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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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BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION looks incredible and planned for Linux once they ensure it's solid

By Liam Dawe,
2D isometric adventure, BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION, has been announced for release this month and the good news is THE BROTHERHOOD will be bringing it to Linux.

Crowbar Collective want you to break Black Mesa and test the 1.0 build

By Liam Dawe,
The final release of Black Mesa, the re-imagining of Half-Life is coming close and Crowbar Collective want as many people as possible to test out the latest Beta build.

Serious Sam Collection & Panzer Dragoon announced for Stadia plus some timed exclusives

By Liam Dawe,
It might still be rough but Google's Stadia game streaming service is starting to pull in more games, with a bunch being announced today that look interesting.

LUNA The Shadow Dust looks seriously beautiful and this point & click puzzler is out now

By Liam Dawe,
LUNA The Shadow Dust from Lantern Studio and Application Systems Heidelberg has released today and certainly seems like a worthy point and click adventure to add to your collection.

Looks like the narrative thriller 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing next week on February 19, it's looking like 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will also be coming to Linux although it's not clear yet exactly when.

Contemporary adventure game inspired by the Philippines 'Until Then' announced

By Liam Dawe,
This definitely has my attention, as I really do love seeing more games made in settings not too often explored in games. Until Then is inspired by the Philippines including its lifestyle, and culture.

The narrative-based game 'Death and Taxes' puts the grim reaper in an office job - demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the likes of Papers, Please, Animal Inspector, Beholder and Headliner we now have 'Death and Taxes', a game with plenty of hard choices and a morally gripping story with a rather stylish grim reaper.

Project Heartbeat is an upcoming sweet community-driven rhythm game developed on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Stretch your fingers and get ready for a workout, as a new rhythm game is in town named Project Heartbeat.

Valve released a new Stable version of the Steam Client - Steam Play filter for Big Picture Mode added

By Liam Dawe,
Yesterday, Valve released an update to the Steam client pulling in a whole bunch of feature changes and a few visual adjustments from the recent Betas.

Mutant soap opera adventure 'Mutazione' now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Nominated for multiple awards so it must be a little bit special, the mutant soap opera adventure Mutazione has today been released for Linux.

Valve has banned tens of thousands of Dota 2 accounts as they tweak their smurf detection

By Liam Dawe,
Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.

Bronze Age pixel-art RTS 'The Fertile Crescent' has a bunch of visual upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to grow into quite a fantastic little free real-time strategy game, The Fertile Crescent has gone through a few visual upgrades lately.

Fun looking fast-paced grid-fighter 'EndCycle VS' plans to support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With combat looking similar to (and likely inspired by) Mega Man Battle Network, EndCycle VS is another modern attempt to create a fun grid-fighter.

Logitech Wheel manager 'Oversteer' has a huge new release - also check out 'new-lg4ff' for more features

By Liam Dawe,
Oversteer is quite possibly one of my favourite open source applications, as it's made working with my own Logitech G29 a really great experience.

Medieval siege engine builder 'Besiege' leaving Early Access on Feb 18 - price to rise

By Liam Dawe,
Spiderling Studios have announced their physics-based medieval siege engine builder, Besiege, is leaving Early Access on February 18 and the price is going to rise.

Mayhem in Single Valley is apparently Stranger Things meets Zelda with radioactive squirrels

By Liam Dawe,
After being teased last year which we picked up on, the action-adventure Mayhem in Single Valley has now seen a full announcement and a publishing partner.

The Steam Soundtrack Sale is now live to celebrate the new dedicated Soundtrack feature

By Liam Dawe,
What was originally supposed to launch last month, the Steam Soundtrack Sale is now live as Valve celebrate the new feature of the Steam store and client dedicated to Soundtracks.

Godot Engine enters new territory with Vulkan API support merged in for the upcoming 4.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
While not actually released yet and not due until later this year with Godot Engine 4.0, the Vulkan parts have now been merged into the main Godot project.

Prepare for another run as Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is out

By Liam Dawe,
Fusing elements of a rogue-lite metroidvania and a serious action-platformer, Dead Cells, today has the first paid DLC expansion out with Dead Cells: The Bad Seed.

FS2 Open for playing Freespace 2 on modern systems had a big update

By Liam Dawe,
One I'm genuinely surprised I missed (Hat tip to Timo) is a big update to FS2 Open, the project that continues updating the game engine for Freespace 2 - one of the best space action games ever.
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