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The future of the Friday Livestream and my other GOL work

By Samsai,
Just to make sure that everyone is getting an unreasonable amount of big announcements today, I am making one of my own concerning the Friday Livestream and the So I Played... (previously GOL Cast) articles.

The work to bring Banished over to OpenGL is still going on

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Banished has written up another blog post about porting Banished to OpenGL for the Mac and Linux ports, and it sounds like the Mac OpenGL implementation was holding things up.

And so it begins, the Steam Summer Sale is here

By Liam Dawe,
Open up those wallets, as the Steam Summer Sale is now upon us. Already some cracking deals to be found.

Europa Universalis IV celebrates Midsummer and a million copies sold with a free music DLC

By BTRE,
The Linux-friendly Swedish developers are celebrating a million copies of Europa Universalis IV sold with a collection of traditional music that they’re giving away. Be sure to claim it before July 4th!

The Long Dark survival game updated with a new skills and feats system

By Liam Dawe,
The Long Dark is probably one of the nicest survival games available on Linux right now, it's cold, it's harsh, but it's beautiful.

After a truly long time, the level editor for the sadistic 'Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number' is ready!

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number finally has the level editor that was supposed to come with it at release!

Escape from a relentless horde in 'SWARMRIDERS', a FREE cyberpunk twin stick shooter, some thoughts

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

The Wardrobe: A pop culture point & click adventure game for Linux

By Fabio Viola,
The Wardrobe is a 2D point & click game inspired by the great 90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road'.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated

By Liam Dawe,
So I've been playing through XCOM 2 again, but now with the Alien Hunters DLC enabled and my god it's frustrating.

So I Played… RymdResa

By Samsai,
Some time ago I ended up testing this little game called RymdResa on a livestream. Afterwards I decided to look into it a little bit more and I am now here to present my thoughts on the experience.

Ashes of the Singularity still plans Vulkan and Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe,
A developer of Ashes of the Singularity has stated very clearly that both Vulkan and Linux/SteamOS are still planned for the big RTS game.

Platformer On Rusty Trails now DRM free on GOG, it's really cool

By Liam Dawe,
The colourful and colour changing platformer On Rusty Trails is now available DRM free on GOG. We already covered the Steam release with flesk, but here's a look at the GOG version.

Street Fighter V has passed the initial Linux & SteamOS release window

By Liam Dawe,
I sincerely hope none of you pre-ordered Street Fighter V on the promise of the Linux version, as it has shown yet again how silly it is. Street Fighter V is now officially late.

PAC-MAN 256, a surprise Steam release with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
I have to say it has been a long time since I played any form of PAC-MAN, now maybe I will. PAC-MAN 256 was released on Steam with day-1 Linux support.

Megapolis, a classic city simulator is now on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Megapolis is an older title, but positively rated and it's now on Steam with Linux support. It's a small city building simulator, something more casual than say Cities Skylines.

Operator Overload, a fantastic looking puzzle game with a ton of levels needs help on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Dawe,
I personally think Operator Overload looks fantastic and the developer email me to let me know it's fully Linux supported and needs help on Greenlight.

Join me at 10AM UTC (in less than an hour from now) for another GOL vs Feral Twitch livestream

By Liam Dawe,
It's Wednesday, so that means myself and Matt from Feral Interactive will be playing Company of Heroes 2 live on Twitch. Come join us, we need fresh meat for the grinder, Matt also needs someone he can actually win against, poor Matt.

Indie turn-based board strategy game 'UFHO2' is now FREE on Steam

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
UFHO2, a mix of strategy and a board game is now completely free on Steam. No adverts, no in-game transactions or anything. It's just free.

In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is releasing on 5th of July

By Liam Dawe,
In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor is the latest game from Arcen Games, LLC and a rather big departure from their usual stuff. You're a velociraptor in space tearing up robots.

Play as a ghost in point & click adventure game Goetia now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
As far as Goetia adventure games go, this looks pretty good. Nice smooth looking graphics and an interesting sounding story. It is another Square Enix published game to come to our platform too!