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Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux - 15 years old today

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2024

Are those some spots I see in the mirror? Must be the teens. GamingOnLinux, the website, is another year older today and I'm still blown away by what we've achieved together. 15 years! I can hardly believe it.

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE released on GOG plus new giveaway

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

For the GOG fans amongst the GamingOnLinux readership, there's another big DRM-free release available with METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE. Plus, another giveaway.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

The team behind the free and open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin have announced a big change to their plans, along with a new much more rapid release schedule.

All KINGDOM HEARTS games now Steam Deck Verified (plus more games)

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

Good news KINGDOM HEARTS fans. All of the titles currently available on Steam have now been tested by Valve and given the fancy green Steam Deck Verified tick.

#DRIVE Rally gets a new trailer to show off new gameplay and features

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

#DRIVE Rally is actually looking pretty darn good. A reinvention of classic 90s rally racing with a whole lot of content and features to be excited about.

Castle Come is a 'walking fortress roguelike' that sounds simply awesome

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

Now and then I come across a game and just think - I have to have it. Castle Come is one of those times, a roguelike where you control a walking fortress you build up as you go.

Here's how to fix the ELDEN RING 'inappropriate activity' issue on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

A new patch has been rolled out for ELDEN RING, and it's supposed to fix the inappropriate activity detected message from their anti-cheat with a bit of manual effort. Here's what to do.

The community won the battle, so PvP battler Fishards is now open source

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

Back in June the developers of Fishards put out a bit of an ultimatum: fight them in-game and win to make the game open source, or they will nuke the game from orbit.

PSA: If you use Bazzite you need to do a manual fix to get updates

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

Bazzite, the popular version of Linux powered by Fedora and Universal Blue that's great for handhelds including the Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and others needs a little manual user effort after a bit of human error.

Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

I wrote about the brand new Nexus mods app before, as it's quite a promising and exciting development for the future of modding (especially for Linux and Steam Deck). And now, they want your feedback.

Magnificent chunky shooter Selaco gets a 'MEGA' update

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

Selaco is easily one of the biggest highlights of the year, with its mixture of over-the-top action and chunky retro visuals. Altered Orbit Studios also just pushed out a big upgrade for it.

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' has a first Beta release available for testing, built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 it will be supported until 2029.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster announced for Steam releasing September

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is real from CAPCOM and not only is it coming to Steam, it's releasing somewhat soon on September 19th.

Will anything dethrone the Steam Deck? Probably not

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

While other vendors continually push out new handheld pc models, sticking similar internals into different shell designs and gradually bumping up RAM or the Processor, the Steam Deck just keeps selling like hot tasty cakes.

Here's the top Steam Deck games of June 2024, with ELDEN RING unsurprisingly top

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2024

With the release of the ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, it has of course ensured ELDEN RING the top spot in the top Steam Deck games of June 2024.