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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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D9VK 0.13 "Hypnotoad" is out, further advancing the D3D9 to Vulkan layer for Wine

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Developer Joshua Ashton today announced a brand new and rather large release of D9VK, the D3D9 to Vulkan layer for use with Wine.

Vulkan
Wine

MineRalph is a reaction-based rolling platformer that might make you rage, demo available

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Chop Chop Games seem to have created a game that might frustrate the best of gamers with MineRalph, a rolling platformer.

Physics-based building game "Besiege" just had a pretty big update, new levels and plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Building machines to destroy in Besiege is pretty fun and it's progressing towards the final release with a pretty huge update now available for this physics-based building game.

3D platformer Marble Skies has left Early Access, multiplayer is coming

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Marble Skies, a 3D platformer that's actually pretty good has officially left Early Access and they're continuing to improve it with big new features.

Tannenberg and Verdun both get gamepad support, plus some helpful balancing changes

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Tannenberg and Verdun, two first-person shooters that show WWI from different fronts both got updated, pulling in gamepad support.

Defend The Keep, a fast-paced Tower Defense game will be coming to Linux next week

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

Vanille Games have announced their Tower Defense game Defend The Keep will be releasing this month with full Linux support.

SteamVR has another beta up, with plenty of Linux fixes and other improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

With the Valve Index now out, Valve continue to make quick improvements to SteamVR with the latest Beta now available.

SC Controller, the UI and driver for the Steam Controller has new releases out

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

SC Controller is a truly wonderful bit of software, enabling the use and customization of the Steam Controller outside of Steam.

SkateBIRD entering the final day of funding, getting a little Them's Fightin' Herds crossover

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

SkateBIRD, a game about birds on skateboards (that's actually pretty sweet) is closing in on the last day of funding. They've also announced some more fun stuff coming to it and the demo will vanish after the Kickstarter, so be quick.

GOG are having a big sale for French developers, plus recent releases of Eternam and Leo the Lion

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

Three bits of GOG news in one for you DRM-free shopping fans today, as not only are they doing a big sale they also recently revived two more classic games.

Some early thoughts on A.N.N.E, the platformer and space shooter hybrid

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

Now that A.N.N.E is finally available to play in Early Access, I have played it and I have some thoughts to share on what to expect from this stylish platformer and space shooter hybrid. Article may contain spoilers.

Key reseller G2A is back in the spotlight again, as a petition is up to ask them to stop selling indie games

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

G2A, the key reseller that isn't particularly liked by most game developers is having some time in the spotlight and as usual, it's not for good reasons.

Editorial

Business sim city-builder "Summer Islands" recently added Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

Inspired by the classic game Holiday Island, Summer Islands recently entered Early Access and the developer has now added Linux support to it on Steam.

Single-player roguelike deck-builder "Roguebook" from the developer of Faeria is fully funded

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

That's a tick in the box for another game confirmed to be coming to Linux, as Abrakam's single-player roguelike deck-builder "Roguebook" has been fully funded.

The Lion King, Aladdin and The Jungle Book no longer available on Steam, some about to leave GOG too

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

Three classics are no longer available for sale on Steam, with nothing announced to say why. However, GOG at least have given a bit of warning that they're about to go.

AMD have today released the Radeon RX 5700 series GPUs and the Ryzen 3000 series CPUs

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2019

The world of 7nm is here, as AMD have today released their new GPU and CPU series with the Radeon RX 5700 and Ryzen 3000.

AMD
Hardware

Debian 10 "Buster" has finally been released

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2019

After around 25 months of development, Debian has now released the next stable version Debian 10 "Buster" which will be supported for five years.

Distro News

Prepare your Command-Wine Interface for an upgrade to version 4.12 (update - and 4.12.1)

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2019

I had to try really hard to think of a pun I haven't used but I'm not out of juice just yet! The show must go on, with the Wine development release 4.12 now available.

Wine

You can try the awesome demo of Jupiter Hell again this weekend

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2019

Jupiter Hell, the atmospheric and quite brutal roguelike from ChaosForge is opening the doors for another weekend, so you can try out the demo before it goes public.

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