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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly.

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Uncompromising wilderness survival game The Last Plague: Blight now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

Original Studios just launched The Last Plague: Blight, an uncompromising wilderness survival game based on a more realistic set of game mechanics.

Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.

Ridiculous physics platformer Mosa Lina added co-op, game rebuilt to be native

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

Mosa Lina is a really fantastic game. It's also completely insanely ridiculous, full of chaos and now you can bring a friend along for the ride.

SKALD: Against the Black Priory gets controller support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

SKALD: Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Released back in May, it now has full controller and Steam Deck support.

OpenRazer v3.9 released with many new Razer devices supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

Getting more hardware working well on Linux is the OpenRazer project that released version 3.9.0 adding in support for various new devices from Razer.

Halo will now be built on Unreal Engine 5, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

A bit of game industry news for you: in a pretty big win for Epic Games and their Unreal Engine, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios and said the future of Halo will be built on Unreal Engine 5.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) finally closing on the 3.0 release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

For any of you who work with image editing on Linux for any reason, you've probably used the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) at some point, well it's getting really close to the long-awaited 3.0 release now.

Grounded no longer needs a Microsoft Account for multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

While Sony are actively making their PC ports worse with forced PlayStation Network accounts even for single-player games, some companies choose to make them better and now Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios gets improved.

Get some quality twin-stick shooters in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5

Want some quality twin-stick shooters? Check out the new Twin Stick 'Em Up Humble Bundle that's now live.

Steam Beta gets fixes for SteamVR, Game Recording and Steam Input

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5

Another Steam Client Beta release is live for October 4th that includes a bunch of quick bug fixes for desktop and Steam Deck.

Wine 9.19 released bringing improvements for Wayland, Unicode and DirectPlay

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5

Developer Alexandre Julliard announced the release of Wine 9.19, the Windows compatibility layer that allows thousands of apps and games to run on Linux.

Get a free copy of Whispering Willows during the GOG Autumn Sale

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

It's time to grab another sweet free game courtesy of GOG.com during their big Autumn Sale that's ongoing until October 8th, 7 AM UTC.

JRPG-inspired adventure Flowstone Saga with a puzzle-battle system is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

From Impact Gameworks who made the excellent Tangledeep, their next game Flowstone Saga is officially out now with Linux support.

Pinball Spire is a wonderful reinvention of what Pinball can be

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

There's been a few attempts to update Pinball into something new, and Pinball Spire is the latest that's out now. It's Steam Deck Verified and works great on desktop Linux with Valve's Proton.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) gets a first official release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.

6 years after Kickstarter, Orphan Age dev Studio Black Flag shuts without a release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Game development is a complicated beast, a constant challenge to get funding and for Studio Black Flag who were building the promising looking Orphan Age it's all over.

Mesa 24.2.4 released with various bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.4 open source graphics drivers, coming with multiple bug fixes for this stable release.

Epic roguelike Caves of Qud gets a tutorial Beta and the price goes up soon

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Caves of Qud is easily (and I keep saying this) one of the best roguelikes ever made, and with the latest Beta it's a lot easier to get into. You might also want to buy it soon before the price rises.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.17 Beta released with another quick fix

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

After a bigger Steam Beta Client recently that had some nice improvements for Game Recording, and various Linux fixes along with another SteamOS Beta - we have yet another tiny SteamOS update.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII gets Windows system requirements with Linux and macOS details later

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Firaxis Games and 2K have released the system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VII on Windows, but the Linux and macOS requirements will be coming later.

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