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Check out the demo for the upcoming point & click adventure Lucy Dreaming

By Liam Dawe,
Lucy Dreaming is a brand new retro-styled point and click adventure game coming to Linux from developer Tall Story Games.

Valheim is just an incredible experience you need to play

By Liam Dawe,
Why is Valheim so popular? People have asked. Well, how we feel about games is always highly subjective and here's my own initial thoughts on it after many hours lost inside its world.

Arthurian legends mix with cosmic horror in The Hand of Merlin, confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Something weird this way comes with The Hand of Merlin, blending together elements of Arthurian legends mixed in with plenty of cosmic horror in a turn-based tactical RPG.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 expands in v0.3.3

By Liam Dawe,
v0.3.3 of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 is out now and it includes quite a lot of enhancements as the community works towards giving the ultimate cross-platform experience.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 3: Installing Red Hat Linux 9

By Hamish,
My first choice was to run Red Hat Linux 9, for the arbitrary reason that it was the final release of the once dominant distribution and the second to feature the delightful Bluecurve desktop theme for both Gnome and KDE. I knew then that I was cutting things a bit close, but I still found myself disappointed with the outcome.

Bonesweeper mixes Palaeontology with Minesweeper where you assemble fossils

By Liam Dawe,
Love a good mix-up of a classic? Minesweeper gets reinvented with Bonesweeper that blends in a little Palaeontology.

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition getting another major upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Showing some big continued dedication to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, Beamdog have put up another huge Beta version with some pretty major additions.

Luck be a Landlord gives slot machines a little deck-building flavour

By Liam Dawe,
Luck be a Landlord is a fresh game out in Early Access from TrampolineTales that claims it's a "roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism".

Be a jerk cloud in Rain on Your Parade - releasing April 15

By Liam Dawe,
Ever wanted to just fly high, be a cloud and rain all over everything? Well you will be able to on April 15 when Rain on Your Parade releases letting me be a total jerk cloud.

The Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 27, the one with too much gain

By Liam Dawe,
The second GOL Podcast episode of 2021 is here, come get it while it's hot and ranty as we cover a range of weird and wonderful topics in Linux, open source, gaming and more.

Go Norse in the Crusader Kings III: Northern Lords pack releasing March 16

By Liam Dawe,
The last of the announcements from Paradox Insider today to be covered here on GOL is Crusader Kings III: Northern Lords, a Norse themed 'Flavor Pack' for one of 2020's best games.

Stellaris: Nemesis launches April 15 giving you more power than ever

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for the ultimate power? Stellaris: Nemesis will launch on April 15 bringing with it some huge additions to Paradox's space strategy game.

Paradox resumes development on Surviving Mars, new update and expansion planned

By Liam Dawe,
Surviving Mars from Paradox Interactive and originally Haemimont Games from 2018 is being revived and expanded under a different developer named Abstraction.

Catch over 1,200 creatures in Siralim Ultimate out now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
It might not be the prettiest around but the Siralim series is quite popular because of the incredible depth and the latest Siralim Ultimate is now in Early Access.

Lazy Chess a new open source game that gives you the best moves

By Liam Dawe,
I do always love to see new takes on classic games and Lazy Chess has a fun idea. It compresses Chess down into a game of only a few possible moves each turn.

Monolith of Minds announced Lila's Sky Ark, a prequel story to Resolutiion

By Liam Dawe,
Resolutiion was one of the most striking games visually from 2020 and Monolith of Minds are coming back this year with a prequel named Lila's Sky Ark.

Windows 'not an emulator' compatibility tool Wine 6.4 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.4 is officially out now as the latest development release.

Tactical zombie survival action game Dead Age 2 exits Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Offering up a mix of character building RPG mechanics, survival features, turn-based battles and much more - Dead Age 2 is officially out now as it has left Early Access.

Interactive movie adventure The Dark Side of the Moon is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love your FMV adventures? The Dark Side of the Moon is a brand new interactive movie featuring live-action video and point & click elements out now on Steam along with full Linux support.

Try out the new demo for Shield Cat, a sweet action adventure collectathon

By Liam Dawe,
Love your 2D action-adventure games? How about collecting everything you possibly can? Shield Cat from CyanSorcery has a brand new demo available with support for Linux desktops and the Raspberry Pi.