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Our Review Of 3D Exploration Adventure Game 'Rituals'

By flesk,
Rituals is a game that mixes 3D exploration with a subtle story and traditional point-and-click puzzles. It was released on Steam last week, and we've had a look at it.

Splatter - Blood Red Edition, A Top-down Shooter With A Film-noir Style Single Player, Thoughts & Video

By Liam Dawe,
Splatter - Blood Red Edition is a fantastic looking top-down shooter that features a film-noir styled single-player campaign. I decided to pick it up now the developer has put up a test branch on Steam, and found it to be fantastic.

Valve's Source Engine 2 Looks To Be Coming To Dota 2 As A DLC

By Liam Dawe,
This is fun to see, Valve have added "Source 2 Dota 2 Content" as DLC for Dota 2. We already knew Dota 2 would be first since Valve stated it was due a big upgrade this year, but it could be soon!

New Linux Gaming Survey For June

By Segata Sanshiro,
It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for June is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time.

XCOM 2 Revealed, Will Be Getting Linux Treatment

By Samsai,
It seems that XCOM 2 has been announced after a teaser campaign by 2K. The AdventFuture.org website 2K brought online last week was now confirmed to be about XCOM and the reveal trailer was published. And best of all, there's a tiny little penguin and a certain feline as a mark of Linux support.

Furniture Assembly Simulation 'Home Improvisation' Released In Early Access On Steam

By flesk,
The latest game in the current trend of silly simulation experiences is one that is rooted in an familiar activity, and is actually a pretty fun experience.

A Look At Mystik Belle, A Different Sort Of Metroidvania

By BTRE,
Mystik Belle is an attractive-looking metroidvania with an infusion of adventure game elements that caught my eye. After giving a go, I have a few thoughts to share.

Warlocks Vs Shadows, 2D Action RPG Tested On Linux, Very Promising

By Liam Dawe,
I’ve taken some time to take a look at Warlocks Vs Shadows which is a really great looking 2D side-scrolling action RPG. I've taken quite the liking to it too.

GOL Cast: Crawling In The Mud In Verdun

By Samsai,
Next on the list of games that have come out of Early Access we have Verdun, an FPS set in the time of trenches, gas attacks and nearly constant machine gun fire and artillery: The Great War. Let's see how it holds!

Siralim, A 2D RPG Roguelike Updated With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
Siralim is a crisp looking 2D RPG with Roguelike elements that has just been updated to include Linux support!

Serpent in the Staglands, A New Party-based CRPG Available On Linux, Plus Initial Thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Serpent in the Staglands is a pretty interesting looking CRPG that has recently released for Linux. It actually looks a bit like the old Baldur's Gate games, but plays out quite differently.

Legend Of Grimrock No Longer Works On Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 Series GPUs

By FutureSuture,
Going as far back as the 14th of February of this year, users have been reporting that Legend of Grimrock won't even start on their Linux powered gaming machines sporting GPUs from the Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 series.

SOMA, The New Horror From Frictional Games Due In September Day-1 For Linux, New Trailer Too

By Liam Dawe,
The new horror game 'SOMA' from Amnesia developer Frictional Games is due in September, and they confirmed it should be a day-1 Linux release.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.44 Is Now Available

By sobkas,
Wine team released today another development release of their software. Version 1.7.44 have many small changes including 59 bugfixes.

OpenMW Version 0.36.0 Released

By Samsai,
The Morrowind game engine reimplementation OpenMW has taken another step towards 1.0. Version 0.36.0 doesn't bring much in the way of features for the game engine but has plenty of bug fixes.

Massive Planetary Annihilation Patch Released, Awesome Stuff

By Liam Dawe,
The big patch to Planetary Annihilation that I spoke about recently has been officially released. This makes the Linux client much more stable too.

Duke Nukem 1 & 2; I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream; Incredipede Now On GOG For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Is there any stopping GOG right now? They are really heating up the Linux releases recently, and I am sure our DRM free loving fans will snap at these.

Hey, It's Friday Livestream Time Again (at 5 PM UTC!)

By Samsai,
It's Friday and if you don't know what we do on Fridays you must be new here. In any case, I welcome you to yet another Friday Livestream! May your Flash player be reasonable with its CPU usage. Or use Livestreamer. Your choice. :P

UE3 Powered Physics Puzzler 'Unmechanical' In Open Beta For Linux

By flesk,
The beta for 2.5D physics puzzler Unmechanical was announced a couple of weeks ago, and is now available for all owners of the game on Steam.

Dragon Wars, Retro Turn Based Fantasy, Another Classic Released On GOG With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
Dragon Wars is a very retro turn based fantasy game, and it has been released on your favourite DRM free store with Linux support.