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Starbound 1.3 – Spacefarer update is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Another huge Starbound update is now live! Spacefarer as the name might suggest brings a large focus to what you can do in space.

PAYDAY 2 is currently free for the first 5 million people who grab it on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy a free permanent copy of PAYDAY 2? Well here's your chance as the developers are throwing 5 million copies away on Steam.

STARDROP, a first person sci-fi adventure game, may be coming to Linux

By BTRE,
This good-looking Unreal Engine 4 title currently in Early Access might be getting a Linux version before it’s released.

Albion Online's big final beta 'Hector' update has launched, it has issues on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Albion Online, the MMO that supports Linux has a final beta release ahead of the main release next month. There's lots of goodies in this one.

Waaagh! Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III released for Linux with OpenGL & Vulkan, review & port report

By Liam Dawe,
Hey you humies! Time to die! Feral Interactive have done it once again! We now have a native Linux port of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III and here’s my port report. Waaagh!

A look at Cublast HD, a simple but interesting platformer

By BTRE,
A port of a formerly mobile-only game, the game combines basic puzzle solving with a minimalist style and precise gameplay. I played the new HD edition and have a few thoughts to share.

Minecraft 1.12 released today with parrots, a whole new advancements system and more

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft 1.12 is officially available and yes the Linux version continues to be supported. They've added a bunch of new blocks, parrots and a whole new advancements system and more.

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!

Here's a video of the highlights of the Shovel Knight streams!

By Samsai,
So, for a couple of weeks I decided to go back and play a game that has been on Linux for a while: Shovel Knight. I initially expected a difficult but enjoyable experience but it was not meant to be. Here's a video detailing the highlights (depending on your perspective) of the journey.

Feral Interactive have released the required specifications for Dawn of War III on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Dawn of War III arrives on Linux tomorrow and we now know exactly what kind of system is needed to run it, come check it out.

Overload, the excellent Early Access six-degree-of-freedom shooter updated again recently, looking amazing

By Liam Dawe,
Few developers are able to pull off a Descent-like six-degree-of-freedom shooter, but the Overload team easily have the most promising available.

Ballistic Overkill has an opt-in beta with performance fixes (update: now out of beta)

By Liam Dawe,
Ballistic Overkill, the fun and cheap online FPS that recently added Vulkan support now has an opt-in beta for you to try. The developers say it's aimed at improving performance. UPDATE: It's now out of Beta.

Heavy Gear Assault has gone through a UI revamp in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
Heavy Gear Assault has just had a major upgrading include a rework of the UI, which was quite badly needed.

The developers of 'Colony Survival' are looking for Linux testers of their voxel RTS

By Liam Dawe,
Colony Survival is a new voxel RTS coming to Linux sometime this summer and the developers are asking for Linux testers.

Steam Greenlight is officially closed, Steam Direct to open the flood gates on June 13th

By Liam Dawe,
Brace yourself, games are coming. Steam Greenlight has been officially closed as of today and Valve has announced Steam Direct will launch on June 13th.

Hearts of Iron IV gets a free DLC to celebrate a year since release

By BTRE,
Paradox Development Studios have decided to mark the occasion by giving all owners of the World War 2 grand strategy game a few free goodies.

GOG Connect adds more games, plus a huge summer sale now on

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have updated GOG Connect again allowing some more titles to be redeemed on GOG if you have them on Steam, they also have a huge summer sale now on.

Victor Vran: Overkill Edition has launched with two new packed expansions

By Liam Dawe,
Victor Vran: Overkill Edition has officially released expanding the ARPG in many ways, the two new expansions Mötorhead Through The Ages and Fractured Worlds can be purchased as DLC if you already own the base game.

StarCrawlers, a gritty spacepunk dungeon crawler has released and it's looking good

By Liam Dawe,
StarCrawlers is a game I covered quite some time ago back in March of 2015, years later it's now released in full. It's a fresh take on the 3D dungeon crawlers set in a spacepunk themed universe.

The big SteamOS update that drops AMDGPU-PRO in favour of Mesa has left beta

By Liam Dawe,
The big SteamOS beta update that Valve shipped last month has now officially been released into the stable updates branch.