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Ballistic Overkill updated, still has issues, but it's getting better again

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2017

Ballistic Overkill has been updated again to fix some of the major issues. Linux will still require a workaround for the black screen issue (a Unity bug), but it's easy to do.

Parsec is another game streaming service, now with Linux support and it's blown me away

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2017

I've been chatting to the founders of Parsec, a new game streaming service that allows you to stream games from any cloud machine to your desktop. They just released Linux support and apparently it even works on streaming to a Raspberry Pi.

A quick look at some Linux gaming deals, some fantastic offers on right now

By Liam Dawe, 24 May 2017

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

Geneshift, the brutal top-down shooter with vehicles has released into Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 23 May 2017

Geneshift is a game that's eight years in the making and it's still not finished! Today it launched into Early Access on Steam to get the final bits done and ready for a big release.

Dota 2 performance update released

By Liam Dawe, 23 May 2017

Valve have updated Dota 2 again and this time they have focused on improving the overall performance of their free to play MOBA.

Albion Online to get another big update before launch named 'Hector'

By Liam Dawe, 23 May 2017

On June 7th, Albion Online is set to get bigger again with the Hector update. This is the final update before the main release bringing it out of Beta.

Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai released for Linux, port review and thoughts

By Samsai, 23 May 2017

The Linux ports of Total War: Shogun 2 & Fall of the Samurai have now been shipped by Feral Interactive. Here's a port report and a review based on gameplay of Shogun 2 itself.

SteamOS updated, Valve drops AMDGPU-PRO for Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

Valve haven't been sitting on their hands, as they have pushed out a fresh update for SteamOS that's currently in Beta. It's been a while and it's a good one.

Join us for Ballistic Monday tonight, Ballistic Overkill + GRID Autosport (which is on sale)

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

Tonight is another of our many livestreams and it's your chance to kick our butt online. We will be live tonight playing Ballistic Overkill and GRID Autosport which is on sale.

Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae DLC & Standalone delayed, Linux version having issues

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae is a new DLC & Standalone game coming to Two Worlds II along with full Linux support, but sadly the release date has slipped for everyone. They also seem to be having issues with the Linux version.

Ravenfield, the single-player FPS that's a little like Battlefield enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

Ravenfield is a Red vs Blue single-player FPS that plays out a little like Battlefield and it's now in Early Access.

Some thoughts on 'World to the West', the standalone followup to Teslagrad

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

I've had some time to play World to the West, a 3D follow up to Teslagrad where each character has some unique ability.

Lightspeed Frontier, another ship-building sandbox experience, impressive

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

I'm an absolute sucker when it comes to spaceship building and combat games. Avorion is a good one I put some thoughts up on, but Lightspeed Frontier is also quite impressive.

Faeria is another Unity game that is partially broken on Linux due to an engine update, here's a quick fix

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2017

It seems there's an annoying bug in Unity right now, that a bunch of developers are hitting. It seems Faeria has the same bug that hit White Noise 2 and Ballistic Overkill recently. Here's a quick fix.

Reus finally updated for Linux bringing it out of Beta, now properly supported

By Liam Dawe, 21 May 2017

Reus landed on Linux in some form of Beta quite some time ago, but the game has been updated today to bring it in line with the Windows version with official support.

Small site update in regards to the moderation queue, which is now live on article comments

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2017

Since the level of toxic posts in the community has sadly risen, I have now rolled out the moderation queue approvals process that was in place on the forum into article comments too.

Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae, a standalone version of the DLC will see Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2017

Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae is a new standalone version of the upcoming 'Call of the Tenebrae' DLC for Two Worlds II. It will see day-1 Linux support.

RadeonSI has a large patch set in Mesa-dev for ARB_bindless_texture, allows Dawn of War III to work on Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2017

Mesa developer Samuel Pitoiset sent in a set of 65 patches to the Mesa-dev list to enable ARB_bindless_texture for RadeonSI (AMD), this will allow Dawn of War III to work on Mesa.

The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2017

Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition were previously broken on Mesa, but as of today a patch has landed in Mesa-git to fix them both ready for Mesa 17.2.