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The Hotline Miami series is launching on Stadia soon, WWE 2K Battlegrounds out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number are the next set of games to be announced for Google's game streaming service Stadia.

Faraway: Director's Cut getting a launch delay to be 'bigger and better'


By Liam Squires-Hand
Faraway: Director's Cut, the upcoming PC release of the very popular mobile game was originally due next week but they're no longer setting a date.

Comedy point and click adventure Plot of the Druid to get a demo in October


By Liam Squires-Hand
Plot of the Druid is an upcoming fantasy comedy point and click adventure, it's coming with Linux support and they're going to be putting out a demo on October 15.

Want to play Soldat 2? We have some copies to give away


By Liam Squires-Hand
The classic side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer shall return in Soldat 2 on September 22, so we've teamed up with Transhuman Design to offer a few copies to GOL readers.

Northgard hits 2 million copies sold, Clan of the Lynx DLC is out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
After recently announcing an impressive 2 million copies sold milestone, Shiro Games have released the Clan of the Lynx DLC for their strategy game Northgard.

Watch the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing talks from XDC 2020


By Liam Squires-Hand
With XDC 2020 (X.Org Developers Conference) in full swing, we've been going over the various presentations to gather some interesting bits for you. Here's more on the ACO shader compiler and Vulkan Ray Tracing.

The first Life is Strange 2 episode is now permanently free


By Liam Squires-Hand
Have you been on the fence about picking up Life is Strange 2? Well, now you have a much better chance to take a look at it.

KDE Plasma 5.20 Beta is out and it's huge


By Liam Squires-Hand
While GNOME recently had their own big release, the KDE team aren't far behind for showing off their latest modern Linux desktop environment with Plasma 5.20 Beta.

C-Dogs SDL, the classic run and gun game has a new release


By Liam Squires-Hand
C-Dogs SDL is something of a classic. A free and open source overhead run-and-gun game that continues being updated and a fresh release is out now.

Helheim Hassle is a seriously funny adventure puzzle-platforming mix


By Liam Squires-Hand
What could take the crown for the funniest Linux game this year, Helheim Hassle released earlier in August and it's a genuine delight to play through.

Blasphemous confirmed to release for Linux on September 21


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Game Kitchen and Team17 today confirmed that Blasphemous will finally launch official Linux support on Monday, September 21 after the original 2019 release.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is out today, some details for you (plus new driver release)


By Liam Squires-Hand
As if you forgot, right? Today, the real next generation in gaming begins, with the release of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 as the first in the desktop Ampere architecture.

Get an early look at NO PLAN B, an upcoming tactical strategy planning game


By Liam Squires-Hand
NO PLAN B from the developer of Gladiabots looks like it will be quite fun, blending ideas from the likes of Door Kickers and Frozen Synapse.

Unity 2020.2 game engine gets a Beta release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Unity Technologies just recently released a brand new build of the Unity game engine, with a focus on performance, stability and workflow improvements.

Mindustry, one of the best open source games around has a huge upgrade in testing


By Liam Squires-Hand
Mindustry, a game that mixes in Factorio with Tower Defence and then goes wild from there is a fantastic example of how good a free and open source game can be.

Free first-person shooter-strategy 'Unvanquished' is now properly open source


By Liam Squires-Hand
After a long period of silence, it seems a lot was going on behind the scenes for Unvanquished and it's now properly open source all the way through.

Valve developer shows off Gamescope for Linux at XDC 2020


By Liam Squires-Hand
As we highlighted in our initial XDC 2020 article, one of the presentations this year was from a Valve developer who is working on Gamescope.

Left 4 Dead 2 - The Last Stand releases September 24


By Liam Squires-Hand
Left 4 Dead 2, the nearly 11 year old shooter from Valve now has a set release date of September 24 for the huge update made along with a community of modders.

Beamdog just gave Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition a big graphical boost


By Liam Squires-Hand
Beamdog have released the latest development updates to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition for everyone, and it comes with some wonderful upgrades.

GNOME 3.38 'Orbis' is out now to showcase a modern Linux desktop


By Liam Squires-Hand
GNOME 3.38 "Orbis" just landed today, which brings in another 6 months of hacking away at all the tech behind the GNOME desktop for a fully modern Linux environment.