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Wine compat layer devs discuss new Kernel interface to better match Windows NT

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2021

Wine developer Zebediah Figura has sent in a proposal to work on a new Linux Kernel interface for Wine synchronization primitives, one that gets closer to performance and behaviour of Windows NT.

What we expect to come from Valve to help Linux gaming in 2021

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2021

By now you've probably heard either through us in our previous article or elsewhere that Valve are cooking something up to help Linux gaming even further. We have an idea on what one part of it is.

Axiom Verge gets a first ever free update six years later with the Randomizer Mode

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2021

While work continues on the sequel, Axiom Verge has a first ever free content update following the release back in 2015 with a new Randomizer Mode.

Love turn-based strategies? Check out the Turn-Based Tactical Bundle on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2021

It appears that more developers are teaming up to create game bundles on Steam, where you get a couple games from different teams plus a discount to get them all together.

What Never Was: Chapter II gets a teaser trailer and a Steam page

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2021

What Never Was is a free short, story-driven first-person puzzle-solving adventure that released back in 2019. It was so popular that the developer is bringing out What Never Was: Chapter II.

Shot in the Dark is a clever tough platformer where enemies blend into the background

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2021

Shot in the Dark needs you to have good platforming skills, good point and click aiming skills and it's a whole lot of fun if you're up for the challenge.

Dust: The Abandoned Land is a surprising free open-world 2D survival game

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2021

Dust: The Abandoned Land is an in-development 2D open-world survival game, one that has a surprising amount of features and you can play it online with others.

Looks like we may see Steam properly on Chrome OS by the end of 2021

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2021

In a move that might help boost Linux gaming numbers, it seems Google are still moving forward with their plan to get Steam running properly native on Chrome OS during 2021.

Malmyr is a thoroughly charming city-building logistics puzzler out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2021

Blending together city-building, resource gathering and logistics into a fine puzzle game Malmyr is worth taking a good look at with a wonderful relaxing atmosphere.

Getting Linux running properly on Apple M1 Silicon has begun with Asahi Linux

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2021

Asahi Linux is the name of a new project aiming to get Linux properly supported and working on Apple Silicon, the new ARM based chips designed by Apple like the Apple M1 found in their latest hardware.

Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2021

Epic Games latest acquisition is RAD Game Tools, one a great many game developers will be familiar with.

Impressive racing game DRAG gets a big driving-physics update

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

DRAG is easily one of the most impressive Early Access games from 2020 and they ended 2020 in style with a big upgrade to the game and it's looking great.

OBS Studio looks set to get useful Browser Panel Docking in the Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

Are you a video content creator on Linux using OBS Studio? Chances are if you livestream you have lots of windows open for chat and all sorts and OBS Studio might be about to make that easier for you.

KDE will hopefully have a 'Production-ready' Wayland session for Plasma in 2021

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

A KDE developer who regularly blogs about all the work going into the KDE ecosystem through the likes of the Plasma desktop environment and the various applications, has given an overview of what they expect to see through 2021.

Fifth time for some more fixes - Wine 6.0 RC5 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

No squashed grapes here as the Wine team continue cleaning up ready for a huge new release of the Windows compatibility layer with Wine 6.0 Release Candidate 5 out now.

What was hot on GamingOnLinux through December 2020

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jan 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for December 2020, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!

Amusing scribbly-art adventure 'Scrabdackle' had a big demo update recently

By Liam Dawe, 30 Dec 2020

Scrabdackle is one game you really need to keep an eye on, an adventure following a novice wizard getting to know their own strange world for the first time.

Our top favourite Linux games released in 2020

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, here's a brief look over what games we personally thought truly stood out in 2020 that directly supported Linux.

YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

The Raspberry Pi sure is a versatile device and thanks to GameMaker Studio 2 from YoYo Games, it might even end up as more of a gaming unit with newly added support for exported games.

The latest big free Civilization VI update is out with a slightly less annoying AI

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2020

As the last update of the year (and one we missed from last week), getting in one more turn in Civilization VI might be a little less annoying with the AI tweaks in the December patch.

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