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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check 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. Find me on Mastodon.

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Two Point Hospital is going green in the 'Off The Grid' DLC this month

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Releasing on March 18, Two Point Hospital: Off The Grid from Two Point Studios and SEGA will take your hospital building to somewhere quite different.

Amoeba Battle is a real-time strategy game on a microscopic scale with a Battle Royale

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action, a title that's somewhat a mouthful and it was a surprise when it released on Steam earlier this month coming out of nowhere.

Meal making automation in the Zach-like 'Neon Noodles' feels great

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Neon Noodles released into Early Access a few months ago and since then, I've been directing my robotic chefs around madly trying to improve on their speed and it's quite engrossing.

StarCrossed has crazy looking action with a magical girl aesthetic and it's out for Linux now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

StarCrossed, an action-arcade game with a magical girl aesthetic and a cooperative twist has now officially released for Linux shortly after the Windows version became available last month.

Lazr, the cyberpunk platformer with a love of cloth physics sim has a massive demo update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Lazr is a cyberpunk platform that's quickly shaping up to be like nothing else, where parts of the level and enemies are made from simulated cloth and a massive demo update is out.

A sweet new build of 'Minigalaxy' is out for easy GOG game managing on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

No GOG Galaxy? Not so much of a problem right now with handy open source apps like Minigalaxy and a big new release is up.

SDL 2, the hugely important cross-platform development library updated to 2.0.12

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

SDL 2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) is the go-to solution for many developers doing cross-platform work, providing an API to hook into audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware across various platforms and a big new release is out.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-4 is up fixing Origin, GTA V, Denuvo and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Another new release of Steam Play's Proton software is up and while small in number of changes, it's quite a mighty update overall.

Say hello to your new best friend 'LVI' - another security flaw in CPUs for Intel

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

Security? What security? Say hello to 'LVI' (Load Value Injection), a new class of' transient-execution attacks' exploiting flaws in modern processors and it defeats all existing countermeasures.

The Humble Sakura Collection Bundle has launched with lots of Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

If you're a fan of Anime, Manga and that sort of thing the Humble Sakura Collection Bundle is officially live and plenty of the titles in this support Linux.

Avorion, the massive open world build-your-own spaceship adventure is out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

Few space games have impressed me as much as Avorion, I'll make that clear right away. An open world space adventure, where you build your own ship block-by-block is out now and it's gorgeous.

Creepy Tale, an atmospheric mix of platforming puzzle with a sinister theme is out on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

Creepy Tale from Deqaf Studio is a mix of adventure and exploration, platforming and some horror themes that all come together in a pretty great looking game.

Snake Core twists the gameplay from the classic Snake into a fun looking action game

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

Orangepixel is at it again, putting a real unique spin on a classic. Snake Core is their newest game, revealed this week as a big upgrade to the retro Snake gameplay with a lot more action.

HyperRogue the fascinating and confusing non-Euclidean puzzle-roguelike has a big update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

HyperRogue might just melt your mind if you try to understand it, and it remains as one of the most unique puzzle-roguelike games around due to the non-Euclidean features.

GOverlay - a new open source Linux app for managing overlays like MangoHud

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

With the Vulkan API making the creation of Linux gaming overlays like MangoHud easier, having a way to manage them without editing a configuration file would be sweet - enter GOverlay.