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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.

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Ruffy and the Riverside

Ruffy and the Riverside is a unique action-adventure where you have the power to copy and paste textures

By Liam Dawe,
2
This is such a fun idea for a game. Ruffy and the Riverside is a colourful hand-drawn action-adventure where you've got a special power called SWAP, that lets you copy and paste textures in the game.
Duck Detective

Mystery adventure Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping announced

By Liam Dawe,
1
The Duck returns for another mystery adventure in Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping coming sometime in 2025 with Native Linux support.
Unreal Tournament

Epic Games update the Unreal Tournament website linking to the free downloads from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
8
Back in November, I reported on Epic Games giving their approval for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament becoming completely free to download. Now, Epic Games have updated the official Unreal Tournament website to link to the OldUnreal community.
The Talos Principle: Reawakened

The Talos Principle: Reawakened announced that rebuilds and expands the original in Unreal Engine 5

By Liam Dawe,
12
The much loved puzzle adventure The Talos Principle is being remade in Unreal Engine 5, with Croteam / Devolver Digital announcing The Talos Principle: Reawakened.
Steam Deck OLED - Valve Certified Refurbished

Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models

By Liam Dawe,
13
Valve announced today that they've added the Steam Deck OLED 512GB and 1TB models into their Valve Certified Refurbished program, so you can grab one a bit cheaper.
RPCS3 for Raspberry Pi 5

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon

By Liam Dawe,
4
The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).
Elroy and the Aliens

Comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens will launch April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
1
Developer Motiviti have announced that the colourful comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens is going to launch on April 2nd, 2025. There's a new trailer and demo available.
Escape Simulator 2

Escape Simulator 2 the 'ultimate first person escape room experience' announced by Pine Studio

By Liam Dawe,
4
Pine Studio have announced a follow-up to their massively successful Escape Simulator, with Escape Simulator 2 that they plan to be the "ultimate first person escape room experience".
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Space Marine 2 adds DLSS3, FSR3 and Frame Generation - more playable on Steam Deck, needs launch option for Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
7
A huge Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 patch has landed improving many parts of the game, along with helping performance with an upgrade to NVIDIA DLSS3, AMD FSR3.1 and Frame Generation plus some improvements to their anti-cheat (Easy Anti-Cheat).
Star Wars Outlaws

Proton Experimental adds initial speech synthesis support, lots of game fixes for Steam Deck / Linux and easier modding

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
17
Proton Experimental has been updated from Valve with some new features like initial speech synthesis support, along with the usual assortment of fixes for specific games running on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Plus, much easier modding!
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Humble bring back the excellent Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle for a limited time

By Liam Dawe,
3
Humble continue bringing back some popular game bundles for a limited time that I wrote about recently, and now you can get another chance to pick up the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle which really is a good deal.
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Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) gets funding from Sovereign Tech Agency

By Liam Dawe,
17
Seems like Arch Linux is going from strength to strength lately. Not only have Valve begun funding parts of the Linux distribution but now the Sovereign Tech Agency are as well.
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Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom

By Liam Dawe,
20
Recently I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems thankfully sorted with itch back up, but things got a little weird.
Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now

By Liam Dawe,
11
Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi have launched two new bits of hardware for you to tinker with the Raspberry Pi 500 and an official Raspberry Pi Monitor.
OBS Studio

OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe,
5
OBS Studio has a brand new stable release available! The awesome free and open source video capture tool OBS Studio 31.0.0 is out now.
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EA pledge another 23 accessibility patents for public royalty-free use

By Liam Dawe,
7
EA did another actually genuinely great thing here. They've expanded their previous patent pledge for game developers to use without problems.
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Steam sets a new record with 39 million concurrent users online

By Liam Dawe,
6
Over the weekend the Steam store from Valve managed to smash another record, something it has done repeatedly this year and it shows no sign of slowing down.
Dawnfolk

Minimalist mini-game filled survival city-builder Dawnfolk gets a release date and new demo

By Liam Dawe,
0
Dawnfolk from developer Darenn Keller is absolutely lovely, a minimalist survival city-builder with each tile having a little mini-game. Really unique and one you need to keep an eye on.
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itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report

By Liam Dawe,
15
This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar".
Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 now in Early Access and it works on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
20
Path of Exile 2 from Grinding Gear Games has officially arrived, although it's not quite finished yet as it's in Early Access.
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