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Check out Striving for Light if you love endless character-building skill trees

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Striving for Light is a new Native Linux release from Igniting Spark Games, one to check out for ARPG fans who love building up crazy characters.

Wine manager Bottles gets a bit of a makeover

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bottles, the fantastic and fast-moving free and open source application for managing the Wine compatibility layer has a new release out with a new code-name and a refreshed look.

Proton 7.0-3 is out further improving compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Proton 7.0-3 is the latest stable version of the compatibility layer, that allows you to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux and it's out now. Here's what's new.

Proton Experimental updated for June 14th, more video playback and bug fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another smaller update is now available for Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that has all the latest fixes first for you to try.

KDE Plasma 5.25 is out now, here's some of what's new

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready to get the latest and greatest from the KDE team? The awesome Plasma 5.25 release is officially out now.

Turbo Golf Racing could be the next multiplayer hit

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With a demo currently available in Steam Next Fest, the racer game Turbo Golf Racing is one to watch.

Monster collecting game Cassette Beasts shows off the powerful fusion system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Cassette Beasts is an incredibly exciting looking upcoming monster collecting game, one that will offer a rather unique take on the genre and a new trailer is up showcasing the fusion system.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is like Vampire Survivors with guns — goodbye free time

By Liam Squires-Hand,
20 Minutes Till Dawn is what you get when you take the basic action-survival idea that Vampire Survivors made popular again, makes it really dark and puts a gun in your hand.

Kandria is a promising 2D hack and slash open world action RPG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You're an android who awakens in a ruined future, this is Kandria. A new upcoming 2D hack and slash open world action RPG.

Arctic Awakening is an upcoming cold narrative-adventure mystery

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With an initial setting that seems a little like The Long Dark, the upcoming Arctic Awakening seems like a thoroughly interesting story-focused exploration adventure.

Them's Fightin' Herds has a big 3.0 update out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Crazy animal fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds has a huge 3.0 update out now, bringing with it some new super abilities and some DLC pulled into the main game for everyone.

AMD announce Radeon Memory Visualizer support for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD announced yesterday that they're now supporting the Radeon Memory Visualizer on Linux, as a result of "the rising popularity of gaming on the Linux OS".

Steam Next Fest: June 2022 is live

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A celebration of upcoming games, Steam Next Fest: June 2022 is now live for you to smash that download button on various demos to see what you think.

Initial thoughts on the HP Dev One laptop with Pop!_OS

By Liam Squires-Hand,
HP and System76 teamed up for the HP Dev One, and for a little while now I’ve been using it as my main machine for everything possible for GamingOnLinux related and otherwise. Here's my initial thoughts, with more to come when I've had more time.

Techland ends support for Dying Light, 7 years after release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Techland are moving on from the original Dying Light, after giving it 7 years of free updates and expansions.

System Shock remake gets a brand new flashy trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The upcoming System Shock from Nightdive Studios is still coming, and a brand new trailer was recently shown off during the PC Gaming Show 2022.

Microphone noise suppression app NoiseTorch returns with a new release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
NoiseTorch, a popular real-time microphone noise suppression app recently had a possible security issue but it's been reviewed thoroughly and it's back.

Usagi Shima is an idle bunny collecting game that I simply need

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Usagi Shima, from developer pank0 (aka Jess Yu), is an upcoming idle bunny collecting game I've been following for quite some time and the first-ever short gameplay trailer just went up.

Playing OXOGO could land you a big real-life prize that increases with its sales

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The developers of OXOGO are hoping to entice some people to play their retro-styled adventure, with the added excitement of the possibility to earn a real-life prize.

Phasmophobia gets new Voice Recognition to work on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Have you been itching to play Phasmophobia? Well, you no longer have to wait for Wine and Proton to be upgraded as the developers have ripped out the Windows-specific stuff.