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The Minecraft Nether Update is out now and it's massive

By Liam Dawe, Jun 23, 2020

Feeling adventurous? Minecraft has again become a whole lot bigger with the Nether Update now available.

EVERSPACE 2 sure does look shiny in the new Alpha footage

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2020

Open-world space action sim EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games has shown off plenty of new footage across multiple events recently and it looks seriously shiny.

Norse-inspired fantasy survival game Valheim looks awesome

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2020

Covered here on GOL a few times since the early demo was incredibly promising, the viking and norse mythology inspired adventure and survival game Valheim has new footage up.

Interviewed - Veloren, an upcoming FOSS multiplayer voxel RPG

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5, 2020

Today we have something a bit special for you, an interview with one of the team working to produce the free and open source multiplayer voxel RPG named Veloren.

A new update to Stoneshard makes ranged combat a lot more interesting

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5, 2020

Stoneshard, an Early Access turn-based and open-world RPG from Ink Stains Games that has a ridiculously huge amount of potential just had another big update.

Steampunk base-builder Volcanoids adds online co-op

By Liam Dawe, May 21, 2020

Volcanoids is pure joy if you love steampunk and great big machines, as it combines the two together and now it has online co-op.

The Long Dark has a huge Survival Mode update

By Liam Dawe, May 20, 2020

Surviving in The Long Dark is not easy, this quiet apocalypse with you stuck out in the cold will challenge anyone but now the team at Hinterland are giving you some new stuff to help.

11 years later Minecraft sells over 200 million copies

By Liam Dawe, May 18, 2020

It's hard to believe that Minecraft, a blocky survival game originally created over a weekend has gone onto sell over 200 million copies.

Veloren, an open source RPG inspired by Cube World has a new release

By Liam Dawe, May 18, 2020

Need a new place to meet up with friends? Veloren is a free and open source open-world RPG that just recently had a massive new release with a focus on firming up the content.

Terraria is finally done 9 years later with Journey's End

By Liam Dawe, May 16, 2020

Terraria, the side-scrolling sandbox exploration and crafting game from Re-Logic is finally done, with the Journey's End update that's out now.

Get ready to be a viking in Valheim, Beta sign-ups are open

By Liam Dawe, May 12, 2020

Valheim can't come soon enough, a survival & exploration with a fantasy theme inspired by norse mythology and viking culture and you can get in early.

Space command sim PULSAR: Lost Colony gains a much improved AI and new sectors

By Liam Dawe, May 12, 2020

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a co-op spaceship command sim, one where you and friends can each take a dedicated role and it just got much better for solo players.

Open world monster-fusing RPG 'Cassette Beasts' will put a new spin on Pokemon

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2020

Cassette Beasts has just been announced by Bytten Studio, that will see you in an open world adventure where you transform with monsters. It's the same team behind Lenna's Inception and we also have some fun news on how that sold on Linux.

Channelling inspiration from Zelda, the open-world 'Adventure In Aellion' launches on July 22

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2020

Adventure In Aellion is an upcoming drop-in / drop-out co-op adventure game, which the developers claim 'evokes the spirit of Legend of Zelda'.

EVERSPACE 2 looks incredible in the latest footage, lots of player ship variation will be possible

By Liam Dawe, May 5, 2020

As ROCKFISH Games continue developing the crowdfunded space combat sim EVERSPACE 2, they've gradually showed off more footage and revealed more info.

Endless Sky, a free and open source space trading & combat game expands with a new update

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2020

Endless Sky, a free and open source classic 2D space game continues expanding with the first stable release in quite some time.

Techland announced a Dying Light dungeon crawling DLC with Hellraid

By Liam Dawe, Apr 29, 2020

Based on their unreleased and long delayed game, Techland are continuing to expand the excellent Dying Light with a fresh DLC arriving this Summer.

Open-world vehicle building adventure 'TerraTech' free to play until April 21

By Liam Dawe, Apr 16, 2020

British indie team Payload Studios have put their Linux game, TerraTech, up on a long Steam Free Weekend so you can download and play for free now until April 21.

Challenging turn-based open world RPG 'Stoneshard' has a huge update

By Liam Dawe, Apr 16, 2020

After an impressive free Prologue and a successful Early Access launch, Stoneshard just received it's first major update named "Trollslayer" with a ton of new content.