SteamVR updated with experimental Linux support for SteamVR Home

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have pushed out another update to SteamVR, this time Linux has been given experimental support for SteamVR Home.

Wine 2.9 released with support for Direct3D tessellation shaders

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 2.9 is now officially available and it's a very interesting one. Fantastic work from the Wine developers.

Planet Nomads officially lands into Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Planet Nomads, the rather fancy looking sandbox survival game has now officially launched into Early Access and it's looking pretty good.

Some thoughts on possessing dead bodies MidBoss, now on Linux as a day-1 release

By Liam Dawe,
I've been playing a bit of MidBoss, a new roguelike from Kitsune Games with the Linux port from Ethan Lee. Here's what I think so far.

The Culling survival game still broken, despite the attempted fix in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe,
Despite the developers patching The Culling today, which claims it addressed the issue of the game not launching on Linux, it's still broken.

Mesa 17.1.1 officially released

By Liam Dawe,
The Mesa team has officially released Mesa 17.1.1 which is a bug fix release to provide better stability in the open source graphics drivers.

Installation 01, the Halo fan-game that will support Linux has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The rather epic looking Halo fan-game Installation 01 has a fresh new trailer and it's certainly got me excited for it!

Blasphemous is a promising looking dark and brutal non-linear platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Blasphemous, a dark and brutal non-linear platformer is currently on Kickstarter and it looks pretty good. It's already funded too and it's heading to Linux.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Looks like Micro Machines World Series from Codemasters is heading to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the new Micro Machines World Series racing game from Codemasters will be heading to Linux. Pretty exciting!

The Khronos UK Vulkan talk is tomorrow with Feral, Croteam and more & you watch online

By Liam Dawe,
Tomorrow is the Khronos UK 'Vulkanised!' talk about Vulkan from developers like Feral Interactive, Croteam and others. You will be able to watch it online.

WW1 FPS Verdun to get a standlone expansion 'Tannenberg' that sees you going East

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready for more warfare, as Verdun is set to get a standalone expansion named 'Tannenberg' that sees you heading East.

Salt and Sanctury, an in-depth review

By scaine,
After nearly a year of being available on Linux through porter Ethan Lee's efforts, an in-depth review of this incredible 2D action RPG.

Ballistic Overkill updated, still has issues, but it's getting better again

By Liam Dawe,
Ballistic Overkill has been updated again to fix some of the major issues. Linux will still require a workaround for the black screen issue (a Unity bug), but it's easy to do.

Parsec is another game streaming service, now with Linux support and it's blown me away

By Liam Dawe,
I've been chatting to the founders of Parsec, a new game streaming service that allows you to stream games from any cloud machine to your desktop. They just released Linux support and apparently it even works on streaming to a Raspberry Pi.

A quick look at some Linux gaming deals, some fantastic offers on right now

By Liam Dawe,
Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!

Geneshift, the brutal top-down shooter with vehicles has released into Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Geneshift is a game that's eight years in the making and it's still not finished! Today it launched into Early Access on Steam to get the final bits done and ready for a big release.

Dota 2 performance update released

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have updated Dota 2 again and this time they have focused on improving the overall performance of their free to play MOBA.

Albion Online to get another big update before launch named 'Hector'

By Liam Dawe,
On June 7th, Albion Online is set to get bigger again with the Hector update. This is the final update before the main release bringing it out of Beta.

Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai released for Linux, port review and thoughts

By Samsai,
The Linux ports of Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai have now been shipped by Feral Interactive. Here's a port report and a review based on gameplay of Shogun 2 itself.