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NVIDIA 384.47 beta driver released, includes a fix for newer Feral titles

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jun 2017

NVIDIA have released the 384.47 beta driver and it includes support for more GPUs and it has a fair amount of bug fixes. One notable bug fix is that it fixes an issue with newer Feral games.

Micro Machines World Series released with day-1 Linux support, it’s brilliant

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jun 2017

I’ve been playing through Micro Machines World Series and I have to say it’s absolutely fantastic. It’s really damn fun and great to have it on Linux!

After years of waiting, Dragon's Lair is now available on Linux in Beta form

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

The developers of Dragon's Lair said back in 2013 that with enough interest it would come to Linux, fast forward to 2017 and it finally has.

Quick tip: Adjusting video clip audio levels in Kdenlive

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

Kdenlive is a pretty fantastic tool for making videos. The more I use it, the more I really appreciate how powerful it is. Here's a quick tip for anyone wanting to edit videos, showing how to adjust volume in different sections of a clip.

HOWTO
Video

Ravenfield updated with a new huge map featuring an aircraft carrier, more early thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

Ravenfield is the single-player indie FPS that shows some real promise, so I took a look at the latest update.

EVERSPACE seems to be having more issues with Unreal Engine again with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

EVERSPACE, the gorgeous looking space shooter may eventually come to Linux, but it seems it won't be any time soon due to Unreal Engine issues.

Rick and Morty items will be dropping in Rocket League next month

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

Rocket League is going to get some new customization options in the form of Rick and Morty themed drops.

Racing
Steam

Facepunch Studios 'Rust' has $4.3 million in refunds

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jun 2017

Facepunch Studios developer Garry Newman tweeted out yesterday about how Rust has done in terms of refunds, turns out it's quite a lot.

Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some essential Linux games in the Steam Summer Sale

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. This time around it's a Steam-focused post, since Steam has a massive sale on.

Unreal Tournament updated again, Epic have made it slightly easier to download on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Coming into my inbox a few minutes ago (Thunderbird is handy for RSS feeds!), Unreal Tournament has been updated again and Epic seem to have made it slightly easier to access the Linux version now.

2D pixelart brawler 'Super Rocket Shootout' announced from Oddly Shaped Pixels & Digital Tribe

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Digital Tribe have teamed up with Oddly Shaped Pixels to publish Super Rocket Shootout, a new 2D pixelart brawler and it will have Linux support.

STASIS, the point & click horror game is now officially available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

After a lengthy beta period, STASIS the fantastic and gruesome looking point & click horror game is now officially available on Linux.

The new Entroware Hybris could make a reasonable Linux gaming laptop

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Entroware, the UK-based Linux hardware vendor have released two newer laptops and one of them could be a reasonable gaming unit.

Hardware

Wine Staging 2.11 released with GTA 5 and The Witcher 3 fixes, also improved Unity game support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

The Wine Staging team has put out their 2.11 release and it comes with some interesting fixes. They've done some adjustments to help run GTA 5 and The Witcher 3.

Wine

The six-degree-of-freedom shooter 'Overload' has another great content update

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Overload is fantastic, if you don't agree with me you're basically insane. Okay, a little extreme but you get the idea. It's been updated again so let's take a look.

A big Yooka-Laylee patch helps some of the annoyances I had

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2017

Yooka-Laylee has been patched and it's actually a pretty decent patch. It sounds like they've really listened to feedback.

Take a look at 'The Reaper' from the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2017

The atmosphere over here is so thick with excitement you could cut it with a knife, I really am looking forward to XCOM 2: War of the Chosen! Take a look at a new revealed for The Reaper.

More optimizations on the way for Dawn of War III in Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2017

A Mesa developer has put out a set of 42 patches to help improve Dawn of War III performance on Linux using Mesa. It focuses on the use of KHR_no_error to save some more CPU time.

Drivers
Mesa

A look at 'World of One', the creepy world-travelling puzzle platformer now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2017

World of One is a cleverly designed and rather creepy puzzle platformer that you should consider taking a look at.

Scanner Sombre from Introversion Software adds experimental Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2017

Introversion Software, creators of Prison Architect, Darwinia and plenty more have added experimental Linux support to Scanner Sombre, their latest title.