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Typing adventure RPG 'Nanotale - Typing Chronicles' out now for Linux
This was a surprise to see. Nanotale - Typing Chronicles from Fishing Cactus, PID Games, 2PGames recently published an official native Linux build.
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Orbiter Space Flight Simulator goes open source
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator is a classic comprehensive 3D space flight simulator and the developer has recently made it open source as they've haven't had enough time for it.
Iron Gate tease more of what's coming to Valheim in Hearth & Home
Sounds like development on the co-op survival game Valheim is progressing well, with the first major upgrade Hearth & Home currently on schedule for release this quarter.
A round-up of popular GamingOnLinux articles through July 2021
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for July 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!
Space sandbox game Avorion has a huge 2.0 Beta available now
Avorion is a single-player or online co-op space survival sandbox game, one where you construct your ships with individual blocks and go explore the galaxy.
Valve talk about learning from mistakes with the upcoming Steam Deck
As we all know the Steam Machines didn't go anywhere and Valve have clearly learned a lot from it, as they spoke about in a recent video from IGN.
Lutris game manager 0.5.9-beta1 is out adding Epic Games Store support
It's been a while since we had a new major release of Lutris, the free and open source game manager that allows you to bundle together all of your games in a single application.
Linux has finally hit that almost mythical 1% user share on Steam again
The day I'm sure many have been waiting for, and just as many probably thought it wouldn't happen. Linux has finally hit 1% again on the Steam Hardware Survey.
You can get Delver, Tower of Time and more in the Humble RPG Heroes Bundle
It seems Humble Bundle are starting to ramp-up their game bundles again and they have another with the Humble RPG Heroes Bundle that has some great games inside.
Wine 6.14 released with Mono updates, more prep work for GDI syscall interface
The Wine hackers have today popped open another bottle to let it breathe for a bit, with the development build Wine 6.14 now available for testing.
Get a free copy of Wanderlust: Transsiberian on GOG with their publisher sale
Publisher Walkabout is having a bit of sale over on GOG.com and you can grab yourself a free copy of the travelling adventure Wanderlust: Transsiberian.
Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection coming from the team behind Half-Life 2: Update
With Valve's blessing, it seems the Half-Life 2 series is getting a full update from the team that made Half-Life 2: Update in the form of the Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection.
Humble has a pretty big Starfinder RPG bundle going with physical goodies
Yes, this isn't exactly Linux gaming (we do cover other geeky things…) but the Humble RPG Book Bundle: Starfinder is still thoroughly interesting with some physical goodies included too.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT announced and launching August 11
AMD has lifted the lid on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, a fresh RDNA 2 powered GPU that will be launching August 11.
Steam gets new a Downloads page, new Steam Library manager and Linux improvements
A fresh Beta update is available for the Steam Client and this time it's a big one. Overhauling the Downloads page, and the Steam Library manager is finally more useful.
You can now support the Flatpak package format on Open Collective
Flatpak is the next-generation of packing applications and games for Linux and now you can directly support it.
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) gets real close to properly working Linux support, free Kythera AI
We mentioned recently that the newly announced Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Linux Foundation and Amazon AWS was closer to proper Linux support, and we have a fresh update on that.
Proton Experimental updated for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Origin fixes
Here we go again, ahead of the weekend a fresh version of Proton Experimental has gone live allowing you to test the latest adjustments for playing Windows games on Linux.
In Spindle you become Death and figure out why no one is dying along with your pet Pig
Spindle certainly has an interesting premise that's worth keeping an eye on. You take on the role of Death, as you try to find out why no one seems to able to die, with your pet Pig companion.
AMD remains on-track for Zen 4 and RDNA 3 in 2022, Ryzen 5000 G-Series soon
AMD recently did their Q2 2021 financial results and investor call, and they seem to be thoroughly confident on their roadmap for upcoming advances with the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- NVIDIA announce a few changes for GeForce NOW and new games for December
- Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews
- The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays
- Kitten Space Agency is the spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program
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