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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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Up for a retro adventure? The Space Quest II remake is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

Space Quest II from Sierra On-Line, originally released back in 1987 not long before I was born, has been revived by Infamous Adventures.

Adventure game creator 'Visionaire Studio' is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

Visionaire Studio, quite a popular game engine for creating adventure games is bringing the editor to Linux with the next planned release.

Minigalaxy, the free and open source Linux client for GOG has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2020

Progressing quickly, Minigalaxy is becoming quite a nice streamlined Linux client for managing GOG games since GOG themselves don't yet support Galaxy on Linux.

The final Act of Kentucky Route Zero will release January 28

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

Later this month, Kentucky Route Zero will finally be a finished story, seven years after the release of the first part.

Fates of Ort, a fantasy RPG focused on strategic action releases March with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

A retro inspired fantasy RPG with a focus on strategic action? With a story? Fates of Ort looks and sounds like it's going to be very interesting to play.

Have a Razer laptop and use Linux? Keep a close eye on this new open source project

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

Many hardware developers sadly don't provide official drivers for Linux, even when they do there's no decent interface for them. One user got "sick" of Razer's "lack of Linux support for laptops" so they made their own driver.

UnCiv, a free and open source remake of Civilization V

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

What do you do when you want to keep the mechanics of a game you love alive? If you're developer Yair Morgenstern, you remake it yourself like they did with UnCiv.

Primal Light looks like a fantastic action platformer coming to Linux, made in Godot

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

With a style that reminds me of a game I played on the Amiga (a name I've long forgotten), Primal Light actually looks really good.

Stylish and tough rogue-lite shooter 'Danger Gazers' released

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

ShotX Studio (Kontrakt, Riskers) recently released Danger Gazers, a very stylish rogue-lite shooter with a lot to like about it.

Shadow & The Blade DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II is out now for Linux, plus a big new patch

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

Today the porting studio Feral Interactive have managed to get The Shadow & The Blade DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II out for the Linux version.

Pixelorama, the free and open source sprite editor has a sweet new release up

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

Godot Engine isn't just good for making games, you can also build applications with it. That's exactly what Orama Interactive are doing with their pixel art sprite editor, Pixelorama.

Quake II RTX updated with a new fancy Photo Mode

By Liam Dawe, Jan 7, 2020

Lightspeed Studios and NVIDIA continue advancing Quake II RTX, which seems to be turning into an FPS playground of new features built on the classic game.