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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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Steam stable update released, and a Beta with lots of fixes for Desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

Valve released multiple updates just recently including a Stable Steam Client update for all and another Beta release with fixes for Desktop and Steam Deck.

Try the demo for Pest Apocalypse a horde survival game where you deliver pizza in a van

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

VANpire Survivors. I know, I already did that joke before, but it's a good one. Pest Apocalypse is an upcoming chaotic horde survival game where you drive a vehicle to deliver pizza for hungry survivors.

Infest is a deckbuilder where every pixel on the battlefield can burn, freeze, melt and more

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Taking some inspiration from the excellent Noita perhaps, Infest brings the mechanic of destroying all the pixels and puts it into a deckbuilder.

Amusingly British point & click adventure Heir of the Dog now on Kickstarter (demo available)

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Tall Story Games are working on another quality British point and click adventure game, with Heir of the Dog now on Kickstarter with a demo available.

Marathon 2 a classic FPS originally from Destiny developer Bungie now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

After the Aleph One developer community released the first in the trilogy of Marathon on Steam, originally created by Bungie, they've now put up Classic Marathon 2.

SCAD is Twisted Metal meets Vampire Survivors and I want it now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

I'm a total sucker for over the top action, especially when you're tearing down hordes of enemies in whatever bullet hell / bullet heaven game comes along since Vampire Survivors kicked it all off. The next one I need in my life is SCAD.

GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.

Get ready to beat 'em up in Steam's Fighting Games Fest that's now live

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Time to choose your fighter? Steam's Fighting Games Fest is now live and will run through July 22nd so you can get some delicious discounts.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a quality shoot 'em up throwback to Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Inspired by the Strike series (Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike) and Choplifter, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a lot of fun if you love fast-paced shoot 'em up action.

Here's more of the latest Steam Deck Verified games including Sea of Thieves

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Another round of games have gone through Valve's official testing for Steam Deck, so here's a fresh mid-July round-up of Steam Deck Verified games for you to begin your week with.

Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

On top of fixing up various issues with Stardew Valley modding, the new Alpha of the cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods app introduces experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support.

Wine 9.13 brings more CMD.EXE engine rewrites, supports loading ODBC Windows drivers

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

A little later than they usually put out a release, the Wine 9.13 update is out now bringing more new features and bug fixes to bring better Windows compatibility to Linux.

Linux kernel 6.10 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.10 and with it, plenty of new hardware support and improvements to existing hardware. You know the drill.

Free to play customizable platform fighter Counterpick Labs is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Here's your chance to play a platform fighter that's a bit different, and help shape its development with Counterpick Labs now in Early Access from developer UrbanMotmot.

Check out Quantum Witch, a platformer meets point and click choose your adventure

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Developer NikkiJay recently revealed Quantum Witch, a rather quirky sounding mix of game genres that blends a platformer with a sort-of choose your adventure style.

Get a bunch of different simulators in the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

For those gamers who love a bit of busywork, the Summer Sims 2 Humble Bundle has some popular simulation games available.

RPG Maker MV / MZ for Linux tool now supports TyranoBuilder, RPG Maker XP / VX / VX Ace

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

While it's in need of a better name, the RPG Maker MV / MZ for Linux tool had a new release recently that expanded the support for running games on Linux from TyranoBuilder, and RPG Maker XP / VX / VX Ace.

PS2 Emulator PCSX2 2.0 is out now and it's a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

PCSX2 is a popular open source emulation for the Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PCSX2 version 2.0 is now officially available with a great many changes and improvements.

RPG Maker / Pixel Game Maker devs move to Godot for Action Game Maker

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

Well this is certainly an interesting one. Gotcha Gotcha Games known for the RPG Maker series and Pixel Game Maker have announced Action Game Maker and it's being made with the open source Godot Engine.

OBS Studio 30.2 is out now with native NVENC encode for Linux, shared texture support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13

Video recording and livestreaming tool OBS Studio version 30.2 is officially out now, bringing with it various new features and a nice few Linux improvements too.

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