Patreon Logo Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. This ensures all of our main content remains free for everyone. Just good, fresh content! Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal Logo PayPal. You can also buy games using our partner links for GOG and Humble Store.
Viewing all the latest news and updates.

Brace yourself, Winter is coming to Crusader Kings III

By Liam Dawe,
As if you didn't have enough problems with backstabbers, finding someone to marry and keeping your kingdom together - winter is coming to Crusader Kings III in the 1.3 update.

plus-x is a simple tool to help developers on Windows set Linux permissions for games

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small and very useful sounding application from game developer Cheeseness. It's called plus-x and the aim is to allow developers on Windows to set the correct permissions on Linux executables.

Political strategy game Rogue State Revolution gets a demo and a release date

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue State Revolution from LRDGames, Inc. (Deep Sixed, Precipice) and publisher Modern Wolf is an upcoming challenging roguelike geopolitical thriller strategy game.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 rolls out for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Need the absolute latest special fixes? The developer-focused NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 has rolled out and it includes quite a few fixes - including some just for Linux.

Loop Hero is out now and I'm going to need help to tear myself away from it

By Liam Dawe,
Loop Hero, probably the only titles I've pre-ordered in the last few years is officially out now and I really will need some help to pull myself away from running just one more loop.

Valve gives up on Artifact setting it free with Artifact Classic and Artifact Foundry

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's Dota themed card game Artifact has now well and truly failed, as they've now stopped the 2.0 redevelopment which is now named Artifact Foundry with the original as Artifact Classic and both now free to play.

Dark low-fantasy tactical survival RPG 'Urtuk: The Desolation' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Urtuk: The Desolation from David Kaleta presents you with a dark world in a low-fantasy settings where you guide a team of survivors through a ruined world.

Super charming 3D burrowing platformer Mail Mole is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love 3D platformers? Mail Mole from Talpa Games and Undercoders is out now with its sweet family friendly setting that sees you fire a mole around various different lands.

The GoD Unit is a brain-tickling first-person physics puzzle game out now

By Liam Dawe,
With the recent updates to Portal 2 I got a needy feeling for more first-person puzzle goodness and thankfully The GoD Unit seems to deliver on that.

Might and Delight confirm Shelter 3 to launch on March 30

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready to become one with nature again, as Shelter 3 from Might and Delight now has an official release date and it's going up on March 30.

Torrent of Impurities is a brand new single-player and co-op Quake Episode

By Liam Dawe,
Need more of the classic FPS Quake in your life? Check out the newly released Torrent of Impurities by a bunch of Finnish mappers which serves up another dose to blast through.

Drova - Forsaken Kin is an upcoming pixel-art RPG with 'high player agency'

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to try another demo of a promising upcoming game? The developer of Drova - Forsaken Kin emailed in about their pixel-art RPG and it sounds pretty promising.

Another Proton Experimental update is out improving VR and controllers

By Liam Dawe,
Proton Experimental is the extra special testing area where new fixes and features enter the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer before going out to everyone and there's a new update out.

The next AMD RDNA 2 card revealed with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has today revealed their next graphics card powered by the RDNA 2 architecture with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which they say is aimed at the "gaming enthusiast looking for maximum settings at 1440p and high-refresh competitive gameplay".

Tower Defense with deck-building 'Core Defense' set to get an expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Core Defense, a positively rated tower defense game by users (and one we enjoyed) from developer ehmprah that sprinkles in a little deck-building is getting an expansion with a Beta you can try.

The tenth Norse world sure is busy as Valheim hits 5 million sold

By Liam Dawe,
Fully expected of course, Valheim continues pulling in masses of new users with the announcement that it's now sold 5 million copies over the first month.

Koi Farm is a simple relaxing chill-out experience about raising fish

By Liam Dawe,
Need a casual game to get you through the day, or perhaps to mess with on another screen? Koi Farm released recently and it's quite a little gem.

Survival game Vintage Story gets an official mod database, improved Wayland support

By Liam Dawe,
Out for your next survival game that isn't Valheim? Do give Vintage Story a go, which on the surface looks like Minecraft but it's so much more interesting and far deeper mechanically.

Valve makes further improvements to Steam Link and Remote Play Together

By Liam Dawe,
Along with finally releasing the Linux client of the Steam Link app, Valve has also been making steady improvements to Steam Link and Remote Play Together.

Steam Link app now available for the Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Valve along with their partners at open source consulting firm Collabora have ported over the standalone Steam Link application to the traditional Linux desktop.