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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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EVE Online getting a full browser-based version with EVE Anywhere, will work on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

Ready to sink a ton of hours into an MMO but don't have the computing power and / or not working well for you in the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer on Linux? Enter the new EVE Anywhere for EVE Online.

Analgesic Productions (Anodyne) announce Sephonie, a story-driven 3D parkour platformer

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

Analgesic Productions developer of the Anodyne series and All Our Asias have announced Sephonie, a story-driven 3D platformer with plenty of parkour action and puzzles to solve.

X4: Foundations 4.00 update and X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

Ready to find your space legs again and perhaps even return to Earth? Egosoft have released the big 4.00 update for X4: Foundations and the massive X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion is also out now.

Crusader Kings III 1.3 free update and Northern Lords DLC out, free to play until Sunday

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

Easily one of the best strategy games supported on Linux, Crusader Kings III from Paradox Interactive has a huge free update plus a DLC and some free to play time.

11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors have launched

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2021

In the market for a new CPU and sticking with Intel? The 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors code-named "Rocket Lake-S" have now launched.

Linux vendor System76 releases the Pangolin, a full AMD laptop

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Ready for an all-AMD solution to your hardware problems? Not long after announcing their new Thelio Mira desktop, System76 believe they hold the AMD answer with the new Pangolin.

The developer of Rise to Ruins is absolutely mad and has secured funding for their games

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Sometimes you read a story that's really hard to believe it's true but probably is. In this case it's Raymond Doerr of SixtyGig Games doing something absolutely nuts to secure funding for their games.

FunKey S is a tiny Linux-powered retro-gaming handheld

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Do you love retro gaming and emulation? How about pocket sized devices, powered by Linux that you can take anywhere? The FunKey S looks like a really sweet bit of kit.

Check out the demo for the upcoming point & click adventure Lucy Dreaming

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Lucy Dreaming is a brand new retro-styled point and click adventure game coming to Linux from developer Tall Story Games.

Valheim is just an incredible experience you need to play

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Why is Valheim so popular? People have asked. Well, how we feel about games is always highly subjective and here's my own initial thoughts on it after many hours lost inside its world.

Arthurian legends mix with cosmic horror in The Hand of Merlin, confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Something weird this way comes with The Hand of Merlin, blending together elements of Arthurian legends mixed in with plenty of cosmic horror in a turn-based tactical RPG.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 expands in v0.3.3

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

v0.3.3 of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 is out now and it includes quite a lot of enhancements as the community works towards giving the ultimate cross-platform experience.

Bonesweeper mixes Palaeontology with Minesweeper where you assemble fossils

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2021

Love a good mix-up of a classic? Minesweeper gets reinvented with Bonesweeper that blends in a little Palaeontology.

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition getting another major upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2021

Showing some big continued dedication to Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, Beamdog have put up another huge Beta version with some pretty major additions.

Luck be a Landlord gives slot machines a little deck-building flavour

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2021

Luck be a Landlord is a fresh game out in Early Access from TrampolineTales that claims it's a "roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism".

Be a jerk cloud in Rain on Your Parade - releasing April 15

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2021

Ever wanted to just fly high, be a cloud and rain all over everything? Well you will be able to on April 15 when Rain on Your Parade releases letting me be a total jerk cloud.

The Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 27, the one with too much gain

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2021

The second GOL Podcast episode of 2021 is here, come get it while it's hot and ranty as we cover a range of weird and wonderful topics in Linux, open source, gaming and more.