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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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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.

Hearts of Iron IV to get an Expansion Pass, plus Gotterdammerung DLC releases November 14

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Paradox Interactive have announced that Hearts of Iron IV is getting a big new expansion in Götterdämmerung on November 14th, and they're bringing the whole Expansion Pass idea from other games to Hearts of Iron IV as well.

Praise the Emperor! There's a Warhammer Humble Bundle of games for you

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Have a Warhammer Day Humble Bundle is live and you might need to give thanks to the Emperor for this one.

Monty Pythonesque humour fused with Renaissance art comes in Death of the Reprobate on November 7

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Solo developer Joe Richardson is bringing on another brilliantly funny fusion of Monty Pythonesque humour with artwork styled like moving Renaissance paintings in Death of the Reprobate.

More info on the Valve (Steam) collab with Arch Linux and potential future hardware support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Recently we had the big news that Valve (Steam) began a collaboration with Arch Linux, to help fund two very specific parts of the Linux distribution. Now, we have a bit more info on what it means.

Humble Choice for October is stacked full of good stuff

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

This is probably one of the best months for Humble Choice in some time, with some really great games to claim if you're a monthly subscriber.

Adventure game about Death's daughter, PRIM releases October 24

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Common Colors and Application Systems Heidelberg have announced that the creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour will release on October 24th.

XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck get vastly better with the XR Gaming Plugin

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Developer Wayne Heaney has been working to make XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck a much better experience, and their latest release of the XR Gaming Plugin sounds awesome.

DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.

Counter-Strike 2 update The Armory released with weapon charms

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Valve released the latest major update to Counter-Strike 2 that brings with it more than 100 new items including weapon charms.

Check out the demo for Pip My Dice, a roguelike inspired by Balatro and Yahtzee

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

What could quite easily end up being the next big indie hit just like Balatro, you're going to want to check out the new demo for Pip My Dice.

Steam Beta gets big Game Recording improvements, plus Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.16 Beta out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Valve released a fresh Steam Client Beta for all platforms with some big Game Recording improvements, plus there's also another small Steam Deck SteamOS Beta update.

From November 15, all Steam games sold in Germany will need an Age Rating

By Liam Dawe, Oct 2

Earlier in 2024, Valve announced that games being sold in Germany were going to require an Age Rating to continue to be sold, and now there's a deadline.