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THE FINALS broken on Linux - again

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oh dear. A regular occurrence with THE FINALS after updates, as it's causing various problems with it kicking Linux players at the moment.

Steam is getting wider and more responsive store pages

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve are continuing their work to modernise more of Steam, and now we're finally getting bigger and more responsive store pages.

Green Man Gaming to launch a charity bundle platform and expanding into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Green Man Gaming recently announced they're evolving, with plans for a new charity bundle platform along with expanding into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Check out the latest games to claim from Prime Gaming for August 2025

By Liam Squires-Hand,
More games! Here's all the latest in Prime Gaming, an easy way to add more games to your library across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental updated with fixes for The Crew Motorfest, Farlight 84 and more games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For August 14th Valve released another upgrade to Proton Experimental, bringing some more essential fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Blackbird Interactive take back full ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Hardspace: Shipbreaker developer Blackbird Interactive have announced they've broken off from Focus Entertainment.

Get some quality shooters in the Humble Point Blank Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Humble Point Blank Bundle has more quality games for you to build up your collection. Here's the usual GamingOnLinux run through what's in there.

Clay-animated shoot 'em up Platypus Reclayed releases September 18

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Platypus Reclayed revives the classic 2002 claymation shooter for the next-generation. A demo is up now and it's releasing September 18th.

Inspired by classics like UFO: Enemy Unknown / XCOM - Archrebel Tactics gets MicroProse backing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Archrebel Tactics looks awesome if you're into challenging sci-fi strategy games, and now it has MicroProse backing it as publisher.

With a flooded world, survival-crafting sim Oceaneers is getting a proper demo September 25

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oceaneers is definitely one of the games I'm most excited to see, with it's interesting take on survival and colony building across a flooded world.

Make the biggest mess possible in the local multiplayer game Splatterbot - releasing September 4

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Splatterbot is one you're going to need to stick into your party game rotation, with up to four players trying to make the biggest possible mess.

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 gets all games revealed along with a new trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While there's still no clear release date yet, The Jackbox Party Pack 11 is shaping up to be quite a fun looking set.

Some game developers are far too shameless about generative AI use

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I'm having to be steadily more careful on what I choose to cover here on GamingOnLinux, with more games releasing using generative AI.

Long-awaited prehistoric multiplayer platformer Dino Run 2 is heading back to Kickstarter with a new demo

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After some setbacks, Pixeljam are readying a fresh Kickstarter to help fund the prehistoric multiplayer racing platformer Dino Run 2, along with a fresh demo.

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted announced for release in November

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A PlayStation classic returns. The shoot 'em up R-Type Delta: HD Boosted was announced with a PC release coming in November.

Rogue-lite slot machine nightmare CloverPit launches September 3

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The demonic lovechild of Balatro and Buckshot Roulette, apparently. CloverPit looks like it will suck away all your time.

Super Farming Boy is a bizarre farming sim about chain reactions with a Cuphead inspired style

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You've never played a farming sim like this before. Blending a few genres together where Stardew Valley collides with a Cuphead like style.

Assassin's Creed Shadows gets bumped up back to Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve seem confident enough in how Assassin’s Creed Shadows runs on Steam Deck, that it's now again Steam Deck Verified.

Valve confirm that Steam purchases with PayPal have been limited to a few select currencies

By Liam Squires-Hand,
In the ongoing saga of payment processors locking down payments, Steam has been hit by PayPal limiting purchases to only a select few currencies.

After the DMCA takedown debacle, Old School Rally has now replaced all affected car models

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It was unfortunate what happened with Old School Rally when it was hit with a DMCA takedown, but thankfully the situation is solved now.