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Ballistic Overkill updated as promised with Vulkan, but it's now completely broken (UPDATED with temp fix)

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2017

Confirmed by others as well, the latest Ballistic Overkill that adds in Vulkan and many other things, has completely broken the Linux version. UPDATED with a temp fix.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2017

Surviving Mars, from developer Haemimont Games and publisher Paradox is a brand new management strategy game about colonizing the red planet.

Limit Theory, an ambitious space game, is still being developed and has quite a few beautiful screenshots to show off

By BTRE, 11 May 2017

Originally crowdfunded nearly five years ago, it’s taken a long time for Limit Theory to shape up. Development is cruising along now and there’s more news of what the developers are up to.

Stellaris turns one year old today, gets free DLC and a patch in celebration

By BTRE, 9 May 2017

The grand strategy space game by Paradox has just gotten some more love. The update brings changes that should make running your empire more interesting.

Shallow Space development is not quite dead

By BTRE, 9 May 2017

Following a few months of no updates and general silence from developers of the space RTS, a GOL reader asked us to look into the current state of the game. We got a reply and it’s positive.

Hellpoint, the dark future action RPG has been fully funded

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2017

With not many hours to spare, Hellpoint, a dark future action RPG that will fully support Linux has been funded on Kickstarter.

Stellaris is the new early unlock for the Humble Monthly bundle

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2017

Here's your chance to get Stellaris for cheap, as it's the new early unlock for the next Humble Monthly bundle.

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Oxygen Not Included, from Klei heading to Early Access, Linux version will come later

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2017

Oxygen Not Included, the next game from Klei Entertainment will hit Early Access this month. The Linux version is confirmed, but for a later date.

Everything, a game about experiencing, well, everything and it's now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2017

Everything is a hard game to describe, it could be called a life simulator, as you can explore so much. Just today they put out a Linux version!

Mesa 17.1 will use a set 1GB size for the shader cache

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2017

The Mesa developers have been plugging away to get Mesa 17.1 into shape for release, one feature in particular has seen a lot of attention: the shader cache. It will no longer use a percentage of available disk space.

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There's going to be a Vulkan event in the UK, Feral Interactive & Croteam will be attending

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2017

On May 25th there's a Vulkan event happening in the UK. Organised by Khronos UK, there will be a number of interesting talks including Croteam and Feral Interactive.

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UniBall, a completely free to play online 2D sports game arrives on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2017

UniBall, a simple and completely free online sports game has arrived on Linux. I tested it out and it's actually pretty sweet.

Space colony building sim 'Maia' has another massive update

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2017

Maia is a personal favourite as a game I really love to see grow and it just got a big update. It comes with lots of new and very useful features.

Spaceship building and battler 'BossConstructor' adds new free content

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2017

BossConstructor, an indie 2D spaceship building and battling game recently added in some free new content.

Flinthook, a fast action-platformer with roguelike elements releases day-1 for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2017

Flinthook is yet another action platformer that throws in some roguelike elements and it has released with day-1 Linux support.

A look at Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! A crazy space simulation and adventure game

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2017

Another title from the backlog is Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! The game is a bit nuts, but I quite like it.

Starbound to get vastly expanded space travel in a big update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2017

Starbound, the 2D survival sandbox game from Chucklefish is going to get a lot bigger, specifically space travel is going to get much bigger.

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

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2017

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

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

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2017

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

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An interview with Beamdog about Linux gaming, they say it’s worth it

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2017

I had the pleasure of speaking to two different teams at game developer and publisher Beamdog, notable for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and the soon to be released Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition.