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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 follow me personally on Mastodon [External Link].

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Death Road to Canada released on Steam with Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Death Road to Canada is a brand new Linux game that released on Steam recently and a GOL user was kind enough to send me a copy to take a look. It's a randomly generated road trip with zombies with lots of encounters and annoying people to find.

Epic Games founder thinks Microsoft will essentially break Steam in later versions of Windows 10

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thanks to PC Gamer we have been pointed to an interview that Tim Sweeney the founder of Epic Games did, and he's blasting Microsoft yet again.

The Talos Principle updated with more Vulkan stability and performance

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Croteam have continued developing their Vulkan backend for The Talos Principle and have pushed the last beta to stable and released another beta with more Vulkan work.

Overlord, Overlord: Raising Hell and Overlord II (new port!) released on Steam for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Overlord, Overlord: Raising Hell and Overlord II are all now available on Steam for Linux. Overlord II is also a brand new port today!

Stardew Valley is now in beta for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Stardew Valley is now in Beta, good job they did a Beta too and it won't even run properly for me and others right now.

Auto-Staccato looks like a great new take on rhythm games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Auto-Staccato is a new action rhythm game coming to Linux and it's trying to get on Steam. Think of Audiosurf with swords and magics, it looks amusing.

Fancy playing Quake with the Vulkan API? Now you can

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I'm a little late on reporting this due to being ill, but Quake has been ported to Vulkan and it's open source of course.

FOX n FORESTS, a very interesting looking 16-Bit style action platformer is on Kickstarter

By Liam Squires-Hand,
FOX n FORESTS, a 16-Bit style action platformer that has adventure and puzzle elements is on Kickstarter, it looks good and promises Linux support, so I asked about the status of the Linux version.

Beat Cop, the retro pixel art adventure game has a new trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Beat Cop is a rather interesting looking 80s inspired pixel art adventure game due out later this year, and it finally has a fresh trailer.

Vikings – Wolves of Midgard Announced from Kalypso Media and Games Farm with Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Kalypso Media really are getting Linux friendly aren't they! Vikings – Wolves of Midgard has been announced as a new action RPG that will launch in early 2017.

The Battle for Wesnoth, the great open source fantasy strategy game is now on Steam Greenlight

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Battle for Wesnoth is probably one of the all time great open source games. It's been around for a long time, it's well polished and now it's looking to get on Steam.

Progress on our User Statistics Page has continued, feedback requested

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Since I am sick with Tonsillitis I decided to take a quick break from news and work on something else. Today I have updated the User Statistics Page and here's what's new.

Sinner’s Sorrow, a grim looking action adventure is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I don't have a freaking clue what's going in the teaser trailer for Sinner's Sorrow, but wow am I interested.

openFrameworks C++ toolkit now has a Vulkan backend that supports Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I'm going to be honest, I had never heard of openFrameworks until today. It claims it's a C++ toolkit that glues together several commonly used libraries to help you work quickly. They are working on a Vulkan backend that now supports Linux.

Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator is now feature complete

By Liam Squires-Hand,
On the github pull request to bring in the Vulkan backend for the Dolphin emulator, it now reads as feature complete.

Dave Airlie has been working on an AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Dave Airlie has been working on an open source AMD Vulkan driver and he's ready to show it off a little bit.

Looks like the open source Mesa driver has hit OpenGL 4.5 support with Intel

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A pretty incredible milestone for open source graphics, as it appears that Mesa along with the Intel driver has hit OpenGL 4.5.

The Living Dungeon developers looking to see if there's interest for a Linux version

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Living Dungeon developers have posted on Steam requesting to see how much interest there is for their game on Linux.

Knights of the Sky and Dungeon Souls are now available DRM free on GOG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GOG have added in two more Linux titles for your DRM free collections! Dungeon Souls, a pretty cool action roguelike and Knights of the Sky, an older DOSBox title about being a combat pilot.

Hidden in Plain Sight, a local multiplayer game that sounds hilarious is now on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Hidden in Plain Sight is a rather amusing sounding local multiplayer game. You have to blend in with a crowd on NPCs and do various things.
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