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OpenApoc, the open source engine for X-COM: Apocalypse shows impressive progress

By Liam Dawe,
I actually really liked where XCOM went with X-COM: Apocalypse, it had issues sure, but it had some interesting features. Like OpenXcom, OpenApoc will be a fully featured open source engine. The new video showing their progress is fantastic.

Sunday chat: What have you been playing, and what do you think?

By Liam Dawe,
It's Sunday, I'm extremely tired after a long day and I've been coding away at the new PC Specifications feature for user profiles so I don't really have time to post up news articles tonight (it's getting late). So I ask you: What are you playing, and what do you think?

Changes to our Survey are coming, hopefully to make it easier and better

By Liam Dawe,
I have been a little unhappy with how we have been doing our monthly survey for some time, so I am making some steps towards making a better one.

Feral Interactive officially confirm F1 2015 is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Not sure how we missed this, but Feral Interactive have officially confirmed F1 2015 is coming to Linux. Update: The Feral news post has now been taken down.

Action platformer Mighty No. 9 to be released June 21st, looks like Linux support will be day 1

By Liam Dawe,
It seems like Mighty No. 9 might finally see a release! The developers announced recently that it will be released on June 21st.

The friendly Friday Livestream is here again, drop by at 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Congratulations, you have made it to another Friday! As a reward for completing yet another week of your life, I bring you a Friday Livestream to fill up those potentially empty hours of your evening, morning or afternoon depending on your location on our blue planet. We have Linux games and we are going to play those while talking about nothing and everything, so make sure you are there!

Free to play MMORPG Ryzom launches on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The classic MMORPG Ryzom has officially launched on Steam with full Linux support. This new release has a few updates to the old game too.

Stealth game Shadwen, the newest from Frozenbyte to launch 17th May with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Good news stealth fans, as Frozenbyte are back and Shadwen will release on May 17th complete with Linux support.

Stellaris preview on Linux, now available to watch on our Youtube

By Liam Dawe,
I have early access to Stellaris, and while I am saving my thoughts and review on it for release you can now view the video from the Twitch livestream last night on Youtube.

GOL officially has Stellaris access, livestream going up as soon as it's downloaded

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to the Paradox twitter team I now have access to Stellaris! I will be booting up a special Livestream tonight.

Parkitect theme park building sim now in Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect, the game that has reminded me of my love for Theme Park (the original) is now available in Steam Early Access.

XCOM 2's new DLC named Alien Hunters is due out soon, sounds like it will be worth picking up

By Liam Dawe,
XCOM 2's new DLC named Alien Hunters is due for general release on May 12th, but it's possible the Linux release may be delayed as Feral Interactive are simply saying "Soon".

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun looks like a fantastic real-time tactics game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun certainly reminds me of the old Commandos game I played a lot when I was younger and who doesn't like ninjas?

GOL Plays: The Culling, a look at how this battle royale survival game runs on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
I finally managed to get The Culling to play nicely and recorded a video of me butchering someone, wondering around and making an awesome shot with the bow on Linux.

STASIS, a point-and-click, sci-fi, horror adventure game has an opt-in unsupported beta, looks awesome

By Liam Dawe,
While I am not usually a fan of point and click adventure games, STASIS is exactly the setting that will hook me in! It looks fantastic.

Turns out Blitzkrieg 3 won't come to Linux as soon as I hoped

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I put out an article about Blitzkrieg 3 coming to Linux. The Linux icon is prominently featured in their latest trailer, but after speaking to them on Facebook it seems it still has no ETA.

Games Republic is having a big sale, lots of Linux titles discounted

By Liam Dawe,
Good news cash strapped gamers! Games Republic has a bunch of Linux games on sale, and some of them are a complete steal.

GOL Podcast Episode 3: Left 4 Dead 2

By darkone778,
Welcome to another episode of the GOL Podcast! Kallestofeles was not able to join on this recording so this episode Cheese, Kieron (madmachinations), and Matt (darkone778) talk about their experience playing Left 4 Dead 2. We also discuss the Linux gaming news from game releases to people showing their gaming rigs.

Void 21, a procedurally generated, arcade style, fast-paced runner and shooter now on Linux, it's fun

By Liam Dawe,
I had a chance to play the Linux port of Void 21 before release as the developer sent in a preview build. It's actually a pretty nice game.

Steam makes an attempt to fix up their review system

By Liam Dawe,
We all like knowing how good a game is overall and having user reviews are nice, but review bombing has become a problem. Steam has made some changes to help.