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Hellpoint is a good looking dark sci fi action RPG that's currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, they have a Linux demo ready and they've now put this demo on Steam for easy access.

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Brawl of Ages, a free to play game published by S2 Games has been through a bit of an overhaul and here's what's new.

Enshrouded World, a vehicular combat game powered by the game engine Leadwerks has Linux support on itch.

A Story About My Uncle showed signs of coming to Linux back in 2015, but never did. Fresh activity on SteamDB shows signs that it might finally be coming.

Another one from the great big RSS feed list I follow today. FreeOrion, an open source game inspired by Master of Orion has a huge new release.

Mesa 17.1, the next big release for open source graphics drivers on Linux is closing in on release. The third release candidate is now available for testing.

Heliborne, an online Helicopter combat game has a Linux Beta available that actually runs surprisingly well.

I was sent a key to Dark Horizons: Mechanized Corps from the developers and I came away pretty impressed with it.

The Unity game engine forums were hacked over the weekend, with defacement of the site and messages sent to all users.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, the RPG from Portalarium has another major update released and here's a look at what's new.

Mesa, the open source graphics drivers have been updated in the last few days to 17.0.5 and it contains a bunch of fixes.

Take this with a big 'ol bag of salt, but it's possible Dawn of War III might be coming to Linux. Thanks to a tip from a Twitter follower.

Thimbleweed Park developer Ron Gilbert mentioned on Twitter how strong the Linux (and Mac) sales have been, and that it would be silly to ignore it.

Armello is a digital board game about taking the throne from a dying king, it's good fun and they have a new DLC available.

Diluvion, the deep-sea exploration game now has a Linux beta, but the developers suggest holding off for a bit while they get the sound working.

Everything is a hard game to describe, it could be called a life simulator, as you can explore so much. Just today they put out a Linux version!

Awesomenauts, the side-scrolling MOBA, a game I really quite enjoyed playing a while ago is going free to play next month.

The latest Wine development release 2.7 is now officially out and it's a pretty interesting one. Some real goodies in this release!

Fear me, mortals, for it is time for me to take the reigns of the GOL Twitch channel. Yes, it is Friday once more and that means games will be played, fun will be had in varying amounts and an unhealthy amount of nonsensical commentary will be sprinkled on top!