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Planetary Annihilation Becomes More Awesome

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Planetary Annihilation has recently overhauled the balance of the game in the latest patch as they aim to improve all aspects of the massive-scale RTS game.

Heavy Bullets The Trippy & Awesome FPS Is Now In Steam Early Access For Linux

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Heavy Bullets is a game I have covered here a few times and for good reason, the game-play even very early on was solidly built and interesting.

BattleBlock Theater Comedy Platformer Released On Steam For Linux

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BattleBlock Theater as promised is now out for Linux on Steam bringing with it some co-op platforming mayhem and it looks awesome.

Nightmares from the Deep: The Siren`s Call Hidden Object Game Released On Steam For Linux

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Nightmares from the Deep: The Siren`s Call is another rather beautiful hidden object game from Artifex Mundi. The in-game graphics and cinematics are really something, this is one not to miss.

Generic Space Shooter Will Warp Onto Linux Soon

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In Generic Space Shooter you have one simple mission, survive for as long as you can and battle against the odds with plenty of pewpewpew.

Escape Goat 2 Has A Major Update, Steam Workshop Included

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Escape Goat 2 just got more awesome with its 1.1 update, time to goat down to business (that was terrible right?).

SUPERHOT, The Time Controlling FPS Is Back, On Kickstarter & Already Funded

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We showed you SUPERHOT back in September of last year. It's now back seeking funding on Kickstarter to bring out a full game and unsurprisingly it's already over-funded.

Crypt of the NecroDancer First Impressions

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Linux builds of Crypt of the NecroDancer were made available to pre-orderers last week. Cheese takes some time to share his thoughts.

Pandora: First Contact 4X Strategy Has A Major Update & It's Big

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Pandora: First Contact is easily one of the best turn-based strategy games I've enjoyed since Alpha Centurai & Master of Orion 2, the developers are really working well at supporting it with big updates like this too.

Vulture For Nethack On Steam's Greenlight For Linux

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I am sure there are plenty of Nethack fans around, Vulture is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack and it's trying to get on Steam.

Democracy 3 New DLC Extremism Has A Trailer

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Democracy 3 the interesting politics simulation game has a brand new DLC titled 'Extremism'. This new DLC adds a whopping 33 new situations and policies to an already big game.

Krautscape, A Colourful & Odd Racing Game Now On Linux

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Krautscape is an action-packed racing game with bird-like flying cars, focused on competitive multiplayer gameplay. It looks fantastic and it's really great to see them bring out a Linux version.

Ascendant, A Stylish Action Platfomer Releases For Linux

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Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up that challenges you with a new world each time you play. It utilizes a number of modern roguelike elements such as permadeath and procedurally generated environments. Sounds like a pretty decent platformer, looks good too.

Desktop Dungeons, A Quick-play Roguelike Puzzle Game Released For Linux

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We asked the developers about Desktop Dungeons getting a Linux port quite a while ago, and today they deliver in style. Desktop Dungeons is a a quick-play roguelike puzzle game, that sounds pretty confusing, but it looks awesome.

Warlock 2: the Exiled, A Fantasy Strategy Game Looks Like It May Come To Linux

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Warlock 2: the Exiled, a turn-based fantasy strategy game from Ino-Co Plus and published by Paradox Interactive has some hints towards a Linux version.

The Dungeoning Colourful Procedural Death Labyrinth Video & Thoughts

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The Dungeoning is a very colourful game that was pointed out before right here on GOL. The developer sent us over a copy to video.

Cloudbuilt 3D Platformer Developers Seeking Interest For Linux Version

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Cloudbuilt is an extremely fancy looking 3D platformer with awesome cel-shaded graphics. The developers have noted the Linux interest and it can help bring it to Linux.

Twin Robots Is An Absolutely Charming Platformer For Linux

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Twin Robots comes from Pablo the mastermind behind the studio Thinice. It's a charming little solo or co-op platformer about two battery powered robots.

Crossing The Line, A New CryEngine FPS Coming To Linux

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Crossing The Line is an in-development first-person shooter built with CryEngine that will come to Linux. From the new developer Zomboko Entertainment.

Bravada, A Tactical Strategy & RPG Game That's Rather Good, Video & Thoughts

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Bravada is the début game from Ukraine developers Interbellum Team that features a cheery little story. It's a game like nothing I've ever played before and I rather enjoyed it. It's a tactical RPG game with turn-based battles like no other.