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Join me for the weekly Linux Gaming livestream at around 7:30PM UTC tonight

By Liam Dawe,
Tonight we shall play games again for your amusement and I will continue as Samsai is currently in the Army.

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update released, patch notes up

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 just became way more exciting, as the Meet Your Match update is now live after they revealed more new stuff on Day 2 of the update teaser.

Wizard of Legend seems like a promising 2D dungeon crawler, has a fun demo

By Liam Dawe,
Wizard of Legend is currently on Kickstarter and the great thing is that they built a demo game to show off, it has Linux support and it's pretty cool.

Salt and Sanctuary, the stylish 2D action RPG is officially out for Linux & SteamOS, Ethan's 38th port

By Liam Dawe,
Salt and Sanctuary is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux and marks Ethan Lee's 38th port to our platform.

Broforce major update released with new bros and more

By Liam Dawe,
Broforce have released their 4th of July (7th of July) update and it includes new bros, as well as probably breaking online play even more.

Habitat from Lucasfilm Games, one of the early MMO games is now open source on github

By Liam Dawe,
A little bit of gaming history just got the MIT license treatment. Habitat from Lucasfilm Games is now available under the MIT license on github.

Battlestation: Harbinger changing its name due to trademark troubles, new update soon too

By Liam Dawe,
I feel bad for the Battlestation: Harbinger developer, as I think it's a pretty nice name but another developer has coined the "Battlestation" term so they have to change their name. They will also be doing a free update soon.

Parkitect updated with new rides, new sounds and more

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect is a very cool Early Access theme park building sim and the latest alpha is now available with Linux support.

Vanguard Princess, a 2D fighting game that features an all-female cast is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Proper fighting games is something we lack, so it's really great to see that Vanguard Princess is coming to Linux!

Team Fortress 2 'Meet Your Match' major update teased, sounds exciting

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 is a fantastic game and I do like to jump in now and then for a little blast, but I really do hate having to find and pick a server. Looks like this update was made for me.

Sven Co-op, a co-operative game originally based around Half-Life now on Linux in Alpha

By Liam Dawe,
Sven Co-op is a still rather popular standalone modification for Half-Life that has just gained a Linux version.

Come play or watch me and Matt from Feral Interactive play Company of Heroes 2 at 10AM UTC today!

By Liam Dawe,
Today is Wednesday which means I will be playing Company of Heroes 2 with Matt from Feral interactive. Join in or watch us!

Slime Rancher now available DRM Free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is an incredibly cute Early Access/In Dev title that has gained DRM Free support on the GOG store with Linux support.

Dwarf Fortress gets a 64bit build

By Liam Dawe,
Dwarf Fortress has joined in on the 64bit fun with a brand new build that features native 64bit support.

Project Zomboid shows off more work on their new animations system

By Liam Dawe,
Project Zomboid is an amazing game and their attention to detail is getting better and better, this new video showing off new blood and animations in their zombie survival game looks great.

Today GOL turns 7 years old!

By Liam Dawe,
Holy crap seven years is a long time to run a website, but I am still here and stronger than ever. Tonight is our very special co-op livestream.

So I Played… FORCED SHOWDOWN

By Liam Dawe,
FORCED SHOWDOWN is essentially an arena shooter with a card-based upgrade system that promises some frantic gameplay, but is it any good? I tried to find out.

Possible Paradox grand strategy livestream in the works, community input wanted

By Segata Sanshiro,
We've been kicking around some ideas about doing a livestream of one of Paradox's grand strategy games. There's a pretty big fan base among GOL readers, so it would be interesting to see how much interest there is and what people would want.

Humble Store is doing a DRM-Freedom sale with some great Linux deals

By Liam Dawe,
Another day another big sale, I love the summer. This time it's Humble Store doing their DRM-Freedom sale and I've picked a few for you.

Planet Centauri, another 2D sandbox RPG with crafting available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Starbound, Terraria and Crea not enough for you? Planet Centauri is yet another sandbox 2D indie RPG with crafting and digging for you to sink your teeth into.