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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.

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CATO: Buttered Cat is a truly charming puzzle platformer based on the buttered-cat paradox

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Memes, jokes and games don't always blend together well or age well in video games, but CATO: Buttered Cat does it very playfully with the right idea and it's just wonderful.

Occult library builder BOOK OF HOURS: HOUSE OF LIGHT DLC launches September 26

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Weather Factory (who made Cultist Simulator) are set to release BOOK OF HOURS: HOUSE OF LIGHT, an expansion to their occult library restoration building RPG on September 26.

Tower of Babel: Survivors Of Chaos could by my next favourite hack-and-slash survivor-like

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Tower of Babel: Survivors Of Chaos is coming to Steam and at least based on the very short teaser trailer, it looks like it could be one I'll sink a lot of hours into.

Horror point and click adventure Devil's Hideout is out now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Cosmic Void developers of Twilight Oracle, Blood Nova and The Corruption Within have released their latest point and click adventure with Devil's Hideout.

The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest are getting offline modes

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

In news that might hopefully be good for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux players with Proton, both The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest are getting offline modes.

Stellaris: Cosmic Storms and the free 3.13 'Vela' update out now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Interactive, the new Stellaris: Cosmic Storms expansion and free 3.13 'Vela' update are out now.

Steam Beta has a fix for exiting non-Steam games causing input issues

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11

A fresh small Steam Beta was released, and for those of you on Steam Deck who play non-Steam games and emulators it's going to be a useful one.

Terrorformer TD is a seriously good tower defense game where you shape the battlefield

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

It's hard to pull me away from Bloons TD 6, but Terrorformer TD has managed to do it. A tower defense game where you constantly tweak the battlefield as time goes on.

Elsie is a love letter to action-platformers with a roguelike twist that looks fantastic

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Developed by Knight Shift Games with publishing by Playtonic Friends, Elsie is a fresh and very colourful looking love letter to action-platformers with a roguelike and it looks truly awesome.

Spray Paint Simulator looks like it will suck me in as badly as PowerWash Simulator did

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

For fans of the more casual side of gaming: just announced today is Spray Paint Simulator, one fans of PowerWash Simulator will probably also love and spend hours in.

An interview with the developers of the Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Interested in a little background on the Heroic Games Launcher, how it came to be and what challenges it comes with? Here's an interview with some of the developers responsible.

Dance of Dragons is the latest major update for War Thunder

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

A game I just love to sink hours into flying around in various planes and getting muddy in tanks, War Thunder has a new major update out now with Dance of Dragons.

Chill out with 'Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)' when it launches on October 7

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Popcannibal have announced their latest chilled-out experience in Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) will be launching on October 7th.

Mojang give an update on the future of Minecraft development

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Minecraft is closing in on 15 years now, and so Mojang have given an update on where things stand and what their plans are for future development.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for APB Reloaded, Hunt: Showdown 1896, Yakuza 3 & 4

By Liam Dawe, Sep 10

Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, that brings in a nice list of game fixes to get even more working.

The save Team Fortress 2 petition lands at Valve HQ with over 340,000 names

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9

Remember somewhat recently there was a new campaign to highlight bot issues in Team Fortress 2 (TF2)? This was part of the SaveTF2 petition, which gathered over 340,000 names and now it's at Valve's HQ.

The creator of Lutris has joined up with Playtron for PlaytronOS

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9

The Playtron team working on PlaytronOS has grown recently, with the creator of the popular app Lutris joining up.

Moon Watch is a time-stopping horde survival deck-builder from the devs of Backpack Hero

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9

The team behind the popular Backpack Hero, Jaspel, have revealed their new game Moon Watch. Combining together elements of recent popular games like Vampire Survivors for the basic idea, but blending in deck-building too with the ability to stop time.