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Boldly going where no block has gone before in Space Impossible

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2019

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot. These are the voyages of the starship Venture in Space Impossible, an open-world sandbox space adventure where every block matters.

Minecraft just had a seriously huge update named Village & Pillage

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

It was only recently I saw someone say that Minecraft was stagnating, well it's smelling pretty fresh today with the massive Village & Pillage update out now.

Elsewhere is an in-development game of crafting, exploration and survival that could be interesting

By Liam Dawe, Apr 23, 2019

For those who love their Minecraft-like games, Elsewhere from the developer of Hearthlands might be one to keep an eye on.

Forager, a pretty cute looking 2D open world mash-up of genres is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Apr 2, 2019

Forager from developer HopFrog and publisher Humble Bundle looks like a pretty fun mash-up of different genres, inspired by the likes of Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda and it's going to support Linux now too.

Don't Starve Together adds a new character with an animated short, major update due next month

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2019

Don't Starve Together, the incredibly stylish survival game from Klei Entertainment has a new updated out adding in the Wortox character.

Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19, 2019

It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.

The Linux beta of X4: Foundations has been running nicely, a new update is now out

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2019

Egosoft recently put out the Linux beta of X4: Foundations as promised, it's been running well on Linux and a fresh update is out now too.

Factorio has a major new experimental release out ready for testing, loads changed

By Liam Dawe, Feb 27, 2019

Factorio, the excellent Early Access building and resource management game from Wube Software has a massive new release out ready for testing.

TerraTech, the open-world sandbox vehicle builder adds a co-op creative mode

By Liam Dawe, Feb 25, 2019

Working towards adding in co-op support to the actual campaign, TerraTech now at least has a co-op creative mode.

Eastshade, the peaceful open-world exploration game is still coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 15, 2019

While the Linux version of Eastshade sadly didn't arrive at release, the developer has confirmed it's still coming.

DYSMANTLE from 10tons is an open world action RPG where you can ruin everything

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2019

10tons Ltd the team behind Crimsonland, Neon Chrome, Time Recoil, JYDGE, Tesla vs Lovecraft and more have revealed their next title, DYSMANTLE.

Eastshade, the open world adventure where you're a travelling artist has a new trailer and release date

By Liam Dawe, Jan 9, 2019

Eastshade certainly looks like a wonderfully peaceful experience and the new trailer show it off rather well, it's releasing soon too on February 13th.

TerraTech, the open-world sandbox game has a big 'Better Future' update with new blocks for your vehicles

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2019

TerraTech is one of the more interesting sandbox games I played last year, an open-world giving you a lot of freedom to explore and destroy while you create your own vehicles.

Voxel Turf, the block-based urban sandbox game adds in a Light Plane, Airfields and more

By Liam Dawe, Dec 28, 2018

I have to admit, I've had a silly amount of fun in Voxel Turf. A game that combines the block-building that made Minecraft popular with vehicles, buildings, gang wars and all sorts.

The massive 7 Days to Die update Alpha 17 is live now for everyone

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2018

Just before our holiday break, The Fun Pimps released a whopper of an update to their survival game 7 Days to Die.

Foreveracers, the ridiculously silly open-world racer adds AI cars

By Liam Dawe, Dec 22, 2018

Foreveracers is one of those games that's so silly it's good. It's an open-world racer where the physics model makes things rather amusing.

The Fallout-inspired ATOM RPG has officially released and it's pretty good

By Liam Dawe, Dec 22, 2018

While some parts of the game feel clearly like an indie title on a smaller budget, ATOM RPG is a fun attempt at a Fallout-inspired title.

Compulsion Games confirm a Linux version of We Happy Few is coming next year

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2018

Fear not, you will still be able to get your next fix as Compulsion Games have confirmed a Linux version of We Happy Few is coming.

X4: Foundations for Linux will not see a beta at release today, still coming though

By Liam Dawe, Nov 30, 2018

Egosoft's latest space sim, X4: Foundations, is releasing today for Windows. Originally, it was to get a Linux beta at release but it seems that's being delayed further.