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DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER is an absolutely wild sounding fast-paced retro shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Have the need for speed and love a good retro first-person shooter? DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER is what you should take a look at.

It's possible to run Doom inside of Doom

By Liam Dawe,
We've all seen how Doom has become one of the ways people test electronics, the whole "I got Doom to run on x" but this is something else. Running Doom inside of Doom, Doomception here we come.

Get a free copy of VirtuaVerse for the final part of the GOG Summer Sale

By Liam Dawe,
Another free game for you to add to your collection. GOG are now giving away the sci-fi point and click adventure VirtuaVerse as part of their Summer Sale.

GZDoom powered dark-fantasy FPS 'Hands of Necromancy' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Powered by the awesome GZDoom game engine, Hands of Necromancy looks like another solid choice for those of you (like me!) who absolutely love retro shooters.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.11 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Windows compatibility layer that allows you to run various applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton) has a new development release out with Wine 7.11.

GZDoom 4.8.0 with cut-scene system, Discord integration, HUD scaling

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source retro FPS game engine, GZDoom, has a brand new release available with some big new features.

Hands of Necromancy is an upcoming GZDoom powered dark fantasy shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Love retro shooters? How about those with a little magical flair to them and dark fantasy? The GZDoom engine powered Hands of Necromancy is coming to Steam with a teaser demo up now.

Mesa 22.1.0 out now improving open source graphics

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 22.1.0 is out now bringing tons of improvements for open source graphics drivers for OpenGL and Vulkan.

Doom & Destiny Worlds gets Steam Deck Verified, dev gives info on what they changed

By Liam Dawe,
Doom & Destiny Worlds is an open world turn-based RPG with crafting, building, farming, and 4 players local co-op option. Recently it was Verified for Steam Deck.

An interview with Aaron Honeycutt from System76

By Liam Dawe,
It's time for a fresh interview. Today I have Aaron Honeycutt from System76, makers of Linux distribution Pop!_OS and various hardware, who talked a little about their work.

Turbo Overkill should see full Linux and Steam Deck support for the 1.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
Turbo Overkill, a brand new Blade Runner-meets-DOOM hellscape FPS from Trigger Happy Interactive and Apogee Entertainment is out in Early Access.

Selaco is an FPS inspired by F.E.A.R and a demo is coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
To say I am hyped about trying Selaco might be a serious understatement because it looks incredible. A GZDoom powered cross-platform FPS inspired by F.E.A.R and soon a demo will be available.

Valve gathering a list of Deck Verified games that have problems

By Liam Dawe,
On Steam, one of the official Valve-picked moderators of the Steam Deck hub has a new post up they've pinned to gather information on problematic Steam Deck Verified titles.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 16: We Are All Doomed

By Hamish,
The most appealing aspect of my QDI Advance 5/133 motherboard is its inclusion of AGP, PCI, and ISA expansion slots. By having both dedicated MIDI and 3D acceleration hardware I can dip my toes into two different eras of gaming. As for the actual MIDI tracks produced, well, they have personality at least.

Fan game Sonic Robo Blast 2 gets a new tutorial, various improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a Sonic fan and love checking out fan games? What about a 3D game made with the Doom Legacy port of Doom?

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 15: Square Cubed

By Hamish,
John Carmack's generosity in releasing his older source code resulted in a proliferation of free first person shooters in the 2000s, but Dutch programmer Wouter van Oortmerssen rejected this path to forge Cube based in the same "just for fun" spirit with which Linus Torvalds first began work on the Linux kernel.

John Romero releases new DOOM II level to raise funds to support Ukraine

By Liam Dawe,
Want to support the people of Ukraine and get a little something in return perhaps? There's a huge amount of developers throwing their support in and even John Romero has appeared with a new DOOM II level.

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.

First-person retro-fueled RPG Beyond Sunset gets a demo

By Liam Dawe,
Are you ready to dive into a new world? Beyond Sunset looks absolutely awesome and now you've got a chance to check it out, as a demo has been put up recently.

1 week from release, Steam Deck hits well over 640 Playable games

By Liam Dawe,
We're now only a single week away from something amazing, Valve will be officially releasing the Steam Deck. Here's some updated numbers on what games you can expect to see working well.
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