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Meet the mind behind Bazzite - an interview with Kyle Gospodnetich

By Liam Dawe,
Want to know a little more about Bazzite and the original founder? Here's your chance with a brand new interview with Kyle Gospodnetich.

Talking point - what have you been playing lately?

By Liam Dawe,
Hello GamingOnLinux readers! It's time again to open up the floor as they say so jump into the comments and give your latest recommendations.
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A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
Memes, you gotta love 'em right? Question Hound from This Is Fine is getting a metroidvania platformer video game with This Is Fine: Maximum Cope.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now with Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
After a long time for fans waiting on it, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now officially out and it arrives with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

Don't miss out on grabbing a free copy of the new GUNTOUCHABLES

By Liam Dawe,
From Ghost Ship Publishing and Game Swing, GUNTOUCHABLES is a new frantic online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players.

Lucky Tower Ultimate is hilarious and now Steam Deck Verified with a big update

By Liam Dawe,
Probably one of the funniest games I've had the pleasure of playing over the last year, Lucky Tower Ultimate is a gem and worth a go. Now even more so.

Dwarf Fortress hits 800,000 sales and no sign of it stopping

By Liam Dawe,
Dwarf Fortress on Steam and itch.io has been a mega success for Bay 12 Games, a deserved success, given their previous free release supported and updated for a long time. Now the developers have confirmed it's closing in on a million sales.

Move over Diablo 4 and Path of Exile as Last Epoch 1.0 is here

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for your next action RPG? Diablo and Path of Exile fans may want to take a look at Last Epoch, which has finally left Early Access with the 1.0 update and there's plenty to love about it.

Palworld hits 19 million players in less than two weeks - beating the latest Pokémon

By Liam Dawe,
Palworld continues being an absolutely ridiculous success for developer Pocketpair, as they've announced it's hit 19 million players in less than two weeks.

Fanatical has Play On The Go Summer Bundle for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical is currently doing their own special Summer Sale with new bundle launches like the Play On The Go Bundle - Summer Edition, a free game and lots of discounts.

Rhythm adventure Hi-Fi RUSH from Tango Gameworks gets a surprise release

By Liam Dawe,
Tango Gameworks, developer of The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo, along with publisher Bethesda just stealth released their latest game called Hi-Fi RUSH.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 19: SiNsational

By Hamish,
Given the the company's current focus, the name Hyperion Entertainment seems an odd fit for the modern maintainer of AmigaOS, betraying its earlier status as an Amiga focused video game porting house. One of their ports, that of SiN, to this day remains from them an elusive Linux exclusive.

Heroic Games Launcher for GOG and Epic Games v2.5.0 Beta 3 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Probably one of my favourite open source projects, Heroic Games Launcher helps you manage your GOG and Epic Games accounts on Linux and Steam Deck. A big new release is getting closer, with v2.5.0 Beta 3 out now integrating How Long to Beat data.

Get some quality titles like Frostpunk and Children of Morta in the 11bit bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for some more quality games? There's an 11 Bit developer / publisher bundle on Humble and it seems like a pretty good deal overall.

No more Steam Deck reservation queue — buy it now, plus Docking Station available

By Liam Dawe,
The day is finally here. Valve has removed the reservation queue for the Steam Deck, so you can buy it right now. Additionally, the Steam Deck Docking Station is also now available.

Space Invaders fused with awesome music, Beat Invaders gets a huge 2.0 update

By Liam Dawe,
Quite possibly one of my absolute favourite games released in 2022, Beat Invaders is a marvellous fusion of the classic Space Invaders with slick beats and neon lighting. Version 2.0 is out now adding in a lot and overhauling even more.

The Steam Deck has released, here's my initial review

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Deck has arrived and Valve were kind enough to ship GamingOnLinux a review unit — here’s my own initial thoughts after spending a couple weeks with it.

Doom Fighters turns the classic Doom II into a beat 'em up

By Liam Dawe,
Doom mods do a lot of things from small adjustments to total conversions and Doom Fighters is one of the most interesting I've seen recently that turns Doom II into a beat 'em up.

VR is absolutely insane, I am officially a convert and it works mostly great on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It is time! I finally have a Valve Index with thanks to supporter Scaine and it has genuinely blown a few braincells away with just how incredible an experience it actually is.

A look back over some of the most-read articles from March 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for March 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
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