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The Architect Puzzle Game Full Release, It's Interesting

By Liam Dawe,
The Architect is a game I covered way back last year, and now it's had a full release I gave it another run. If you like puzzle games done a bit differently, this will be a good fit for you.

Oh, Goodie, It's Friday Livestream Time Again At 5 PM UTC! [Highlights added!]

By Samsai,
You know, I'm slowly starting to run out of witty comments about the arrival of Friday. So, to avoid silly jokes about silly pop songs I'm going to keep it simple and welcome one of the greatest moments of the week, weekend. And along with that comes the regular Friday Livestream.

Adventure In The Tower Of Flight Available & My Thoughts

By BTRE,
Featuring both retro art and music, Adventure in the Tower of Flight tries to combine both old school elements with a different approach to platforming. I played through the game and have a few throughs to share about the experience.

Thoughts On The Final Steam Controller

By Liam Dawe,
A fellow named Devin White has written up a lengthy blog post on his experience using the final iteration of the Steam Controller, and it's well worth a read.

An Update On The Open Source Project 'Xoreos' Concerning Dragon Age

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.

Slime Rancher Is Probably The Most Adorable Game I've Seen For A While

By Liam Dawe,
Slime Rancher is a hard game to categorise, it looks cute in a way that makes me want to play it, and you capture pokemon like slimes to mess about with.

GOL Cast: Running From Boulders In Barony [Updated]

By Samsai,
I'm a fan of roguelikes and I'm a fan of first-person shooters. So naturally I really like the idea of combining these two genres. And as it happens, another game called Barony has attempted that. Let's see how it fares!

America's Army: Proving Grounds Developers Apparently Looking At A Linux Port

By Liam Dawe,
It seems a developer of America's Army: Proving Grounds sent an email to Phoronix to mention they are looking to port it to Linux.

Alien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It

By Liam Dawe,
Alien: Isolation is a terrific horror game, and a franchise I get extremely excited for. Alien: Isolation is also one of the few "Alien" based games that wasn't a let down.

The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna DLC Arriving Soon

By Liam Dawe,
The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna is the official name of the new DLC coming on July 23rd, I really need to play the first part sometime.

BioShock Infinite Patch Solves AMD Processor Lock-ups

By Liam Dawe,
Good news AMD users, BioShock Infinite has been patched to hopefully fix some lock-ups you have been getting.

Albion Online Summer Alpha On Linux!

By Ser Eduardo Mogambro,
Today I'd like to cover a game I didn't know existed only a few days back, a game out of a genre that is heavily under represented on our beloved platform, a(n old-school) sandbox MMORPG named Albion Online!

An Awesome Developer Response To A Comment On The Linux Version Being A Waste Of Time

By Liam Dawe,
A developer working on 'X Rebirth' responded to a user claiming they are wasting their time on the Linux version, and it's a great response.

Legend Of Grimrock Now Playable Again On Linux For Nvidia 900 Series

By Liam Dawe,
Legend Of Grimrock has sadly been unplayable for anyone on Linux with an Nvidia 900 series chip (like the 970), until now. The developers just put up a Linux beta, and it works.

Unturned, A Highly Rated Free To Play Survival Game Released For Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Don't let "free to play" turn you off, as with over 130 thousand reviews, it's overall rating is "Very Positive" on Steam.

GOL Survey Results: June

By Segata Sanshiro,
The results for the June survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. Many thanks to the 838 people who took the time to complete this survey!

Having FPS Problems In ARK: Survival Evolved? Try This Simple Fix

By Liam Dawe,
A user in our IRC channel pointed out a very simple fix to help massively boost your FPS in ARK: Survival Evolved. We don't usually point out such tips, but this can't be missed.

Opinion: Can Linux Be A Viable Gaming Platform? Thoughts From A Sympathetic Game Developer

By f25025105,
Demands for the Linux version of a game can be sometimes quite vocal, but its actual release does not seem to bring much, if any, profit. This is not because Linux users are not willing to pay in general; rather, it means that targeting the platform is more expensive than the price that can be reasonably charged for a single copy.

Opinion: Why We Want Native Ports Only

By Guest,
I have noticed a very scary drift towards accepting wrapper based ports. Working as a developer and also a long term Linux user I can only believe that it is due to misunderstanding of the processes, restrictions, and licenses that go into porting a game.

MegaSphere, A Seriously Good Looking Sci-fi Platformer With A Big Gun

By Liam Dawe,
It's not often that I see a game trailer and it instantly has my attention, but MegaSphere has managed to do this.