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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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Objects in Space released for Linux on Steam, needs you to disable Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 21 Mar 2019

While the Linux version has been up on GOG for a little while, Steam was left a bit behind. Now the Linux version on Steam has been officially announced and released but there's an issue with Steam Play.

SteamOS is alive with a new beta and updated drivers, also a new Steam Client Beta is out

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Valve haven't given up on their home-grown Linux distribution yet, with SteamOS seeing another beta update. Additionally, there's another Steam Beta Client update about.

Kingdom Rush Origins expanded again recently, the Forgotten treasures expansion is out

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Kingdom Rush Origins, the excellent tower defense game from Ironhide Game Studio is seeing some great updates, with another campaign named Forgotten treasures now up.

Oxygen Not Included from Klei Entertainment to leave Early Access in May with new content

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Oxygen Not Included, the incredible space-colony sim from Klei Entertainment is leaving Early Access in May and they've detailed some of what's coming and future plans.

Wizard of Legend, the excellent action game from Contingent99 just had a huge upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Wizard of Legend is one of my favourite indie games to play in local co-op and it's great fun alone too, the developer Contingent99 just released the huge Sky Palace update.

Nightdive Studios have released more footage of their System Shock reboot

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Two bits of System Shock updates in the same week, what a time to be alive. After the System Shock 3 news, we also now have more to show for the System Shock reboot from Nightdive Studios.

The MMO Albion Online is officially going free to play next month

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

Sandbox Interactive just announced that their MMO Albion Online, which currently requires an initial purchase to access it is going free to play on April 10th.

OpenXR from The Khronos Group and Monado from Collabora could unify VR & AR

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2019

The Khronos Group recently announced a provisional specification of OpenXR, a royalty-free open-standard aimed at unifying access to VR and AR (collectively known as XR) devices. Also, Collabora announced Monado, a fully open source OpenXR runtime for Linux.

The Humble Curve Digital Bundle is out with four nice Linux games

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

Now that the dust has settled on the Google Stadia news, here's something entirely different: The Humble Curve Digital Bundle.

Google announce ‘Stadia’, their new cloud gaming service built on Linux and Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

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Google have now finally unveiled their new cloud gaming service named Stadia, offering instant access to play games in Google Chrome.

System Shock 3 may see Linux support, OtherSide still working on Underworld Ascendant for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

OtherSide Entertainment have teased out a new short video of System Shock 3 and it may see Linux support.

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Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead, a free and open source turn-based survival game had a huge update

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

It occurred to me today, that no one here at GOL seems to have ever written about the free and open source turn-based survival game Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead.

Gloomhaven, the dungeon-crawling adaptation of the board game should see Linux support at release

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

Last year, we wrote a small bit on how the developer of Gloomhaven was keeping an eye on all the requests for Linux support. It seems they've taken notice.

Convoy, the game that mixes Mad Max and FTL has more free content & gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

Convoy seems to be seeing some good post-release support from developer Convoy Games, with a free content update now available.

Two Point Hospital: Pebberley Island is out, giving you more weird illnesses to conquer

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

Two Point Studios and SEGA have put out the first expansion for Two Point Hospital with Pebberley Island.

GOG have another weekly sale live, some interesting Linux games going cheaper

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

For those who love their DRM-free gaming, GOG have just recently put up their latest weekly sale with quite a few Linux games available.

The Culling, one of the first Battle Royale games on Linux is shutting down

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2019

The Culling was probably the second Battle Royale game I ever played, after the Hunger Games in Minecraft and it seemed to never really click and so it's shutting down.

The Linux-powered Atari VCS is getting upgraded to AMD Ryzen, shipping dates pushed back

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2019

Remember the Atari VCS, the Linux-powered gaming console? Well it's still alive and they've decided to give it a bit of an upgrade.

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The sandbox RPG 'Spoxel' seems like it could be pretty amusing, releasing soon

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2019

Spoxel is an action adventure sandbox RPG that's been in development for a few years now, with it almost about to leave the long and dark development tunnel.