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Space colony sim 'Maia' updated, creatures will invade your base and more

By Liam Dawe,
I am keeping an ever watchful eye over Maia hoping that it eventually gets polished up enough to be something great. This new update sure does sound nice, but sadly the game still lacks a lot of polish.

Find the meaning of life in 'Sisyphus Reborn', an atmospheric short free adventure on Steam

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
If you're looking to play an adventure game but you don't have a lot of time, then you may be interested to check "Sisyphus Reborn", a lightweight (300 MB) and short existential adventure that will only take you 40 minutes to finish (and that includes getting all the achievements).

The Station, the first-person narrative sci-fi game has been Greenlit and reached its Kickstarter goal

By Liam Dawe,
This is really great news! The Station, one of those promising upcoming games I covered recently has not only been Greenlit, but they have hit their Kickstarter funding goal too.

Valve seems to have removed the SteamPlay logo from Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Something that didn't go unnoticed was that Valve has removed the SteamPlay logo from Steam store pages.

Feedback needed for our 'Linux Game Of The Year Award' that will start soon

By Liam Dawe,
We've run a GOTY award for the last two years and this year will be no different! I am requesting feedback!

You might want to avoid the Nvidia 375.20 driver, Nvidia recommend downgrading

By Liam Dawe,
Just a word of warning, the Nvidia 375.20 driver seems to have quite a number of issues in certain games bringing performance down a lot.

'The Final Station' released on Linux

By sobkas,
I'm very glad to see that after a long journey, The Final Station has finally arrived at the Linux platform, with a hefty discount this Autumn Steam Sale.

My top list of must-have strategy games on Linux as of right now

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a new Linux gamer wondering what strategy games we have? Or perhaps you’re just in the mood for something new! Here’s my current top list of Linux strategy games.

Some nuts Black Friday deals for Linux gamers to make note of

By Liam Dawe,
I have done a little search and come up with some interesting stuff that you might want to look into for a good deal.

A 2016 Thanksgiving retrospection about the open source game engine 'xoreos'

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II.

The Feral Interactive store has Tomb Raider for a stupid price, go grab it

By Liam Dawe,
Tomb Raider is a pretty good game, performance issues in certain areas aside. It's currently on sale on the Feral Interactive store for peanuts.

The Steam Link can now use the XBox One S controller and customize the PS4 controller, also on sale

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Link isn't something I write about often, but it has just gained a new Beta which adds full support for customizing the PS4 controller and it also now allows you to pair an XBox One S controller.

Event[0], the sci-fi narrative exploration game should have a Linux beta soon

By Liam Dawe,
I know a few people who will be happy about this! Event[0] is to gain a Linux beta shortly after the developers got the Linux build to run smooth and stable.

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' continues improving at a rapid pace

By Liam Dawe,
As always, I am massively impressed with the progress the Mesa developers have made. The open source Vulkan driver 'radv' has continued to evolve recently.

Ballistic Overkill, the cheap and fun online FPS updated with a new progression system and weapon skins

By Liam Dawe,
Ballistic Overkill, the cheap and fun online FPS has a major update. Included in this update are the first lot of skins to grab for free after matches complete and the progression system to unlock weapons is now in too.

Motorsport Manager actually released for Linux, it's surprisingly good

By Liam Dawe,
After a bit of an issue with the original non-release, Motorsport Manager is now available on Linux. I've taken a quick look to see what it's like.

GOL interviews the developer of ‘The Station’, a first-person sci-fi story exploration game

By Liam Dawe,
Another interview! This time with the Creative Director on The Station, a very promising looking first-person sci-fi story exploration game that is currently on Kickstarter.

You will need to update your udev rules for the Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have changed the USB/Bluetooth communication the Steam Controller uses, so on Linux you will need to update your udev rules.

A casual reminder that I rely on your funding through Patreon to stay alive

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to everyone who is already funding, I have been able to put out more interesting stuff than I ever could be before. Here's a small reminder that I rely on you guys to keep GOL going!

GSC Game World have confirmed that the Linux version of Cossacks 3 will come to GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Some people in our comments recently were hoping that when Cossacks 3 is released for Linux, that it would see the Linux version on GOG. The good news is that it will.