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H-Craft Championship Sci-Fi Racer Is Now Free

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You all love free games right? Good news as it is free games Thursday here at GOL and we bring you news that H-Craft Championship has been unshackled from its price-tag and is FREE.

Valve's Vogl OpenGL Debugger Now Supports Steam's Big Picture Mode

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A chance for Valve to really improve their own software, as their Vogl OpenGL debugger now supports debugging their Big Picture mode.

Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Development Kit 2 Announced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oculus has announced their second generation VR development kit with many improvements, it's closer to what the retail release will be.

A Sneak Peak Of This War Of Mine From The Anomaly Developers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This War of Mine promises to be a very interesting take on war games, from the side of survivors in a war torn city rather than the soldiers. We have a preview of it for you!

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty GDC Gameplay Trailer, It's Coming To Linux Remember

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Abe is back and he's Odder than ever in this brand new gameplay footage that showcases the dynamic new visual effects, refined gameplay and explosive new sound design of Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, a dramatic ground-up remake of the classic Abe's Oddysee.

Crytek Aren't Taking Any Prisoners, Announcing CRYENGINE As A Service

By Liam Squires-Hand,
So, with Unity upgrades costing a small fortune and Epic Games releasing Unreal Engine 4 for a monthly fee, Crytek has one-upped them both by "doing an Epic" and announced CRYENGINE for $9.90/9.90EUR a month under-cutting Unreal Engine.

Stranded, A Sci-Fi Point & Click Adventure Now Out For Linux, It's Odd

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I just came across Stranded and it was one of those game I had to instantly buy to check out, with interesting results.

Steam Has Greenlit Another 37 Linux Games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Here we are again, another 75 titles have been greenlit to be on Steam and 37 of them stated Linux support in their platform lists!

The Witcher 2 Massive RPG Looks Like It Will Be On Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is completely unconfirmed, but "The Witcher 2 Linux Beta Retail" is now an entry on SteamDB as of today.

Unreal Engine 4 Announced With Linux Support Including The Editor, Source Code Access & More!

By Liam Squires-Hand,
So, this is massive news and yet another reason why games not having a Linux version should become a thing of the past. Epic Games has announced Unreal Engine 4 with Linux support and not just in exporting, the toolkit will be native too.

Epic Games & Mozilla Give Sneak Peak At Unreal Engine 4 In The Browser

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mozilla have been busy haven't they, they are now working with Unity3D on an WebGL exporter while they have also been working with Epic Games to port Unreal Engine 4 to the web!

LUFTRAUSERS Arcade Style Aerial Combat Released On Steam For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This game looks simply awesome, it's a really stylish looking aerial combat game named LUFTRAUSERS that has just been released onto Steam for Linux. I love the colour palette in this game!

Flash Is Dying, Long Live OpenFL

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Lars Doucet, the developer of Defenders Quest has written an interesting blog post about Flash and his thoughts on Flash dying.

Unity 5 Announced With WebGL Exporting, Will They Fix Linux Mouse Woes?

By Liam Squires-Hand,
So, Unity 5 is now a thing, I hear the sound of many developers who recently purchased version 4 crying out in horror at having to pay to upgrade so soon. Looks like a lot of new goodies for developers!

Pharaoh's Dance, Not Your Traditional Platformer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Pharaoh's Dance was emailed in by the developer and I couldn't help myself in taking a look, it is an abstract climbing/platforming game that takes place inside a giant spinning carnival contraption.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch Has sold 90K Copies, Linux Sales Info Inside

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Octodad: Dadliest Catch the hit indie adventure with some comedy thrown in has officially sold 90,000 copies, the developers have also spoken to me about Linux sales and what it means to them.

GOG.com Are Going To Support Linux, Confirmed!

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is fantastic news, GOG.com are finally going to open up their store to penguin lovers of the Linux family!

Toribash On Steam Beta Access, 15 Keys To Give Away

By sir,
Today we (Nabi Studios) are almost ready for the official launch of Toribash on Steam but we are still in need of Linux players who could try out the most recent version (4.8 beta 4). So, we have 15 keys to give-away!

Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan Action & Adventure Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A Celt-punk action-adventure set in a future Ireland ravaged by technomagical war and economic collapse, humanity clings on by using the remnants of technology that survive. Our hero must venture into lands unexplored, twisted by strange and mythical powers.

LYNE, A Minimilistic Puzzle Game Now On Steam For Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul.