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The NoVR mod for Half-Life: Alyx has a big Summer 2024 update out now

By Liam Dawe,
With the rumours swirling around a new Half-Life game coming, this is an excellent time to play the updated NoVR mod for Half-Life: Alyx if you don't own a VR kit. And there's a big Summer 2024 update out now.

The huge graphics overhaul for settlement survival sim Necesse is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mixing together elements of RimWorld and Terraria, the open world survival crafting game Necesse has a huge graphics overhaul update out now.

Sand in a Box is a fresh modern 'falling sand' playground out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Patryk Zieliński of Tiliasoft just released Sand in a Box in Early Access on Steam, a fresh and new falling sand game with a lot of toys to play with.

I tried the demo of Super reaKtor and it really fried my brain

By Liam Dawe,
Super reaKtor is a unique bullet hell where you absorb various orbs using your laser beam, and while the idea is great it really did annihilate my brain.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust from Analgesic Productions source code opened up

By Liam Dawe,
Analgesic Productions have opened up the full source code for their 2D-3D action-adventure game Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.

Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2

By Liam Dawe,
The latest release of Minetest with version 5.9.0 is out now, bringing new features and work towards using SDL2 for this free and open source voxel game engine.

Wine 9.15 brings more ODBC Windows drivers work and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 9.15 development release is now available as there's continued work on ODBC Windows drivers and the usual assorted bug fixes.

Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi RUSH) lives again with KRAFTON

By Liam Dawe,
At last, the good kind of industry news, and something worth celebrating. KRAFTON, the publisher of games like PUBG has acquired Tango Gameworks along with the Hi-Fi RUSH IP.

ChimeraOS 46-2 brings full ASUS ROG Ally X support

By Liam Dawe,
Another update for the handheld and couch gaming Linux distribution ChimeraOS, with version 46-2 out now bringing full ROG Ally X support.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.15 has expanded GOG support, EA games from Epic Store support

By Liam Dawe,
A big release for the Heroic Games Launcher team has landed, version 2.15.0 is out now with some necessary bug fixes and some big new features to help you get all your games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Grab some quality puzzle escape room sims in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
What's that, another fun selection of games? It's bundle season it seems. The Great Escape Room Humble Bundle is live.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena re-implementation OpenTESArena gets a graphics code overhaul

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like this project is coming along nicely, and I do very much love seeing classics get revived with open source game engine re-implementations. OpenTESArena for The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a new release out.

Try the demo for The Protagonish, an adventure game where you don't control the adventurer

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this is a bit more on the unique side isn't it? I know we have plenty of classic adventure game fans in the GOL readership, but what about one where you don't actual control the adventurer? Check out The Protagonish.

Preserve is a wonderfully chilled and beautiful relaxing nature-building game

By Liam Dawe,
If you love tile-based chilled puzzle games like Dorfromantik, you'll probably really love Preserve. This one is all about repopulating a wasteland to create a vibrant and flourishing ecosystem.

Alabaster Dawn is the next game from the developers of CrossCode

By Liam Dawe,
Previously known as Project Terra, Radical Fish Games who made the excellent CrossCode have now properly revealed their next game with Alabaster Dawn.

TUXEDO reveal the InfinityFlex a fully foldable Linux laptop

By Liam Dawe,
TUXEDO are flexing their hardware chops here with the InfinityFlex, a fully foldable Linux laptop so you can use it wherever and however you want.

Fanatical's Summer Sale 2024 has lots of discounts and big new game bundles

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical are quickly becoming one of my favourite stores, as they pretty much seem to always have a good deal going on something and their bundles have been great lately too.

Decky Loader plugins should no longer cause bootloops on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Decky Loader developers have announced that their plugin system for Steam Deck should no longer cause bootloops with the latest pre-release build.

Blackjack roguelike adventure Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to break Blackjack? Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers has you battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack roguelike adventure.

Proton Experimental update brings fixes for Sword of Convallaria, Space Engineers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve updated Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux again, bringing in the usual assortment of bug fixes.