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Floor-destroying party game 'Hammer Dongers' adds rockets and new maps

By Liam Dawe,
Hammer Dongers is a great idea for a party game, pitting up to four people against each other in small levels with the ability to destroy the very ground beneath your feet.

Make nefarious goods in Basement, now up on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Basement, a game about building up a business making some questionable goods to fund development of a video game is now available DRM-free on GOG.

VKD3D-Proton is the new official Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer for Proton

By Liam Dawe,
While the Proton compatibility layer already has DXVK for translating DirectX 9/10/11 into Vulkan, VKD3D-Proton has become the official version for translating Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan.

The first DLC for Oxygen Not Included sounds huge, free update soon too

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment have been busy working behind the scenes on the next free update and first expansion for Oxygen Not Included and they've detailed what's coming.

Dungeon exploring puzzler 'The Wizard: WizHarder Edition' announced

By Liam Dawe,
The Wizard: WizHarder Edition was announced recently, as an expanded and upgraded edition of the very popular free web game that's been going for 6 years now.

FOSS Linux game launcher 'Lutris' has a new bug-fix release out

By Liam Dawe,
It's free, it's open source and it helps you manage your thousand+ game library, a fresh update of the game launcher Lutris has arrived.

Valve silences the bots in Team Fortress 2, TF2 Classic Mod out now

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 continues to have a bot problem but Valve are actually fighting back and the latest update takes another blunt approach to dealing with them.

Starship action RPG 'Drox Operative 2' arrives on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
The currently in development space action RPG Drox Operative 2 can now be picked up DRM-free on GOG.

Charge Kid, a new open source platformer where each jump is a puzzle

By Liam Dawe,
Up for some more open source gaming fun? Charge Kid, released on June 30 is a platformer that makes you think about your jumps and turns every single one into a puzzle.

Arcade shooter with a massive skill tree 'BYTEPATH' goes open source

By Liam Dawe,
A few years after release, adnzzzzZ has released the source code for their crazy skill-tree arcade shooter BYTEPATH.

Proton GE compatibility layer has a big new release up

By Liam Dawe,
Proton GE, the community-built fork of the Proton compatibility layer for Linux has a big new release out.

What have you been playing on Linux? Come and have a chat

By Liam Dawe,
Ah Sunday, that special day that's a calm before the storm of another week and a time for a community chat here on GOL.

Wine 5.12 is out - better RawInput and WebSocket API support

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine compatibility layer continues progressing, with the latest development release Wine 5.12 out now.

Humble Choice for July is up with Railway Empire, EARTHLOCK and more

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Choice, the monthly curated bundle from Humble Bundle is up with a fresh set of games to pick from and claim to be yours.

The Universim god game gets early-game love, a new explainer trailer plus more

By Liam Dawe,
A city builder that's also a sort-of god game sim and eventually it will also be a multi-planet strategy game? The Universim certainly has a grand plan and a new explainer trailer to help.

Top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES to get a German DLC

By Liam Dawe,
RUNNING WITH RIFLES, a popular tactical shooter from Osumia Games is set to get a second expansion this August focused on the Germans.

Steampunk-inspired metroidvania 'Steamdolls' is a big Kickstarter success

By Liam Dawe,
With David Hayter (the legendary Solid Snake) taking the the lead role as The Whisper, the steampunk inspired Steamdolls has been a huge success on Kickstarter.

Dota 2 gets an 'Anonymous Mode' similar to options in CS:GO, TI10 Cache up

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just quietly updated Dota 2 to include a new 'Anonymous Mode' bringing in options similar to what you can tweak in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Beyond a Steel Sky now confirmed for Linux PC on July 16

By Liam Dawe,
After a recent Apple Arcade release and a bit of teasing about when PC players will get it on Steam, Revolution Software have now confirmed the date for Beyond a Steel Sky.

Narrative RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' enters Early Access on July 22

By Liam Dawe,
Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a currently in-development narrative-focused RPG that's currently doing a hybrid crowdfunding model on Fig and it's getting a wider release this month.