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Wells, a steampunk run and gun game released for Linux and I took a look, it's not good

By Liam Dawe,
Today I tried to play Wells, a new steampunk run and gun action game, but sadly the experience wasn't great.

SuperTuxKart is trying to get on Steam, be sure to give it a vote

By Liam Dawe,
The open source racer SuperTuxKart is aiming to get on Steam before Greenlight is closed, so be sure to give it a vote.

Crusader Kings II - Monks and Mystics DLC announced

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox are going to give some fresh life to Crusader Kings II with a new DLC named 'Monks and Mystics'.

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is now officially on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam being awesome as usual, as promised Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is now officially on Linux.

Valve have announced 'Steam Audio' an SDK of advanced audio tools, it will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have ripped the lid off their latest project named 'Steam Audio', an SDK of advanced audio tools that will support Linux.

Solstice Chronicles: MIA, an incredible looking top-down alien shooter will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Solstice Chronicles: MIA is a very fancy looking top-down alien shooter seeking funding on Fig. It will support Linux and it might be worth a look.

A small tip for anyone working with Kdenlive and large video files

By Liam Dawe,
This is likely something many of you who edit videos frequently already know, but here's a small tip for those of you (like me) who aren't massively familiar with all the video editing options available. This tip is about working with large files, like longer or high quality gameplay videos.

A look at Bleed 2, the crazy action game from Ian Campbell

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to the developer for sending in a key, I've had a chance to put some time into Bleed 2. It turns out that it's damn fun and it is a little insane.

The MMO 'Albion Online' finally has a release date, new huge update in March

By Liam Dawe,
The rather good MMO 'Albion Online' finally has a proper release date! I am looking forward to creating a guild with some Linux gamers.

Mesa now has a shader cache in Mesa-git for r600/radeonsi

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for AMD GPU owners on open source drivers, as Mesa-git now has a shader cache enabled for r600 and radeonsi.

Fumbling around with tanks in War Thunder on Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
One title I never had the chance to actually get into is War Thunder, so I teamed up with Samsai to check it out. Here’s a video and some thoughts.

AMD officially announce Ryzen 7 CPUs for launch on March 2nd

By Liam Dawe,
AMD will be officially releasing their Ryzen 7 CPUs on March 2nd, so there's not long to go! They can be pre-ordered right now too if you're that excited about it.

Wine-Staging 2.2 released with CSMT speed optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team has put out another Wine-Staging release based on Wine 2.2, this new development release has some CSMT speed optimizations.

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

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

You can grab Civilization V super cheap and get money off Civilization VI thanks to Humble

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty good deal you might want to know about! Humble Bundle has a Civilization bundle going on right now where you can get Civilization V really cheap and also get money off Civilization VI.

Destinations & Dota VR Hub are now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have already put up Linux versions of both Destinations and The Dota VR Hub now that SteamVR is supported on Linux in beta.

SteamVR for Linux is now officially in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up SteamVR for Linux officially in Beta form and they are keen to stress that this is a development release.

Dungeons 3 announced by Kalypso Media & Realmforge, will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons 3 has been officially announced by Kalypso Media & Realmforge and like Dungeons 2, it will support Linux!

Night in the Woods, a very stylish adventure game released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
After some delays, adventure game Night in the Woods has officially landed with day-1 Linux support and it looks very good.

Black Ice, the 'hack and shoot' FPS has a major update to change the entire game

By Liam Dawe,
Black Ice is another one high on my list of promising Early Access titles and for good reason, the developer just put out a massive update that changes the game.