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Drift Into Eternity, a single-player sci-fi survival experience is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of 'Drift Into Eternity' emailed me to let me know their sci-fi single-player survival experience will be coming to Linux.

The new 'Master of Orion' has a major update inspired by the original MOO2 and a new DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Master of Orion was somewhat eclipsed by Stellaris for me, but it has come back with a vengeance today with the release of a major patch and a race pack DLC.

The Dwarves, the new fantasy RPG from KING Art is now available

By Liam Dawe,
The Dwarves is the fancy looking fantasy RPG from KING Art that arrived on Linux with a day-1 release today.

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?

By Liam Dawe,
It's question time today here on GOL, so sit down and come have a chat. Today I ask a very simple question: what game would literally blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?

Meet 'Vilmonic', the pixel styled artificial life simulator, it's quite sweet

By Liam Dawe,
Vilmonic is another late night discovery, this time thanks to the itch store. It has a free and a paid version, so there's nothing stopping you taking a look.

Angeldust, a free to play and Early Access sandbox RPG supports Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Angeldust is a late night discovery after trawling through Steam around midnight last night. It's free to play, looks amusing with the colourful cartoon-like characters so I gave it a go.

The GOG winter sale has begun, you can get Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition free

By Liam Dawe,
The mystery is no more, the previous teaser from GOG was for their Winter sale and you can get Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition free.

'Kingdoms and Castles' looks like a really great city-builder that's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building game set in what looks like middle ages. It has some really cute graphics and it's confirmed for a Linux release.

Solitude, a short game about leaving everything behind, it looks bizarre

By Liam Dawe,
Solitude, is a short game about leaving everything behind to become a shepherd, sort of. It looks utterly bizarre and quite unique.

Checking out the parody action platformer ‘Cyber Chicken’, to see if it’s worth your monies

By Liam Dawe,
Cyber Chicken is a parody action platformer from WHOA! And published by Groupees Interactive. I grabbed a key to see if it’s worth a laugh or not.

Kith: Tales From the Fractured Plateaus, a free short adventure made on Linux

By km3k,
Issue 1 of free isometric adventure series Kith: Tales From the Fractured Plateaus, from the creators of The Maker's Eden, is now available on Itch.io.

Stratus: Battle For The Sky, an RTS styled like the classic Netstorm Islands at War & it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Stratus: Battle For The Sky looks like a pretty great RTS game, as a fan of the classic Netstorm Islands at War I am looking forward to this different form of strategy game coming to Linux.

Explosive top down shooter 'Kick Ass Commandos' leaves Early Access on Steam, demo available

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
The game finally has its finished version available on Steam since November 17th. If you count all the reviews from Steam users so far, it has collected 187 positive ones against 6 negatives only. There is also a demo available.

Unity 5.5 released, removes legacy OpenGL support

By Liam Dawe,
Unity 5.5 has been released as a pretty major update to this popular game engine. One interesting bit for us is that games built with 5.5 onward will only have access to the modern OpenGL system.

Anima Gate of Memories, a third person action RPG is now on Linux, some quick thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
I have been waiting for this one! Anima Gate of Memories looks fantastic and we don't have many good third person action RPG.

Nearly 4 years later, Steam still won’t close to the tray icon on Linux without workarounds

By Liam Dawe,
In January 2017 it will be 4 years since a bug report was opened about Steam not closing to the tray on Linux. On Windows it works perfectly, but on Linux it has been left to gather dust like so many other issues.

The developers of 'Darksiders' comment on the Linux version, they couldn't fix the issues

By Liam Dawe,
Darksiders was supposed to come out for Linux a long time ago and never happened. The developers haven't forgotten about it, but it seems the issues are proving difficult to fix and they have been busy.

Valve adds OSVR headset support to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
If you want to play games in VR on Steam, the list of compatible headsets just got bigger. OSVR is now a supported option.

The Great Whale Road, a story-driven RPG with turn-based battles is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
If you're in the mood for a good-looking 2D RPG with turn-based battles you may want to know that 'The Great Whale Road' is now on Linux.

GOG have something mysterious planned for December 1st

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are going all mysterious on us, with their Twitter account simply popping out a big teaser image for December 1st. Time to get our thinking hats on.