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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Looks like Battle for Wesnoth is being ported to Godot Engine

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Battle for Wesnoth, the classic open source turn-based strategy game has been around for a long time and it seems they're going to switch over to the Godot Engine.

SDL2 has pulled in support for the Wii U/Switch USB GameCube controller adapter

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SDL2, the cross-platform development library has now merged in support for the Wii U/Switch USB GameCube controller adapter.

Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 4

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For those who have trouble keeping up with all the happenings, here's another bite-sized round-up of some interesting Linux gaming news recently.

Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam and itch.io with enhancements, some info about Linux support

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It was announced earlier this week that Dwarf Fortress was coming to Steam and itch.io, including a bunch of enhancements. What wasn't clear, was the Linux support for this newer edition. We now have some info on that.

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam

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In a blog post today, Valve announced a pretty simple change to the way Steam games get a review score, to help with review bombing.