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LandTraveller, a 2D mix of an action RPG and a sandbox with single-player and online play is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jun 2017

LandTraveller was pointed out to me today and I must say I am intrigued by it. It's a colourful 2D action RPG with sandbox elements and it even has online play.

Brawlerz Nitro, a top-down car combat game that I would gladly show my friends is on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2017

I've been testing out Brawlerz Nitro, a new Early Access top-down car combat game and it's really quite fun already.

Shotgun Farmers, a totally hilarious FPS where your bullets grow the guns is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jun 2017

In Shotgun Farmers, your bullets actually grow additional guns and it's so weird it works. Been having an absolute blast with it!

Planet Nomads officially lands into Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2017

Planet Nomads, the rather fancy looking sandbox survival game has now officially launched into Early Access and it's looking pretty good.

The Culling survival game still broken, despite the attempted fix in the latest patch

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2017

Despite the developers patching The Culling today, which claims it addressed the issue of the game not launching on Linux, it's still broken.

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.

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.

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.

Post Human W.A.R, a pretty decent looking strategy game might come to Linux with enough requests

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2017

Post Human W.A.R is a turn-based, tactical and psychological strategy game set in an absurd and original post-apocalyptic world. According to the developer, they may do a Linux version if enough people ask.

ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2017

ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration & adventure game recently released for Linux, with Vulkan support possibly coming.

Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2017

I'm excited to see more from Ravenfield, as the early versions on itch are very promising. It's heading to Steam and will release with Linux support on May 18th.

The Culling hopefully won't be broken forever on Linux, the developer does 'value' the Linux community

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2017

It seems my last article about The Culling got noticed by the developer, who reached out to me to confirm their commitment to Linux and they do plan to fix it.

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.

The Culling is currently broken on Linux, with no reply from the developer

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2017

In another case of a game developer seemingly not caring about the Linux version, The Culling is currently broken on Linux with no reply from the developer when asking about it.

The Long Dark to leave Early Access on August 1st, story mode is coming

By Liam Dawe, 6 May 2017

The Long Dark is a strikingly beautiful survival game and it will finally leave Early Access on August 1st, they have also announced that the first two story episodes will release then too.