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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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Loop Hero is a unique looking adventure deck-builder mix with an endless cycle of despair

By Liam Dawe,
Loop Hero is a probably the most unique deck-building mix I've seen yet. Coming from Four Quarters and Devolver Digital later in 2021.

NERTS! Online is a new free to play online card game from Zachtronics out now

By Liam Dawe,
Zachtronics are well known for their excellent puzzle games which often sneak in some form of solitaire, this time around though they've put out a full solitaire style game you play online with friends in NERTS! Online.

Them's Fightin' Herds for Linux now planned for the 2.0 update and the port is 'done'

By Liam Dawe,
We've been waiting a while now on the upcoming official Linux support for Them's Fightin' Herds and it's coming closer but we're seeing a delay.

Check out some fresh footage of The Iron Oath, an upcoming turn-based tactical RPG

By Liam Dawe,
More turn-based tactical RPG goodness is coming to Linux (whenever it's finished) with The Iron Oath, and Curious Panda Games have released some more up to date footage.

The Linux distribution I was most thankful for in 2020 - EndeavourOS

By Liam Dawe,
How do you know when someone uses Arch Linux? They will tell you. Welcome to an article telling you about how I use Arch Linux, well sort of anyway.

Fully playable Caesar 3 open source game engine Julius has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
Another brilliant open source game engine, Julius is a fully playable replacement for the original 1998 release of the city-builder Caesar 3.

Kaiju Wars is an upcoming turn-based strategy where you're seriously outgunned

By Liam Dawe,
Into the Breach was an absolutely fantastic turn-based strategy game about facing overwhelming odds, and now it appears that developer Foolish Mortals (Radio General) is doing their own take with Kaiju Wars.

STASIS: BONE TOTEM looks like another great sci-fi horror adventure coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
From the creators of STASIS, CAYNE, and BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION - The Brotherhood have announced their next adventure with STASIS: BONE TOTEM.

Vomitoreum is an upcoming GZDoom-powered FPS Metroidvania

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from the people behind the GZDoom games Shrine and Lycanthorn, their next project is a full commercial game named Vomitoreum that will be a first-person shooter metroidvania set in a nightmarish world.

Linux on the Nintendo 64? Yes that's possible and there's a new up to date port

By Liam Dawe,
2020 was a really weird year with lots of surprises. Some good, plenty bad and Linux seeing a fresh port to the Nintendo 64 was also a thing that happened.

Heroic Games Launcher is a new unofficial Epic Games Store for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
No Epic Games Store support on Linux? Well, one developer is helping to break down that barrier with the newly released Heroic Games Launcher.

Lutris game manager starts off 2021 with a sweet small update

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the free and open source all-in-one solution to keep your games from different sources together on Linux has a fresh release out to begin 2021.

Impressive racing game DRAG gets a big driving-physics update

By Liam Dawe,
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,
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,
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.

Godot Engine had a very productive 2020, lots coming to this FOSS game engine in 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Godot Engine is probably the most promising free and open source game engine around, and they clearly had a very productive 2020 with big plans for 2021.

Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor delisted for Linux and macOS on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Feral Interactive have a few less ports available to buy supported for Linux and macOS to start off 2021 with as both Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor have been delisted for both platforms.

FNA dev and porter Ethan Lee stops future macOS ports, Linux to be their focus

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee, the developer responsible for the XNA reimplementation FNA along with around 50 game ports to Linux and macOS has announced the sunsetting of future macOS ports with a big update to a bunch of existing games.

Valve starts 2021 off in style by breaking another concurrent user record on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
While Steam as a gaming platform is facing ever increasing competition, Valve likely aren't too worried given how much Steam has been growing over 2020 and into 2021.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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.
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