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Rocket League gets Easter goodies and a new game mode in free update

By BTRE,
The massively popular Rocket League sees the start of its new competitive season today and brings with it a whole range of tweaks and new content in its latest update.

Wine Staging 2.4 released

By Liam Dawe,
Not quite as interesting as past Wine Staging releases, but the team have put out their 2.4 release with additional work.

Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals

By Liam Dawe,
Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!

The Whispered World Special Edition is now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Whispered World Special Edition, a game I wished was on Linux before I reviewed Silence has been officially released today for Linux gamers.

Interview with Feral Interactive about their ports and Mesa drivers, Steam keys offered for Mesa developers

By Liam Dawe,
It has been a while since we officially spoke to Feral Interactive about their Linux ports, with the last time being in June 2014. It’s time to get reacquainted and see where things stand right now.

Mozilla has proposed 'Obsidian', a low-level GPU API for the web

By Liam Dawe,
So it looks like after Vulkan for desktop and mobile, the web may be getting a low-level API for interactions with the GPU. They are calling it Obsidian right now (temporary name) and they state it's not a specification just yet, as they are looking to gather feedback.

The Entroware Kratos-3000 is another power-house laptop Linux users might be interested in

By Liam Dawe,
Entroware have updated their Linux laptop line-up again with the Kratos-3000 and it's a little beast for sure.

Race Online, the sweet little 2D racer has a massive upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Race Online is a fun little 2D racer that reminds me of my days gaming on Amiga. It's in Early Access and it just had a huge overhaul. Don't be fooled by the name, it's not an online-only game.

Yaakuro shows off SteamVR on Unreal Engine 4 using Vulkan on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Previously Yaakuro worked to make Unreal Engine 4 work with SteamVR using OpenGL on Linux, but now he's moved onto making it work with Vulkan!

RPG Maker MV now has a Linux version and a Linux game export option

By Liam Dawe,
We saw signs of RPG Maker MV coming to Linux early last year, but now it's official. RPG Maker MV now has a Linux version and it can export Linux games.

Jack Orlando: Director's Cut now has a Wine-port on Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Jack Orlando: Director's Cut, an adventure game published by Topware is the latest game of theirs to get a Wine-port on Steam.

Dota 2 patched for AMD Ryzen

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put out a small Dota 2 update that aims to improve performance on the new Ryzen processors from AMD.

Space sandbox game 'Avorion' has a whopper of an update, considering getting a server for it

By Liam Dawe,
I am a massive fan of 'Avorion' as this Early Access space sandbox has a lot going for it and it just got a major update. I am also considering setting up a GOL server for it!

Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) for The First Encounter is now available, with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 the massive update from Croteam is now available for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Eitr, an action RPG built around exceptional combat with fantastic visuals

By Liam Dawe,
I was sent a link to Eitr, as it's an action RPG with some really fantastic art and fun looking combat. I think you will like the look of this too and it's due for release sometime this year.

All of the 'Aveyond' 2D RPG games are now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
RadialApps, with blessing from the original developer, has ported over all of the Aveyond 2D RPG titles to Linux.

Overload, the shiny new six-degree-of-freedom shooter has entered Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Overload is another new six-degree-of-freedom shooter on Steam. It's currently in Early Access, but even so it's already very impressive.

Some thoughts on 'Codex of Victory', the mix of turn-based and real time strategy

By Liam Dawe,
I've spent some time playing the strategy game 'Codex of Victory' now it's fully released and it's quite surprising.

Looks like the open source Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD conforms nicely

By Liam Dawe,
A Mesa developer wrote up a blog post about the conformance of the open source Mesa Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD.

Star Citizen to use Vulkan instead of DirectX 12 and drop DirectX 11 eventually

By Liam Dawe,
A developer of Star Citizen has commented on their forum to state that the game will go with Vulkan and eventually drop DirectX.
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