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BRAIN / OUT, a free to play side-scrolling 2D shooter that isn't actually terrible

By Liam Dawe,
BRAIN / OUT is a free to play 2D side-scrolling online shooter, it looks good, so I tested it out for a while to see if it's worth your time too.

Better late than never, GOG now has the Linux version of La-Mulana

By Liam Dawe,
La-Mulana, the free roaming exploration platformer has had a Linux version since early last year on Steam, but now GOG have it too.

The UNIGINE engine will get Vulkan support this year

By Liam Dawe,
It seems UNIGINE have Vulkan firmly in their sights to support it this year, which means their recently released Superposition benchmark could gain support for it too.

A look at ONRAID, a 2D shooter that's free to play

By BTRE,
ONRAID is a self-proclaimed “challenging 2D shooter” that is heavy on the multiplayer component despite having a lot that you can do by yourself. It’s recently gone free-to-play so I gave it a look to see if it was any good.

The Jupiter Hell developers are showing how a Kickstarter is done properly

By Liam Dawe,
Jupiter Hell, a project I personally backed is really showing how to do a Kickstarter properly in terms of Linux support and open communication.

Woodpunk, a medieval-themed arcade experience, is looking for votes on Steam Greenlight

By BTRE,
If fighting hordes of enemies with fancifully implausible-but-shooty ranged and melee weapons is what you desire in life, Woodpunk might satiate the need. The developers have recently announced Linux support and are looking for enough votes on Greenlight to proceed.

Local multiplayer dungeon crawler 'Crawl' leaves Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Crawl is a local multiplayer dungeon crawler, where your friends can control the monsters and it's actually pretty good.

Brawl of Ages, an online 1v1 strategy game from the creators of Strife, it's free too

By Liam Dawe,
Brawl of Ages is a free to play online 1on1 fast-paced strategy game that recently launched with Linux support. It's being published by S2 Games, who created Strife with a new developer BNA Studios taking the helm.

The next big update for Minecraft is in development and will feature Parrots

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft 1.12 development is well under way now and a few development snapshots have been released with some fun new additions. Parrots will be found in many different colours and it sounds fun.

Wednesday Madness, a quick look at some good Linux gaming deals

By Liam Dawe,
Welcome to another Wednesday Madness here at GOL. Another quick look at some good deals you shouldn't pass up!

Superposition, the latest benchmark by Unigine, has been released

By BTRE,
The newest benchmarking test by Unigine Corp shows off their UNIGINE 2 engine and rather impressive visuals. Get ready to push your GPUs hard!

Cosmic Star Heroine, yet another Kickstarted game to delay Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Cosmic Star Heroine, an indie 2D RPG about saving the galaxy has delayed the Linux version. Another in a long list, sadly.

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition released with Day-1 Linux support, my review

By Liam Dawe,
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is another revamp of an old classic given new life by Beamdog, a game where death is not the end. You will end up becoming friends with death and get to know it rather well.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is moving to Source 2

By Liam Dawe,
A presentation was done about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coming to China, where the revealed Source 2 was coming along with a new UI.

Hollow Knight will officially launch on Linux tomorrow

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for fans of 2D action and adventure games, as the developers of Hollow Knight have announced it will officially launch for Linux tomorrow.

Septerra Core & Jack Orlando, two Wine-ports from Topware are now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Topware have been going over their games and giving them Wine-ports where possible. Septerra Core & Jack Orlando are two titles that were previously given this treatment on Steam, but now GOG too.

Yooka-Laylee released with day-1 Linux support, some quick initial thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
Yooka-Laylee, the 3D platformer from Playtonic Games has been released with day-1 Linux support, here's some initial thoughts.

Feral have patched the Vulkan Beta of Mad Max again, another look at performance with benchmarks

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have pushed out another Mad Max patch for the Vulkan Beta, they claim to have improved Vulkan further, so I took a look.

Dark Horizons: Mechanized Corps adds Linux support with a Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Dark Horizons: Mechanized Corps, a mech combat game on Steam now has a Beta available with Linux support baked-in.

The Signal From Tölva, the new open-world FPS from Big Robot may still come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I wrote about The Signal From Tölva back in August of last year as it looks amazing. It has now been released on Windows and the developers are still fully open to getting it on Linux.