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Fire Emblem: Three Houses running on Yuzu

Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu gets big graphical improvements, Flatpak fixes

By Liam Dawe,
6
Yuzu is another incredibly promising open source project, emulating the Nintendo Switch which is not exactly a small job (not that emulation ever is) and it's improving at a rapid pace.
Slay the Spire Screenshot

Slay the Spire testing Steam Input ready for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
7
Slay the Spire, one of the games that helped to really push the popularity of deck-builders is back with a fresh Beta build, this time getting ready for the Steam Deck.
Portal 2 Screenshot - Valve

Looks like Portal 2 is the first Steam Deck Verified title

By Liam Dawe,
20
As we come closer to the February launch date of the Steam Deck, it appears Valve are now starting to actually go through and tick titles for their Deck Verified program.
Humble Bundle - Dead of Winter

The latest Humble Bundle brings a few scary looking treats, plus an indie hits sale

By Liam Dawe,
0
Need a few new games to add to your collection? Perhaps readying up for the Steam Deck that should be launching next month? The Humble Dead of Winter Bundle is live - as is a nice sale on indie games.
GOL Tux Logo

Linux Kernel 5.16 is out now bringing the futex2 work to help Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
21
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux Kernel 5.16, bringing with it the usual assortment of new hardware support and improvements everywhere. Plus, there's something big for Linux gaming fans.
Steam Logo - Valve Software

There it is - Steam breaks 28 million users online

By Liam Dawe,
16
Well, that didn't take long now did it? After hitting a new high on January 2 that was very close to the big milestone, just today Steam officially passed 28 million users online.
Easy Anti-Cheat Logo

Easy Anti-Cheat not as simple as expected for Proton and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
44
Even though Epic Games announced recently how they expanded support for Easy Anti-Cheat to have full support of native Linux, plus Wine / Proton (and so the Steam Deck), it seems it's not as easy as we hoped.
KDE Plasma Screenshot

KDE finally gets root operations in Dolphin, big 2022 plans for Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
29
KDE developer Nate Graham continues blogging about how KDE and Plasma are evolving and there's been some great improvements recently, along with some huge plans for 2022.
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A look at the top 100 Steam games on Linux - January 2022 edition

By Liam Dawe,
43
To begin 2022, let's take a fresh look at the current top 100 Steam games and see how well (or not) the run on Linux.
Steam Logo

Steam hit a new all-time user count close to 28M to start 2022

By Liam Dawe,
2
It seems there continues to be no stopping Steam's growth, with it only just recently hitting a brand new all-time high for concurrent users online.
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Steam ended 2021 with a slightly lower Linux user share ending the recent growth

By Liam Dawe,
13
After 7 months of seeing the Linux user share on Steam continue to grow, December saw 2021 end with it dropping slightly.
Xmas Tux Logo

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe,
28
It's that time of the year again. 2021 is nearly over after what feels like the longest year ever so let's all hope for a better 2022 shall we?
Manjaro Linux Screenshot

Manjaro 21.2.0 'Qonos' is out, the Linux distro Valve suggests for Steam Deck testing

By Liam Dawe,
5
A fresh new release of Manjaro Linux is out now bringing with it tons of enhancements. Manjaro 21.2.0 Qonos comes in multiple editions with KDE Plasma, GNOME and Xfce desktops available.
Steam Sale Logo 2021

The Steam Winter Sale 2021 is now live

By Liam Dawe,
17
The moment I'm sure plenty of our readers have been waiting for: the Steam Winter Sale 2021 is now live.
Valheim Swamps Screenshot

My favourite 2021 games played on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
47
Here we are, the year is ending so here's a few of what I consider to be my favourite games played on Linux that had a release during 2021.
Steam Deck handheld - Valve

Steam Deck 'on track' for February, Valve hopes for millions by end of 2023

By Liam Dawe,
19
Seems Valve really are expecting big things from the SteamOS 3 Linux-powered Steam Deck handheld, according to a new report from PC Gamer.
Insurgency: Sandstorm Screenshot

Seems no hope for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
43
Sadly it seems like Insurgency: Sandstorm is not one you'll be enjoying on the Linux desktop or Valve's Steam Deck any time soon, even with Epic Games supporting Easy Anti-Cheat with Wine / Proton.
Steam Deck Design Validation shot

SteamOS for the Steam Deck gets slimmed down to 10GB

By Liam Dawe,
38
One thing that is a little concerning is how much storage the bottom edition of the Valve Steam Deck will have without plugging in a microSD card, seems we now have a better idea.
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed screenshot

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed dev answer a few questions for their Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
4
Somewhat recently, developer Digital Cybercherries mentioned that HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed will have great support for the Steam Deck, so we had a few burning questions.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO)

Experimental Vulkan support is here for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Dawe,
14
As we suggested it would be, Valve has announced that experimental Vulkan support for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) has landed and can be tried out right now.
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