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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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My top 5 Linux games released in 2019, those that truly won me over

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2020

As 2019 is now properly over and done with, it's time to take a quick look back. Here's some thoughts on the Linux games released that sat above the rest.

Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2020

A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.

Open Fodder, the open source game engine for Cannon Fodder has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Now this is some classic gaming. Cannon Fodder is a game I remember playing on the Amiga and it's being kept alive with a cross-platform open source game engine called Open Fodder.

You can now easily control the AMD Wraith Prism RGB colouring on Linux with CM-RGB

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Thanks to an open source project, you can now quite easily adjust the colouring on the fan of the AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler.

The remaster of turn-based RPG 'Stoneshard: Prologue' is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Stoneshard: Prologue acts as the demo for the upcoming Early Access release of Stoneshard, a tough turn-based RPG inspired by Diablo and classic roguelikes.

Set in a comic-book world with Metal Slug inspired visuals, Fury Unleashed is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

I do love a good action-heavy platformer and Fury Unleashed from Awesome Games Studio looks pretty intense.

Deck-building rogue-lite RPG, A Long Way Down, entering Early Access this month

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

A Long Way Down mashes together elements of an RPG and a deck-building game, as you attempt to escape a maze and it's coming to Linux later this month.

FOSS game engine Godot Engine aiming for Vulkan support by 'mid 2020'

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Juan Linietsky, lead developer of the FOSS game engine Godot Engine has written a retrospective article while also going over future plans for Godot Engine.

devilutionX, an open source game engine for the original Diablo sees a big release

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

devilutionX, based upon the reverse engineered code from Devilution, has a big 1.0 release for playing the original Diablo on modern systems.

Event Horizon drop a new teaser for their upcoming RPG Dark Envoy, releasing this year

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Dark Envoy from Event Horizon (Tower of Time) is an upcoming non-linear RPG inspired by the likes of the Divinity series, XCOM, FTL, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.

Mike Shapiro drops a cryptic message from G-Man for the upcoming Half-Life: Alyx

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2020

Half-Life: Alyx is set to release in March this year, and while we don't yet know what exactly is happening with Linux support it's still an exciting time.