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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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The Universim entering Beta with a ridiculously big update next month

By Liam Dawe,
The Universim is already quite impressive for a city-building god sim and it's about to get a huge amount bigger next month.

Borderlands 3, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Ghost Recon Breakpoint out this week on Google Stadia

By Liam Dawe,
Google are starting to boost their library of games for Stadia, with Borderlands 3 and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 now available. Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be out tomorrow for Stadia.

You can now return to the world of 1997's Blade Runner, as it's up and restored on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
What a lovely day. Blade Runner, the iconic and absolute classic 1997 adventure game from Westwood Studios has returned online and it's now available to pick up DRM-free on GOG.

Life is Strange 2 releases for Linux on December 19

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive announced today that their Linux port of Life is Strange 2 will be released on December 19.

Fail to Win is a game about repeatedly blowing yourself up to reach the next checkpoint

By Liam Dawe,
Need a laugh? Fail to Win certainly gave me a reason to smile, with a completely ridiculous idea for a game that surprisingly works quite well.

Open-world space adventure Starcom: Nexus now has a Linux Beta you can easily try

By Liam Dawe,
Wx3 Labs have now opened up the Beta for Starcom: Nexus to everyone who owns the game (or picks it up now), plus they're looking for some feedback.

The latest Stone Story RPG update looks awesome, brilliant ASCII animations

By Liam Dawe,
Stone Story RPG is probably one of the most surprising indie games released this year, as it pulled me in far quicker than expected for a game animated entirely with ASCII.

Want to try Google Stadia early? We have a three-month Stadia Pro Buddy Pass to give away

By Liam Dawe,
Courtesy of Google, we have an extra Buddy Pass to give away for their game streaming service Stadia.

Atari will offer 80/20 revenue split for the Atari VCS, confirming standard Linux games will run on it

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind the Atari VCS have finally given out some details on developing games for it, along with their revenue share model.

Don't Starve Together has another sweet animation and more free content

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment's online survival game Don't Starve Together continues getting bigger and better, with another free content update out plus a sweet animation.

Colourful ghost-busting twin-stick shooter Dead End Job is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Set in a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world, Dead End Job is a crazy twin-stick shooter where you're sucking up ghosts.

DXVK 1.5 released with D9VK merged in for D3D9 support, plus a statement on DXVK's future

By Liam Dawe,
With the news earlier about D9VK being merged into DXVK, to make DXVK the all-in-one solution for D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan - we now have a fresh release of DXVK with it all together.

Monster taming RPG 'Siralim Ultimate' announced, coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe,
Thylacine Studios have announced the next generation of their monster taming RPG games with Siralim Ultimate, what's essentially going to be Siralim 4.

Intense top-down racer 'Bloody Rally Show' now has a demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Now you can all join in, as the upcoming racing game Bloody Rally Show now has a demo available and it's well worth trying.

Need to make some pixel art? Pixelorama is a cross-platform FOSS tool worth looking at

By Liam Dawe,
It seems Godot Engine is good for more than making games, as the FOSS pixel art tool Pixelorama will show you.

Action RPG 'Last Epoch' full release delayed until Q4 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Eleventh Hour Games have decided to slow down their roadmap, take a little more time and get it right with Last Epoch now moving to a full release being in Q4 2020.

GemRB, the FOSS game engine for Bioware's Infinity Engine had a new release recently

By Liam Dawe,
Here's an open source game engine reimplementation you don't hear about much. GemRB, for Bioware's Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment games had a new release recently.

D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer

By Liam Dawe,
It's happened, the D9VK and DXVK projects have officially merged. This means DXVK is now the all-encompassing project to translate D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan for Wine.

Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2019, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe,
2019 is coming to a close, it's been a pretty wild year for Linux gaming that's for sure! Here's some thoughts on the year and what to expect for 2020.

D9VK, the Direct3D9 to Vulkan layer has a huge new 0.40 'Croakacola' release out

By Liam Dawe,
For use with Wine and Steam Play Proton, D9VK is the awesome project based on DXVK which translates Direct3D9 to Vulkan for better performance. A big new release just went out.
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