-and-click comical adventure made in 48 hours

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
This is a small adventure that has been out there for two years, but since it never was covered in GOL, I decided to try it and share with you some impressions. Also, you can't miss the funny DLC included.

Steam Beta Client updated, finally fixing the notification spam when you login and group notifications

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have updated Steam and added in two really needed features. First, they won't spam you with who's doing what when you first login.

Mesa 13.0.4 stable released, time to update to get the latest fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The latest point release for the stable Mesa version is now available as 13.0.4. It brings in fixes for multiple drivers.

An interview with Simon Roth, the developer of space colony simulator 'Maia'

By Liam Dawe,
I had the pleasure of talking to Simon Roth, a developer I've followed for quite some time now about his game 'Maia', about Linux and other bits. Linux sales for Simon are 'approaching ten thousand', which is impressive.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED DLC now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a fantastic game. I appreciate it even if I have no rhythm to keep up with the beats and this new DLC sounds slick.

Motorsport Manager, the rather detailed simulator game now has Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
Motorsport Manager has been updated to allow for mods from the Steam Workshop, as well as some balancing changes to make it fairer.

Until February 6th, you can get the popular indie puzzle-platformer 'FEZ' for PWYW at itch.io

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
This was confirmed by Polytron on Twitter. All the money will be sent to an American charity called American Civil Liberties Union.

FortressCraft Evolved has a massive update with a better tutorial and a fresh new look for the worlds

By Liam Dawe,
FortressCraft Evolved is a game I often overlook, but perhaps not for much longer. It has a truly massive update with a much better tutorial and a very slick new look for the surface of worlds.

Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up with 4 player co-op is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up is now on Linux. We have quite a few games like it, but this has 4 player co-op so it might just be enough to hook some in.

GOG adds the classic strategy game 'Constructor' with Linux support thanks to DOSBox, it's free until tomorrow

By Liam Dawe,
The classic strategy game 'Constructor' is now on GOG with Linux support thanks to DOSBox and it's free until tomorrow too.

Thaumistry: In Charm's Way, a new text adventure from Bob Bates is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Veteran games designer Bob Bates is crowdfunding a brand new text adventure called 'Thaumistry: In Charm's Way'. It seems it will support Linux too, as it's plainly listed in the description.

X-COM: UFO Defense is free on Humble Store, can be used in the OpenXcom open source engine

By Liam Dawe,
X-COM: UFO Defense is a true classic. I played it originally on Amiga for days on end and it has a fully functional open source engine from the community named 'OpenXcom'. The game is free right now on Humble Store, so go grab it.

The Exiled to be released into Early Access on February 23rd

By BTRE,
This open world MMORPG promises to have most of the traditional fun of the genre in more manageable chunks for those of us too busy to spend every waking moment playing it.

Disgaea 2 PC released, with same day Linux support

By BTRE,
The PC port of the much-beloved tactical RPG is out on Steam, dood. Get ready to fight countless enemies in order to return the world back to normal.

More performance improvements are on the way for Deus Ex and Tomb Raider on Mesa

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa is progressing nicely as usual and I've been keeping an eye on the mailing list for anything interesting. It seems Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Tomb Raider have both seen some more performance tuning.

The Linux GOTY award is now over, here are the results!

By Liam Dawe,
It was a massive year for Linux gaming, so here's a look at who won and a big congratulations to all who did!

CAYNE, the free point & click horror game set in the STASIS universe is now out and it's damn good

By Liam Dawe,
I've now had a chance to play CAYNE, the free point & click horror game set in the STASIS universe and it's really rather good.

Typoman: Revised is coming to Linux & SteamOS and they require Beta testers

By Liam Dawe,
Typoman: Revised, an award winning surreal word game is bringing up Linux support and they need some testers.

Some thoughts on 'imprint-X', the button pushing puzzle game that had day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
imprint-X is a rather different puzzle game to what I’m used to. Your one and only mechanic is to push buttons and that’s really it. It’s really weird, so here’s some thoughts on it.