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Warzone 2100 the 'Spectre Update' is out with game replays, spectating and more

By Liam Dawe,
The Spectre Update is live now for Warzone 2100, the real-time strategy game originally developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive that's nowadays free and open source.

Wrought Flesh is an upcoming FPS where you swap your organs

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Narayana Walters is close to releasing Wrought Flesh, a retro-styled first-person shooter that has a unique upgrade system where you swap-out your flesh for something a little better.

Roguelite FPS dungeon crawler Ziggurat 2 has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Ziggurat 2 from Milkstone Studios is a fast-paced roguelite FPS dungeon crawler and the 1.0 release is out now.

Linux Kernel 5.15 released, futex2 work to help Linux gaming going into Kernel 5.16

By Liam Dawe,
Two major bits of news for the Linux Kernel today as not only has Linux 5.15 been released with lots new, we're also likely to finally see the futex2 work from Collabora in Linux 5.16.

A look over what was popular on GamingOnLinux during October 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for October 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!

Pick up some more games in the Aspyr 25th Anniversary Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
More games to end your weekend? Why not. Humble Bundle has a fresh one up with the Aspyr 25th Anniversary Bundle.

Dota 2 gets a new hero with Marci and DOTA: Dragon's Blood gets a new Season 2 trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Busy time in Dota 2 land for Valve with a major update just being shipped for the free to play MOBA, with Marci hopping over from the anime to the game. Plus a new trailer for season 2 of DOTA: Dragon's Blood.

Zink driver (OpenGL on top of Vulkan) has Bioshock Infinite working, close to OpenGL 4.6

By Liam Dawe,
Zink is something quite wonderful. A Linux Mesa driver that creates an OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan and it just keeps on getting more impressive.

Submarine survival sim Barotrauma gets a huge 'Among the Ancients' update

By Liam Dawe,
Among the Ancients is the latest update for the tough submarine survival game Barotrauma, bringing with it new alien ruins and character progression to give you more of everything.

Colonize the red planet in Terraformers: First Steps on Mars, a free prologue out now

By Liam Dawe,
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is the free prologue for the upcoming colony sim from Asteroid Lab and Goblinz Publishing. Available now to try out.

The Battle for Wesnoth hits new landmark with release 1.16

By Hythlodaeus,
After three years of continuous development, the FOSS strategy classic has finally put out a new stable release.

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe,
If you have the latest version of Proton Experimental, Valve just recently put up a new Steam Client Beta too which allows playing Windows games on Linux that make use of their older CEG DRM.

Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live

By Liam Dawe,
You have money left from all the previous sales right? Well, prepare your wallet (again) for even more sales from two of the biggest stores around.

Cause chaos in the pixel-art god sim WorldBox when it releases December 2 on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
After being available for direct purchases for some time now, the popular pixel-art god sim will enter Early Access on Steam on December 2.

Tame wild jellies in Alchemic Cutie when it releases on November 12

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for your next super-sweet casual adventure? Alchemic Cutie is set to finally see a Steam release with native Linux support on November 12.

Love Sonic? Check out the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
I grew up playing Sonic on the Sega Mega Drive, so this looks like an awesome bundle for me. Humble Bundle has put up a small but nice collection with the Sonic 30th Anniversary Bundle.

X.Org 21.1.0 sees a release with Variable refresh rate support in the modesetting driver

By Liam Dawe,
After three years without a full release, X.Org 21.1.0 has finally landed with new features and a lot of bug fixes.

New build of Proton Experimental helps Project CARS 3, Control and more on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
We continue seeing lots of quick fixes coming into Proton Experimental, the special testing version of the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer with another release up now.

Mind-bending puzzler Superliminal is getting a multiplayer mode

By Liam Dawe,
Superliminal is a pretty great puzzle game all about using the ambiguity of depth and perspective and to celebrate a year since the Steam release it's getting multiplayer.

Little Big Adventure 1 & 2 get open sourced under the GPL

By Liam Dawe,
Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 are two classic titles originally developed by Adeline Software International and now they've both had their engine source code officially released.