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Alien: Isolation Officially Confirmed For Linux, Releasing On September 29th


By Liam Squires-Hand
That's it folks, it's all official now. Alien: Isolation is coming to Linux next week, and it's going to scare you senseless.

AMD Are Already Working On A Vulkan Driver, More Talk About Their New AMDGPU Driver


By Liam Squires-Hand
Looks like AMD finally spoke in public about their plans for Vulkan, and the news is looking pretty good.

Steam Reaches Over 1,500 Linux Games, It's Not Enough


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's always fun when I see lots of websites talking about how many games Linux now has on Steam, as the number itself doesn't really mean all that much.

The Funding Crowd 50


By flesk
The Funding Crowd has once again returned to keep you up to date on the latest news in crowdfunding for Linux.

Game Corp DX – Manage Your Game Studio


By ky0
Some initial thoughts on game development simulator Game Corp DX before the full release next month.

D&D Classics 'The Genie's Curse' And 'Kingdom Simulator' Released On GOG For Linux


By flesk
The full names of the games are 'Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse' and 'D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator' and they were released on GOG for Linux just before the weekend.

Gunmetal Arcadia Will Get An Action Platformer Prequel Early Next Year


By flesk
The previously announced roguelike Gunmetal Arcadia will be preceded by a classic action platformer early next year.

New Gameplay Video Released For Upcoming Metroidvania Platformer Corpses 'N Souls


By flesk
Developer Side Scroll Studios has released a new video to show off some of the non-combat elements of their upcoming metroidvania platformer with action RPG elements.

Gravity Puzzle Platformer 'Blackhole' Now Has A Demo On Steam


By flesk
In addition to the free demo, the latest update also introduces an "Easy Mode" to make the game less punishing and a new option to turn off some of the dialogue for players who don't care for as much exposition.

Teaser Trailer Released For Exploration Puzzler 'Manifold Garden'


By flesk
Manifold Garden is an upcoming exploration puzzle game set in an Escher-esque world, where you can walk on any visible surface.

Multiplayer-Oriented Friday Livestream At 6 PM UTC


By Samsai
I've been a little bit sick this past week and still haven't completely recovered, so I decided to invite a fairly familiar person to act as the co-host for this week's Friday Livestream. That person is of course our beloved leader, TheBoss. We will be playing some multiplayer games for fun but less for profit.

Age Of Wonders III Now Has Mods, Linux Support Included, But No Mod Tools For Us


By omer666
Triumph Studios has just released Age of Wonders v1.7, and with it comes a much anticipated feature in the form of user-created modding, including brand new units, heroes, classes, races and gameplay mods, along with a ton of stability fixes and balancing work.

I Can't Escape: Darkness Is A Weird Low Resolution Horror Game About Escaping A Dungeon


By Liam Squires-Hand
I Can't Escape: Darkness tickled my fancy when I first heard about it, and I had access to play it a bit early and get some impressions.

Victor Vran Updated With Free Casual & Hardcore Modes, Free DLC & More


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's not secret that I consider Victor Vran to be one of the best action RPG's on Linux, and now even more so with more free content!

Carnivore Land Is A Promising Looking Top Down Zombie Shooter


By Liam Squires-Hand
Carnivore Land is a new and quite promising looking top down zombie shooter now in Early Access, and it's available for us of course.

Have You Tried DreadOut? It’s A Rather Freaky Game On Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Going through my backlog, and today we are checking out DreadOut a third person horror game. Prepare your spare pants people!

Space Grunts Is Very Much Like A Turn Based Nuclear Throne, And I Totally Dig It


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's good to see another game from OrangePixel, as I previously tried their Heroes of Loot which didn't hit any notes for me. Luckily, Space Grunts is hitting the right ones.

GOL Asks: What Game Are You Looking Forward To Playing?


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's time for another GOL Asks, and today you "What game are you looking forward to playing?". This doesn't have to be unreleased games, even one sitting in your list waiting to be played with.

Catalyst 15.9 Tested on R7 370 4G


By Samsai
AMD have released a new driver for their GPUs and because I happen to own one I decided to do a test run with it by running my standard set of benchmarks to see what improvements, if any, there are.

The Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 PRO Rev.2 Is Cheap & Fantastic AMD CPU Cooler


By Liam Squires-Hand
I am so shocked with the performance of the Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 PRO Rev.2 that I decided to give it a small write up.