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Wizard of Legend, the excellent action game from Contingent99 just had a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Wizard of Legend is one of my favourite indie games to play in local co-op and it's great fun alone too, the developer Contingent99 just released the huge Sky Palace update.

Nightdive Studios have released more footage of their System Shock reboot

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of System Shock updates in the same week, what a time to be alive. After the System Shock 3 news, we also now have more to show for the System Shock reboot from Nightdive Studios.

The MMO Albion Online is officially going free to play next month

By Liam Dawe,
Sandbox Interactive just announced that their MMO Albion Online, which currently requires an initial purchase to access it is going free to play on April 10th.

OpenXR from The Khronos Group and Monado from Collabora could unify VR & AR

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group recently announced a provisional specification of OpenXR, a royalty-free open-standard aimed at unifying access to VR and AR (collectively known as XR) devices. Also, Collabora announced Monado, a fully open source OpenXR runtime for Linux.

The Humble Curve Digital Bundle is out with four nice Linux games

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the dust has settled on the Google Stadia news, here's something entirely different: The Humble Curve Digital Bundle.

Google announce ‘Stadia’, their new cloud gaming service built on Linux and Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Google have now finally unveiled their new cloud gaming service named Stadia, offering instant access to play games in Google Chrome.

System Shock 3 may see Linux support, OtherSide still working on Underworld Ascendant for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
OtherSide Entertainment have teased out a new short video of System Shock 3 and it may see Linux support.

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Dawe,
It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.

Gloomhaven, the dungeon-crawling adaptation of the board game should see Linux support at release

By Liam Dawe,
Last year, we wrote a small bit on how the developer of Gloomhaven was keeping an eye on all the requests for Linux support. It seems they've taken notice.

Convoy, the game that mixes Mad Max and FTL has more free content & gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
Convoy seems to be seeing some good post-release support from developer Convoy Games, with a free content update now available.

Two Point Hospital: Pebberley Island is out, giving you more weird illnesses to conquer

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Studios and SEGA have put out the first expansion for Two Point Hospital with Pebberley Island.

GOG have another weekly sale live, some interesting Linux games going cheaper

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love their DRM-free gaming, GOG have just recently put up their latest weekly sale with quite a few Linux games available.

The Culling, one of the first Battle Royale games on Linux is shutting down

By Liam Dawe,
The Culling was probably the second Battle Royale game I ever played, after the Hunger Games in Minecraft and it seemed to never really click and so it's shutting down.

The Linux-powered Atari VCS is getting upgraded to AMD Ryzen, shipping dates pushed back

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the Atari VCS, the Linux-powered gaming console? Well it's still alive and they've decided to give it a bit of an upgrade.

The sandbox RPG 'Spoxel' seems like it could be pretty amusing, releasing soon

By Liam Dawe,
Spoxel is an action adventure sandbox RPG that's been in development for a few years now, with it almost about to leave the long and dark development tunnel.

The Linux beta of X4: Foundations has been running nicely, a new update is now out

By Liam Dawe,
Egosoft recently put out the Linux beta of X4: Foundations as promised, it's been running well on Linux and a fresh update is out now too.

GameHub is another open source game launcher, giving Lutris some competition

By Liam Dawe,
Not a fan of Lutris or just want to try something different? GameHub could be a pretty good option for you.

Second Earth, a base-building game from the developer of Broforce has a Linux build

By Liam Dawe,
Broforce is the game from developer Free Lives that made me fall in love with platformers again, can they do the same for base-building tower defense games? Second Earth could be good when further developed.

The latest progress report for PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is looking good

By Liam Dawe,
The RPCS3 team have a huge mountain to climb to get more PlayStation 3 titles playable but it's all coming together now.

Football Story blends a narrative campaign with competitive multiplayer, coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love their games that involve sports, Football Story sounds like it could be one to watch.