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Valheim is now one of the most successful survival games on Steam with two million sold

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2021

13 days after release and it seems there's no stopping the absolute insane rise of the co-op survival game Valheim, as the developer has now announced two million sales.

Volo Airsport went open source with main development discontinued

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2021

Here's a bit of open source news we missed from the end of last year. Volo Airsport, which entered Early Access back in 2014 has been discontinued by the developer and it went open source.

Monado now officially OpenXR conformant, gets a SteamVR driver

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2021

Monado, the free and open source OpenXR runtime for Linux has reached a massive milestone as it's now officially conformant.

Metro Exodus still due on Linux this year, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition announced

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

Deep Silver and 4A Games have just revealed Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition and they've confirmed that Linux support for Metro Exodus is still happening.

ComPressure is a new puzzler like something Zachtronics would make

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

Do we call this a Zach-like now? ComPressure is a puzzle game that has you design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam.

Inspired by Thief, The Dark Mod 2.09 is out with more modern OpenGL rendering

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

Thief is an absolutely classic, and the series lives on thanks to The Dark Mod which is a standalone free and open source first-person stealth game.

AI-made maps for your favourite adventures? Dungeon Alchemist sounds very interesting

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

With an aim to release in late 2021, Dungeon Alchemist is an AI-powered mapmaking tool for both players and dungeon masters to use with your favourite Virtual Tabletop Application.

Space-shooter idle game SPACE / MECH / PILOT now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

In need of a game to just click around in and idle for a while? SPACE / MECH / PILOT from October 2020 has been updated and is now supported on Linux too.

WW2 Co-op FPS Projekt Z shows off more impressive progress

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

Three months since their last devlog, 314 Arts have shown off some more footage on Projekt Z, their upcoming first-person co-op game set during the second world war on a mysterious island full of zombies.

The Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 26

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2021

The first GOL Podcast episode of 2021 is here, come get it while it's hot and ranty as we cover a range of weird and wonderful topics in Linux, open source, gaming and more.

What have you been playing recently? Come chit-chat with us

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2021

It's been quite a while since we had a community chat post for Linux gaming, so let's get it going again: what have you been gaming on Linux lately?

Stadia to see more than 100 games through 2021

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2021

Despite the rising amount of people believing Stadia won't be around for long, we're into another year and Google have announced that more than 100 games will release for Stadia through 2021.

Steam Play Proton 5.13-6 is now officially out

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2021

After a rather short testing period with the release candidates only being announced a few days ago, Valve has now pushed out the official release of Steam Play Proton 5.13-6.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 6.2 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

A fresh biweekly development release is out for the Windows compatibility layer Wine with Wine 6.2 bundling up more of the latest and greatest into a suitable release for you to try.

Resource distribution puzzle-strategy Mini Countries is out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

Do you enjoy setting up elaborate production chains and resource management tycoon style gameplay? Mini Countries offers up a very curious take on it all.

Valheim managed to sell over 1 million copies in the first week

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

It was clear from the moment it release that Iron Gate was onto something with Valheim, their Norse mythology and Vikings inspired open world co-op survival game.

Defold game engine planning Linux improvements through 2021

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

Defold, a free game engine with the source code available under a reasonable open license has released a roadmap for 2021 and it's sounding pretty good.

Cozy management game about dying 'Spiritfarer' is getting a bunch of free updates

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

Thunder Lotus appear to have done well with Spiritfarer, their unique management game with a rather cozy atmosphere and a theme based around looking after the dead.

X4: Cradle of Humanity and the big 4.0 update launching March 16

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

Ready to explore a bigger universe? The upcoming X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion along with the big free 4.0 update for all players is now confirmed to launch on March 16.

Strange shape-shifting puzzler Altered releases on March 12

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

Altered from developer Glitchheart is an upcoming meditative puzzle game mixing hard puzzles and a soothing atmosphere, as you move and morph yourself around small areas to complete each puzzle.