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Humble Bundle PC & Android 13 Launches, Good Selection

By Liam Dawe,
Today is a busy day for Linux gamers, as Humble Bundle PC & Android 13 has launched with a cracking set of games to get on the cheap.

GTX 760 Vs R7 370 4GB In Dirt Showdown

By Samsai,
People were interested in seeing some AMD benchmarks for the just released Dirt Showdown and I'm happy to oblige. Here are some comparative results for both of my main GPUs.

GOL Cast: Bombarding Planets In Interplanetary

By Samsai,
So this game has been sitting on my todo list for a while. I delayed it due to bugs in the Early Access version and after that I had plenty of new material to cover. But I think it's time to go back and see where this ended up. Let's go blow up some planets!

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, A Standalone Expansion For Planetary Annihilation

By Liam Dawe,
Well now, I didn't see this coming! Planetary Annihilation: TITANS was released today on Steam, and what a whopper of a standalone expansion it is.

Remember 'The Flock'? The Limited Lives For Everyone Game Will See A Delayed Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
The Flock seemed like an interesting experiment for a game. There are limited lives for everyone, and once gone, the game is over. Sadly, Linux will see a delayed release.

Company Of Heroes 2 Launches For Linux On August 27th

By Liam Dawe,
Good news folks, as another Feral Interactive port is coming very soon. Company of Heroes 2 will launch on our beloved platform on the 27th of August.

DiRT Showdown Released For Linux Thanks To Virtual Programming, Some Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Linux finally has a another decent racing game. It’s not a traditional racer by any measure, but still good. Performance is top quality too.

Back In The 70s With The Crookz, A Tactical Theft Game, Demo Available Now

By Eike,
The Crookz is styled all like the 70s. Hair is growing wild and the colours are, too. And I'm a 70s child, I was eager to try it. The demo is available now!

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth Expansion Rising Tide New Trailer, Still A Day-1 Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
Good news folks, the expansion Rising Tide for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is still planned to be a Day-1 Linux release, and it has a new trailer.

Tactical Vehicle Combat Game 'Brigador' Enters Early Access This October For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Brigador is a game I ordered ages ago thinking it was already out for some reason or another, but I'm happy to see progress has been great on it, and it's releasing in Early Access on October 20th.

Absolute Drift Is A Weird Minimalistic 2D Car Drifting Sim For Linux, Two Keys Up For Grabs

By Liam Dawe,
Absolute Drift was mailed in by a user (thanks), and having given it a go it’s one of the weirdest experiences I have ever had.

Shoot'em Up Gryphon Knight Epic Coming To Linux On August 20th

By Liam Dawe,
Gryphon Knight Epic is a pretty polished looking Shoot'em Up that really does remind me of some Sega Megadrive games I played as a youngster, and it will have a Linux version on day-1.

Developers Of Strategy Game Halfway Show Linux Sales & Support Requests

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Halfway recently celebrated a year of their game being released, and they threw up a nice little graphic showing information about what happened. Included in this are Linux sales statistics, and Linux support requests.

Testing The Latest Unreal Tournament On Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a while since I covered the new Unreal Tournament that's currently in Alpha, so here's a fresh look at it. The way to launch it has changed since we last covered it too.

The Current Humble Weekly Sale Is A Cracker For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Like space games? The newest Humble Weekly Sale has you covered with plenty that support Linux! Including a favourite of mine.

Reminder: It's Friday And That Calls For A Livestream At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
What's that? Another week has gone by? I guess that means that it's time for our Friday Livestream! This time the stream will be dedicated to testing this new GPU of mine with a selection of games chosen by the one and only you. Yes, I mean you, the viewer!

A Review Of Exploration Adventure Game 'Beyond Eyes' On Linux

By flesk,
Beyond Eyes is an exploration game a bit out of the ordinary. It was released on Steam for Linux earlier this week, and here's what I think of it.

Introducing the Latest Addition To GOL Cast Hardware: Radeon R7 370 [Updated]

By Samsai,
Recently I've considered purchasing an AMD GPU for testing purposes and because of the recent benchmarking article I finally decided to abuse my wallet and get myself one. So, here it is along with some of my first impressions!

OlliOlli2 Welcome To Olliwood Released For Linux, Pretty Buggy

By Liam Dawe,
Time to dust off your skateboard's as OlliOlli2 Welcome To Olliwood has been released for Linux the same day as other platforms, hooray for same-day releases!

GOL Survey Results: July

By Segata Sanshiro,
The results for the July survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. There's a bit more analysis this month about why game sales are in decline.