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Natural Selection 2 has a major update, the Linux experience is quite terrible

By Liam Dawe,
Natural Selection 2 has been updated again, and this time some essential parts of the game have been improved.

Arma 3 Linux port update in testing, possible BattlEye support to come too

By Liam Dawe,
Exciting news for FPS fans. The Arma 3 developers have updated everyone on what's happening with the Linux port, and it looks like they are even going to work on the BattlEye anti-cheat system.

Hand of Fate is a brilliant game, you should really give it a go on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
We have covered Hand of Fate before, but since release it has gained four major free content updates, so I took it for a spin.

GamingOnLinux's GOTY Awards is now open!

By Liam Dawe,
Greetings Linux gamers, our GOTY award is now open for voting. We have multiple categories to vote in this year, as requested.

Planetary Annihilation: The journey of a Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Planetary Annihilation has a rather interesting history, and John Comes the Design Director at Uber Entertainment did a write up on it all.

Review: Bound By Flame on Linux

By psycho_driver,
Bound By Flame is an ambitious Action RPG developed by French development studio Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was originally released in 2014, but the Linux version was released out of the blue earlier this month. Thus far, it's the only title from the developer that's been released for our platform.

AMD has announced their 14nm FinFET Polaris GPU architecture

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has let the curtain fall on their new 14nm Polaris GPU architecture, and it sounds mighty interesting. I am especially interested in the lower power draw they claim.

The open source Itch games store app needs translators

By Liam Dawe,
The open source app for installing games from Itch.io needs your help with translations. I am in love with this little app.

Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars has 12 Linux games for next to nothing

By Liam Dawe,
The Infinite Bundle from Bundle Stars is a cracking deal, all 12 games support Linux and it costs barely anything.

DoubleFine seem to have attracted a bit of a mess with Psychonauts 2 funding

By Liam Dawe,
I came across a rather interesting video today about DoubleFine and Psychonauts 2. To be clear this isn't our video, but it's worth a watch. My trust in DoubleFine was already very low after Spacebase, and now I'm really not sure what to think.

My Survival Story in Drox Operative

By GustyGhost,
I am a Drox Operative, captain of the Diffraction, a Reaper Light Destroyer along with my ragtag crew, Molder: my Reaper tactical officer, Phyllojackswing: my dedicated Marine and Kozak: a dragon-man responsible for our helm. We are on an ongoing mission in the Tanar galaxy by order of the Drox Operative Guild.

Computer, Open That Door! Kill off your ships crew on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Computer, Open That Door! A very interesting game about being a self-aware AI that is trying to kill off the crew of a spaceship.

Ori and the Blind Forest developer clarifies why a Linux port is up to Microsoft

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the last article on this stirred up some heat, and the developer is back with a meaty reply about why a Linux port of Ori and the Blind Forest would be up to Microsoft.

Chaos Reborn & Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition now DRM free for Linux on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Good news GOG fans, both Chaos Reborn and Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition now have their Linux versions on GOG.

Dying Light: The Following story teaser & Enhanced Edition legendary levels preview

By Liam Dawe,
I am super excited for both the Enhanced Edition upgrade of Dying Light and The Following DLC. Both will make an already good game, even better. Check out these two newer videos.

New Linux Gamer Survey For January

By Liam Dawe,
As usual, here's our monthly survey asking you a few questions. No unique questions this time around, as I have nothing I wanted to really ask that hasn't been already for the moment.

Hyper Light Drifter planning for a same-day Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for those wanting to play Hyper Light Drifter, as the developer has stated they are going for a same-day Linux release.

The first Friday Livestream of 2016 starting at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
2015 has come and gone and it's time to welcome the year 2016. It was quite the coincidence that the first day of 2016 happened to be a Friday so we get to celebrate it almost immediately with the GOL Friday tradition.

Prison Architect update 2 released, featuring women inmates

By Liam Dawe,
Prison Architect is easily one of the best games available on Linux, and it's great to see it get big updates after release.

Sunken, a hardcore action RPG with random monsters and loot now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Sunken is a rather pretty looking action RPG that has random monsters and loot, permanent death and crafting of course.