Half-Life 3 rumours are about again after a teaser from G-Man's voice actor
2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing.
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Valve saw a record-breaking 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
While Steam continues to grow with it repeatedly breaking the concurrent online user counts throughout 2024, we also saw 2024 as the biggest in terms of game releases ever too.
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Veloren the free and open source action-adventure RPG update 0.17 brings plenty new to explore
Inspired by games like Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft - Veloren has a new release out now.
GE-Proton 9-22 released with lots of game fixes for Linux / Steam Deck
The community-build of Proton, GE-Proton, was updated with a new version that updates various upstream components and adds plenty of game fixes for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
Here's the winners of 2024 The Steam Awards with God of War Ragnarok the Best Game on Steam Deck
Another year is finished and so Valve have now put up the results of The Steam Awards for 2024. No surprises on most of them.
Linux user share on Steam ended 2024 on a high note
Valve have put up the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2024, which shows that the Linux share ended 2024 in December with a nice boost.
The most popular Linux gaming articles of 2024
Happy New Year! Here's a short look back over what the most read articles were on GamingOnLinux throughout 2024. An easy way for you to refresh your memory and prepare for 2025.
Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Marvel Rivals on Steam Deck / Linux and other game improvements
Over the festive period Valve released an update to Proton Experimental, bringing in more game fixes for the likes of Marvel Rivals and other games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
Fan-made PC port of Star Fox 64 is out now
From the team behind PC ports of other Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a new PC port has arrived for Star Fox 64.
Open source evolution sim Thrive v0.8 brings more graphics improvements and new game mechanics
Thrive is an open source evolution sim built with Godot Engine, it's getting more impressive with every new release and there's another update out now for you to try out.
ScummVM 2.9.0 is out now for expanded retro gaming support
ScummVM v2.9.0 has rolled out as a little holiday treat bringing expanded compatibility with various retro classic for you to play on modern systems.
Palworld - Feybreak v0.4.11 is out now and it's a huge update
Bringing with it a whole lot of new content to play through, the Palworld - Feybreak update is officially out now ready for your holiday time.
Valve released the Best of Steam - 2024 showing off the highest earners and most played games
Another year comes to a close and Valve have put up the Best of Steam - 2024, so you can go and check out what's the most popular.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux
Hello there! It's coming up on Christmas now, and so GamingOnLinux will be starting to go into it's usual mostly hibernating state to take a little break.
For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window
Something for the weekend: you can now try out a brand new demo of Warside, a game very much inspired by the classic Advance Wars and it does look good.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now
With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.
Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux
Firaxis Games and 2K are releasing Sid Meier's Civilization VII on February 11, 2025 and now we know what power you're going to need to run it on Linux Desktop systems.
Mesa 24.3.2 released with more graphics driver bug fixes for Linux
The last open source graphics driver update before the holidays is here, with Mesa 24.3.2 now available for you to upgrade.
Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more
Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely.
Team Fortress 2 Comic issue 7 is finally, officially available
What a nice early holiday surprise. The official Team Fortress 2 comic has finally officially returned. Now you've got something to read over the weekend.
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