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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. You can also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Space station management with a little RTS, Spacebase Startopia is out now

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

Spacebase Startopia sells players the galactic dream: managing their very own donut-shaped space station. It's out officially today along with full Linux support from Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media.

Collabora announce PanVk, an open source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

Open source consulting firm Collabora are certainly busy. While they work with Steam owner Valve on various things, they also work in other areas of Linux like driver development - their latest being PanVk.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI has finished the New Frontier Pass with a Portugal DLC

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

The sixth and final DLC pack is out as part of the New Frontier Pass with a Portugal DLC for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

Them's Fightin' Herds is now available on Linux with the 2.0 update out now

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

Ready, FIGHT! Them's Fightin' Herds from Mane6, Inc. and Humble Games has now been officially ported to Linux with the 2.0 patch release and the Shanty character DLC is out now too.

Sub Rosa, an experimental online multiplayer FPS finally enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

After being around in some form for quite a few years now, Cryptic Sea and Devolver Digital have now released Sub Rosa into proper Early Access on the Steam store.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice standalone expansion announced

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun was one of the best games from 2016 easily, it helped to revive a classic style of tactical stealth games and it's coming back with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice.

The Remote Play Together Sale & Livestream is live on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2021

Ready to bring some friends together this weekend but still social distancing because of COVID-19? Valve have your back here with a big sale now on for games that work with Remote Play Together.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED announced with cross-platform multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Feral Interactive have turned from porter to a full game developer here with the announcement of Total War: ROME REMASTERED, bringing over one of the few Total War titles we didn't already have.

Metro Exodus arrives for Linux on April 14

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Originally released back in 2019, Metro Exodus from 4A Games and Deep Silver now has a launch date for their official Linux build which will land on April 14.

Play through the amusing free point & click Hair of the Dog out on Steam now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

While it's been available on itch.io for a while, the free comedy point and click adventure Hair of the Dog is up on Steam now as a great reminder for people to play it.

Dead Mage say no to paid DLC, Children of Morta to get free upgrades soon

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

After originally planning a major paid DLC release, Dead Mage have decided to change their roadmap and instead work on free upgrades for Children of Morta which seem to be due soon.

Epic 2D RPG Chronicon gets a major upgrade, Linux build finally up to date

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Chronicon, one of my favourite 2D action-RPGs developed by Subworld just released a major 1.2 upgrade and after quite some time being out of date - the Linux build is once again sorted.

Psychological deck-builder Neurodeck is out now, developer planning some major updates

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Neurodeck is a brand new deck-building experience from TavroxGames and Goblinz Publishing that tries to do things differently, by exploring feelings.

Beyond a Steel Sky releases on DRM-free store GOG with a Linux build up now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Prefer GOG to grab your games from? Good news on that front as Beyond a Steel Sky, the sequel to the cult classic Beneath a Steel Sky is now available on GOG and a Linux build recently went up too.

Valve overhauls the Dota 2 new player experience as DOTA: Dragon's Blood releases

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2021

Today is the day, the big teaming up of Valve and Netflix is out with the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime series. Since there will be renewed interest in Dota 2 as a game, Valve has also given it a huge upgrade for newer players.

Steam Game Festival is now called Steam Next Fest, returning June 16

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

Valve has announced today that the Steam Game Festival is now being renamed to Steam Next Fest, with the upcoming event happening on June 16.

GNOME 40 is out now with the redesigned Activities Overview

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

GNOME 40 is out now to showcase the latest Linux desktop environment work from the GNOME Project, which includes a number of feature overhauls and improvements.

Retro FPS Ion Fury getting an Aftershock expansion this Summer

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

Ion Fury, the old-school first-person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment is getting a big full expansion named Aftershock.

There's no monkeying around in the new roller game Rolled Out!

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

Did you love the classic Monkey Ball or Super Monkey Ball? A hugely popular series that gained something of a cult following and a close spiritual successor is out now with Rolled Out!

Manjaro 21.0 'Ornara' is out now with Xfce, KDE and GNOME upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2021

Prefer Manjaro as your favourite Linux distribution or want to try it out? Now looks to be a good time, with the Manjaro 21.0 'Ornara' release now available.

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