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The developer of Rise to Ruins is absolutely mad and has secured funding for their games


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Sometimes you read a story that's really hard to believe it's true but probably is. In this case it's Raymond Doerr of SixtyGig Games doing something absolutely nuts to secure funding for their games.

FunKey S is a tiny Linux-powered retro-gaming handheld


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Do you love retro gaming and emulation? How about pocket sized devices, powered by Linux that you can take anywhere? The FunKey S looks like a really sweet bit of kit.

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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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.