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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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Pest Apocalypse

Pest Apocalypse is a new hilarious survivor-like game with a death-mobile

By Liam Dawe,
2
Here we go again, I am about to be suckered into yet another survivor-like game. You love all of these as well right? Vampire Survivors, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and more can move over and make room for Pest Apocalypse.
Vulkan logo

Zink driver startup time squashed with new patches

By Liam Dawe,
3
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz is once again blogging about working on the Zink driver, and this time a nice optimization is on the way for startup times.
Sleepytime Village

Creepy point and click Sleepytime Village will come to Linux - demo available

By Liam Dawe,
2
Lightfoot Bros Games recently revealed their new point and click adventure Sleepytime Village, a "creepy AF" classic-style point & click adventure game about learning to rediscover both your inner child and the joy of creativity.
Alien: Rogue Incursion

VR game Alien: Rogue Incursion releases late 2024

By Liam Dawe,
9
Oh damn, this is quite exciting as an Alien fan and might be a reason to pop my VR headset back on again. Alien: Rogue Incursion is coming sometime in late 2024.
Steam Deck OLED

Bazzite 3.0 out now with Steam Deck OLED support nearly ready

By Liam Dawe,
2
Bazzite 3.0 has been released with the internals upgraded to Fedora 40, which brings with it numerous improvements for gamers looking to get Linux on their PC or handheld gaming device like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally.
Thrive

Open source evolution sim Thrive gets upgraded to Godot 4

By Liam Dawe,
2
A game engine upgrade across a major version is quite a big thing, and it initially proved a little problematic for the open source evolution sim Thrive but it is done.
Golf With Your Friends

Golf With Your Friends adds a hilarious new Speed Golf mode

By Liam Dawe,
3
Grab your friends and play something resembling Golf in the latest free update to Golf With Your Friends, which adds in a new rather funny looking Speed Golf mode.
Golden Week Game Fest

Golden Week Game Fest has some awesome deals on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
0
Komodo is hosting a big Golden Week Game Fest sale on Steam right now, and there's some really fantastic deals going if you're needing some more.
Steam logo

SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
12
Three sets of Steam Beta updates this weekend across SteamVR, Desktop and Steam Deck so here's all the details for you in one place.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

Proton 9.0 Beta updated and nearing release for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
2
Valve has pushed out what they're calling Proton 9.0 (Release Candidate 2), with a whole bunch of improvements for gaming on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
Fallout 4

Proton Hotfix update fixes Fallout 4 frame pacing issue on Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe,
10
Just recently we had the Fallout 4 "next gen" update, which came with some issues. Thankfully, Valve are on the case with Proton Hotfix.
Factorio

Factorio devs detail their 'Linux adventures' in a new blog post

By Liam Dawe,
13
Factorio from Wube Software currently has an expansion and big update on the way, with regular blog posts going over all that's coming. The latest has some fun behind the scenes info on their Linux adventures.
Counter-Strike 2

Lefties unite! Counter-Strike 2 now lets you swap hands

By Liam Dawe,
17
All you Lefties out there can finally get properly represented, in Counter-Strike 2 that is, as there's now the ability to swap your weapons into the other hand.
Dome Keeper

Dome Keeper is getting a major content update and multiplayer is coming

By Liam Dawe,
4
An absolute indie gem released in 2022 is Dome Keeper from developer Bippinbits that has you mine underground for resources, while you also defend your dome above land from aliens. It's good fun and some big updates are on the way.
Aliens: Redacted

Check out the free spooky fan game Aliens: Redacted

By Liam Dawe,
8
To celebrate Alien Day, one developer decided to make a fan game with Aliens: Redacted now available on itch.io.
Genshin Impact

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK gets more enhancements

By Liam Dawe,
2
Developer Faith Ekstrand has written up a fresh blog post on Collabora which goes over implementing two extensions in NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver, and how it ended up fixing actual games.
MS-DOS logo

Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

By Liam Dawe,
19
More open source surprises for you today, coming from Microsoft too which is always interesting to see as they've now open sourced MS-DOS 4.0.
NVIDIA

NVIDIA developer contributing to the open source NVK driver

By Liam Dawe,
9
Another surprise from NVIDIA here. On top of one developer contributing to Nouveau, we have another developer now contributing to NVK.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) is now available

By Liam Dawe,
34
Another big Linux distribution release is upon us. Ubuntu 24.04 is a new long-term support release from Canonical available today.
The Colonists

Create, Automate & Manage in this Humble Bundle of games

By Liam Dawe,
0
If you love building sims with a sprinkle of management you should take a look at the new Create, Automate & Manage Humble Bundle.
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