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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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Fantasy turn-based tactical battler with fun physics 'Fort Triumph' released DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Fort Triumph released with full Linux support recently and it's a really great turn-based tactics game, especially with the way you can interact with the environment. It's also now on GOG.

Streets of Rage 4 to be playable on Linux at release with Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, 30 Apr 2020

Streets of Rage 4 is a classic beat 'em up series revived thanks to Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube that releases today. It's also going to be playable on Linux.

GOG have a sweet roguelike game sale going with some great Linux games

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

DRM-free and on sale, two wonderful things together. This week, GOG is doing a nice discount on a bunch of good roguelikes you should take a look at.

Techland announced a Dying Light dungeon crawling DLC with Hellraid

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

Based on their unreleased and long delayed game, Techland are continuing to expand the excellent Dying Light with a fresh DLC arriving this Summer.

Total Mayhem Games drops Linux support for We Were Here (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

Total Mayhem Games have announced that We Were Here, a co-op puzzle game series, will no longer support Linux. UPDATED 25/06/20.

If you work for the NHS you can get free games from the Games for Carers initiative

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

Here's a nice feel-good story for today. If you work for the NHS in the UK, you're now able to get a free game thanks to the Games for Carers initiative.

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Orangepixel has announced Residual, a survival platformer exploration adventure with no combat

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

No combat? In a survival styled game? Well that's a bit unusual. Orangepixel who created games like Space Grunts, Heroes of Loot, Gunslugs and more has announced Residual.

Kingdom Two Crowns grows bigger with a free Dead Lands expansion out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

Kingdom Two Crowns has a bit of a crossover going over, with the Dead Lands expansion out now across all platforms and it's free for everyone too.

Missing out on VibranceGUI for Linux? There's a project for that and now a fork for AMD too

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

VibranceGUI, a program on Windows that adjusts the colouring of your games as it's sent to your screen is quite popular and there's a similar project available for Linux. Now it's also not just for NVIDIA.

AMD's Q1 2020 financial report out - RDNA 2 and Zen 3 on track for this year

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

AMD recently released a fresh financial report and while they have strong growth year-over-year, things are looking a bit more tough overall.

Hell Can Wait is an upcoming bullet-hell deck-builder that sounds insane

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2020

Hell Can Wait will be fusing together a bullet hell with a deck-builder, in development by Triplevision Games Limited and planned to release next year.

Google confirm EA games coming to Stadia, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds out now and free for Pro

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Today Google did a new Stadia Connect video for their gaming service, which was pre-recorded due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation. Google confirmed a bunch more games coming including from EA, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is out now and more.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 up for testing with a Release Candidate - Street Fighter V playable

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Valve and CodeWeavers continuing the long task of improving the Proton compatibility layer (based on Wine) for Steam Play, and today a new Release Candidate went up for some testing.

Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution Fedora 32 released

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

The Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution, Fedora, has a brand new release today with Fedora 32 showing off some of the latest of what open source has to offer.

Amazingly stylish fast-paced action-adventure 'Resolutiion' confirmed for GOG with a demo up

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Resolutiion, the Hyper Light Drifter-like from developer Monolith of Minds is getting ever closer to release and now it's confirmed to be launching on GOG and a demo is up too.

Ufflegrim is a peculiar deck-builder where you summon creatures and combine them

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Ufflegrim is yet another game to add a card-based deck-building element to it and it does so with a traditional roguelike. Very strange and yet I love it.

Underwater chaos simulator 'Barotrauma' adds wrecked submarines to explore

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Another huge update for Barotrauma, a co-op game about alien ocean exploration in a submarine. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, obviously, and now there's wreckage to find and explore too.

Brave your fears again as the deck-builder 'Iris and the Giant' has a big post-release content update

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Iris and the Giant was a genuine surprise when it launched in early March, a roguelike deck-builder with a nice narrative twist and a fun tactical battles. Now it has a big update out.

Free first-person shooter 'Tomatenquark' releasing soon based on Cube 2: Sauerbraten

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Coming soon to Steam Early Access, Tomatenquark is another attempt to revive a classic free and open source first-person shooter.

Competitive platformer 'Jumpala' adds a single-player mode, price rising soon as it heads to Steam

By Liam Dawe, 28 Apr 2020

Jumpala, a very unique and super-fun take on a competitive platformer that's captured my heart continues getting bigger and a fresh update is out with a new mode.

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