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Dinosaur survival MMO Path of Titans adds the Allosaurus and baby dinos

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2021

Path of Titans is slowly shaping up to be an MMO worth looking into with full cross-platform support and a big new update is out now adding in a ferocious new beast and cute little baby dinos.

God simulator WorldBox is now officially live in Early Access on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2021

WorldBox - God Simulator from Maxim Karpenko is a god simulator and civilization sandbox game, with a pixel-art style that allows for plenty of creativity.

Steam could launch for Chromebooks soon, mentions game compatibility reports

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2021

We're seeing more reports of Steam for Chromebooks coming and Luke Short writing for Android Police thinks it will be soon.

Valve shows off 'Design Validation' units of the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2021

While we sit and attempt to wait patiently for the Steam Deck to arrive next year after the delay, Valve has given out some fresh shots of their new Design Validation (DV) units.

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) sees a first major release, Linux support in preview

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Open 3D Foundation is what was once Amazon Lumberyard, now open source it's just had a first major stable release.

Steam Next Fest gave developers a '500%' increase in converting wishlists to sales

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

Valve has written up a short blog post going over how their Steam Next Fest has improved things for developers, and it seems by a huge amount in some cases.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games appears popular with over 100K downloads

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

Despite the Epic Games Store not offering Linux support at all, it still seems to be somewhat popular with Linux users as the unofficial Heroic Games Launcher hit a big downloads milestone.

The Jingle Jam 2021 Games Collection is live to help charity

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

Want to help good causes and get some awesome games at the same time? The Jingle Jam 2021 Games Collection is live for another year with plenty to love.

A love-letter to the FPV community, Liftoff: Micro Drones lands in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

Love drone racing and think it's getting a bit too cold for the outside world? Check out the new release of Liftoff: Micro Drones that's in Early Access.

Minecraft set to be 30% faster on Linux with Mesa drivers

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

If you're using the open source Mesa drivers on Linux (mostly AMD/Intel) and you're a fan of Minecraft, the next Mesa release is going to give you a big performance uplift.

November marked 7 months of Linux rising on Steam & 5 months above 1%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2021

I think we can now firmly say that we are the 1%? Another month is down as so the latest Steam Hardware Survey numbers are out and it continues being very positive for Linux gaming.

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea Screenshot

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea announced for 2022

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Developers at Motion Twin / Evil Empire have announced Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea DLC that will be releasing in early 2022 (Q1) and it has a teaser.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 shows off big game fixes

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

RPCS3 continues advancing to truly nail-down the experience of playing classic PlayStation 3 games emulated on modern platforms and a fresh video shows lots of fun.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena in OpenTESArena

The Elder Scrolls: Arena reimplementation OpenTESArena gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

While it's currently still in heavy development, OpenTESArena is another great example of what can be done with open source with it reimplementing The Elder Scrolls: Arena in a modern cross-platform game engine.

Valve reportedly developing a Half-Life shooter-strategy hybrid

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

There's been some reports circulating thanks to YouTuber Tyler McVicker (previously known as Valve News Network) that goes into some detail about what Valve is up to. Seems like we might get an RTS/FPS hybrid for the Steam Deck.

Collabora announced Venus, 3D accelerated Vulkan in QEMU

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Well this is quite exciting. Collabora, the open source consulting firm that often works with Valve, has announced the experimental Venus driver for 3D acceleration of Vulkan applications in QEMU.

Your monthly catch-up post is here for November 2021

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for November 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.

As GOG struggles, Steam hit a new high of 27M people online

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Recently we had news that DRM-free store GOG has been struggling with losses, and here's Steam continuing to just smash through previous records.

Caves & Cliffs: Part II has arrived for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

Caves & Cliffs: Part II is out now for Minecraft, bringing with it some huge changes to the world generation to make the exploration much more interesting.

Ubisoft suggest posting on their forum for Proton support in Rainbow Six Siege

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

Now that getting games that use BattlEye for anti-cheat working on Linux (either native or through Proton) is easier, an Ubisoft rep suggests people post in their forum to show demand for it.