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Charge Kid, a new open source platformer where each jump is a puzzle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Up for some more open source gaming fun? Charge Kid, released on June 30 is a platformer that makes you think about your jumps and turns every single one into a puzzle.

Arcade shooter with a massive skill tree 'BYTEPATH' goes open source

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A few years after release, adnzzzzZ has released the source code for their crazy skill-tree arcade shooter BYTEPATH.

Proton GE compatibility layer has a big new release up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Proton GE, the community-built fork of the Proton compatibility layer for Linux has a big new release out.

What have you been playing on Linux? Come and have a chat

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ah Sunday, that special day that's a calm before the storm of another week and a time for a community chat here on GOL.

Wine 5.12 is out - better RawInput and WebSocket API support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Wine compatibility layer continues progressing, with the latest development release Wine 5.12 out now.

Humble Choice for July is up with Railway Empire, EARTHLOCK and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Humble Choice, the monthly curated bundle from Humble Bundle is up with a fresh set of games to pick from and claim to be yours.

The Universim god game gets early-game love, a new explainer trailer plus more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A city builder that's also a sort-of god game sim and eventually it will also be a multi-planet strategy game? The Universim certainly has a grand plan and a new explainer trailer to help.

Top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES to get a German DLC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
RUNNING WITH RIFLES, a popular tactical shooter from Osumia Games is set to get a second expansion this August focused on the Germans.

Steampunk-inspired metroidvania 'Steamdolls' is a big Kickstarter success

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With David Hayter (the legendary Solid Snake) taking the the lead role as The Whisper, the steampunk inspired Steamdolls has been a huge success on Kickstarter.

Dota 2 gets an 'Anonymous Mode' similar to options in CS:GO, TI10 Cache up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Beyond a Steel Sky now confirmed for Linux PC on July 16

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After a recent Apple Arcade release and a bit of teasing about when PC players will get it on Steam, Revolution Software have now confirmed the date for Beyond a Steel Sky.

Narrative RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' enters Early Access on July 22

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a currently in-development narrative-focused RPG that's currently doing a hybrid crowdfunding model on Fig and it's getting a wider release this month.

Rebuild the ecosystem in the latest Terra Nil update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Terra Nil is a city-builder that's about rebuilding the ecosystem and getting everything green, rather than painting the map grey with towers full of people.

Purism reveal their powerful privacy-focused Librem 14 laptop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you're after a laptop that's both powerful and privacy respecting, you may want to take a look over at Purism with their newly launched Librem 14 laptop.

Action-adventure 'Sparklite' adds Linux support in a big update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
MergeGames, together with developers Red Blue Games have now released their action-adventure Sparklite on Linux along with a fresh content update.

Our quick-picks of the best Linux games of 2020 so far

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're half-way through the year already? Madness. Even with all the craziness of 2020 going on, lots of games still managed to get out of the door.

Kerbal Space Program 'Shared Horizons' is out with ESA missions and comets

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready to spend another thousand hours building spaceships and now chasing comets? Take charge of the Kerbal Space Program once again in the latest free upgrade.

Dark sci-fi action RPG 'Hellpoint' launches July 30

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Hellpoint from Cradle Games and tinyBuild is now set to officially release with Linux support on July 30.

The Linux market share appears to continue rising with Ubuntu winning

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Take it with your usual dose of salt and scepticism but when looking over the Linux market share, at least on NetMarketShare it appears to continue rising.

A chat with the developer of the action-packed roguelike Burning Knight

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Burning Knight is a recently released action-packed roguelike, featuring slick pixel-art and fantastic lighting along with plenty of over the top action and a little sprinkle of comedy.