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Talking point - what have you be playing recently?

By Liam Dawe,
Hello GamingOnLinux readers! It's time again to open up the floor as they say so jump into the comments and give your latest recommendations.

Crimson Freedom could be one to watch for single-player RTS fans

By Liam Dawe,
Do you like single-player RTS games with a proper narrative to go with it? You may want to keep a close eye on the upcoming Crimson Freedom.
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The EasySMX X05 Pro wireless controller is cheap, feature-filled and comfortable with a big flaw

By Liam Dawe,
The EasySMX X05 Pro was sent over for review and after spending weeks with it, this little device nearly turned into a favourite.

D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
We've have DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we're also getting Direct3D 7 as well.

THRASHER is thoroughly weird and it's out now as the follow up to THUMPER

By Liam Dawe,
I'm not entirely sure what I thought of THRASHER but it's certainly a unique experience and it's officially out now with Linux / Steam Deck support.

Halls of Torment is still probably the best survivor-like with The Boglands DLC and free update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Possibly still the absolute best action-roguelike survivor-like ever made, Halls of Torment has expanded with The Boglands DLC and a big free update.

Get The Sinking City Remastered and a lot of Sherlock Holmes in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more adventures? How about The Sinking City Remastered and a bunch of Sherlock Holmes? Check out the Lovecraft and Sherlock classics collection.

Linux Mint to get an upgraded System Information tool and a spruced up system menu

By Liam Dawe,
A new blog post is out from the Linux Mint team going over some recent work, with the newer Cinnamon Menu coming along nicely and a new System Information tool.

The popular Easy Effects app swaps from GTK over to Qt, QML and Kirigami with a big new release

By Liam Dawe,
Originally known as PulseEffects, Easy Effects is an audio manipulation tool for Linux that provides many different useful effects and filters.

GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release

By Liam Dawe,
After the GZDoom implosion, the rest of the developers split off to form UZDoom and the first preview release has rolled out with some essential improvements.

The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out

By Liam Dawe,
Showing off a bunch of what's capable with the free and open source game engine Godot, the 2025 showreel has been released.

Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop (VTT) is now free to play

By Liam Dawe,
Previously known as Fantasy Grounds Unity, the developers at SmiteWorks have now made Fantasy Grounds VTT free to play.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for multiple Xbox Game Studios titles, ARC Raiders and various other games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new Proton Experimental update for November 7th with a nice batch of game fixes for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck gamers.

Steam's wider store page refresh is live with plans to improve the home page on the way

By Liam Dawe,
For a while now Valve have been tweaking Steam store pages, including making them a fair bit wider which is now actually live everywhere for all users.

OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
Morrowind just got even better with the new OpenMW 0.50.0 release, as the free and open source game engine reimplementation has some big fancy new features.

Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 Returns to No Man's Sky with a re-run of previous expeditions

By Liam Dawe,
Hello Games are giving us all another chance to grab some cool stuff in No Man's Sky, like Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 with various expeditions.

Lexispell is a roguelike word game where strategy meets physics

By Liam Dawe,
Now this looks like a cool mix, Lexispell brings some roguelike strategy flavour to word games with physics and the trailer easily sold me.

Grab the Telltale Collection from Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you love adventuring the Telltale Collection Humble Bundle could be a good deal for you.

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is getting delisted starting November 15

By Liam Dawe,
Slitherine / Black Lab Games have announced that the excellent strategy game Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is going to be removed from all stores.

Co-op climbing game PEAK gets a big update with a new Roots biome

By Liam Dawe,
Easily still one of my favourite co-op games, PEAK just expanded with another big free content update so get ready to slide and fall some more.