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Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.

Developer of the cosmic-horror RPG 'Death Trash' shows off some sales per-platform

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2021

After being in Early Access for close to a month now, Stephan Hövelbrinks has posted a brief summary of sales for Death Trash on Steam across the different platforms.

Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2021

We don't usually comment directly on the Steam Hardware Survey every month, not unless it's something real interesting and this is the second month where it is because we're still officially above 1%!

A round-up of what was hot on GamingOnLinux through August 2021

By Liam Dawe, 1 Sep 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for August 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!

Tactical narrative hacking RPG 'Midnight Protocol' releases Q4 2021 and gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 30 Aug 2021

Ready for some hacking? Midnight Protocol, the strategic RPG from LuGus Studios and Iceberg Interactive is seeing a slight delay to the release but there's a new trailer and demo up.

Deck-building meets big metal mechs in Jupiter Moons: Mecha with a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2021

Another coming out of Gamescom 2021 is a brand new short trailer for Jupiter Moons: Mecha, a deck-builder that puts you in the pilot seat of a big powerful mech unit.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion has dropped Linux support (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2021

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, a silly single-player adventure that reviewed well and one I personally enjoyed has decided to drop Linux support.

Happy Birthday to Linux, 30 years strong

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2021

It was on this day 30 years ago that a younger Linus Torvalds announced a free operating system to the comp.os.minix group and from there it exploded across servers, desktops and now plenty more.

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Fantasy Town Regional Manager is an upcoming turn-based roguelite city-builder

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2021

Fantasy Town Regional Manager from developer Caps Collective is an upcoming turn-based city-builder that has a little deck-building sprinkled in and the code is available on GitHub.

The ridiculous Killer Bean is getting a third-person shooter video game

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2021

Ever heard of Killer Bean? It's a film created by Jeff Lew that released back in 2009 that eventually saw a full YouTube release in 2018 and gained something of a cult following - and now it's getting a game.

The great auto-battler deck-builder Hadean Tactics gets a big content update

By Liam Dawe, 20 Aug 2021

Hadean Tactics is an Early Access game that blends together an auto-battler with a deck-builder to give you a thoroughly great experience and there's a new content upgrade out now.

Didn't last long: Back 4 Blood no longer working on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

Well, looks like the previous excitement around Back 4 Blood and the Open Beta for Linux users is over, as it appears whatever they tweaked recently now stops Linux players with Proton.

Valve puts up a Steam Deck trailer and the head of Xbox seems to really like it

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

Valve has remembered they have an official YouTube channel with the release of a new advert for the Steam Deck, plus the Steam Deck gets a nod of approval from an unlikely source.

s&box from Facepunch 'works great' on the Steam Deck but no native Linux plans

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

s&box is the upcoming game from Facepunch Studios that acts as a sequel to Garry's Mod although it won't actually be Garry's Mod 2. Recently Facepunch were asked about Linux support since it uses Valve's Source 2 game engine.

Developer ehmprah gives an update on how Core Defense did a year later

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

Core Defense is a "roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding" and now it's been out for little over a year, developer ehmprah gives an overview of how the indie release went.

Looks like the fresh Back 4 Blood Beta is working on Linux with Proton GE

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

Back 4 Blood is releasing in October from Turtle Rock Studios (original developer on Left 4 Dead) and they now have an Open Beta that anyone can try out and it appears to work with Proton GE.

Collabora cut down futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2021

After attempting for some time now to get their futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, Collabora have cut it all down to focus on one part that has seen thorough testing to help Windows games on Linux with Steam Play Proton.

Roguebook from the developer of Faeria is now released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

Abrakam Entertainment SA along with publisher Nacon have released Roguebook their deck-builder roguelike for Linux.

I look forward to all the improvements KDE Plasma will get with the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

One thing I am excited about when it comes to the Steam Deck is that it has a full desktop Linux mode, which is powered by KDE Plasma and I don't think that's getting the attention it deserves.

Valve dumped Debian Linux for Arch Linux with SteamOS 3 because surprise - faster updates

By Liam Dawe, 10 Aug 2021

It was likely no secret to most Linux users who know a bit about distributions but Valve has clarified directly that the main reason for dumping Debian Linux for Arch Linux was for faster updates.

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