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Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux - 15 years old today

By Liam Dawe,
Are those some spots I see in the mirror? Must be the teens. GamingOnLinux, the website, is another year older today and I'm still blown away by what we've achieved together. 15 years! I can hardly believe it.

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE released on GOG plus new giveaway

By Liam Dawe,
For the GOG fans amongst the GamingOnLinux readership, there's another big DRM-free release available with METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE. Plus, another giveaway.

Here's how to fix the ELDEN RING 'inappropriate activity' issue on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
A new patch has been rolled out for ELDEN RING, and it's supposed to fix the inappropriate activity detected message from their anti-cheat with a bit of manual effort. Here's what to do.

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' gets a Beta release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' has a first Beta release available for testing, built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 it will be supported until 2029.

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster announced for Steam releasing September

By Liam Dawe,
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is real from CAPCOM and not only is it coming to Steam, it's releasing somewhat soon on September 19th.

Bazzite 3.5 gets updated NVIDIA drivers, expanded handheld support (including Steam Deck OLED)

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite is one of the best options to get Linux on various gaming handhelds, and the 3.5.0 release is out now that has improvements pretty much everywhere with expanded hardware support.

GE-Proton 9-8 and 9-9 fixes Resident Evil on GOG, various other game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
With the original Resident Evil now on GOG and the later games to come, GE-Proton / Proton-GE has a new release out to fix some issues in it and other games.

NVIDIA driver 555.58 released as stable bringing Wayland Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
The time is finally here. The next big stable update to the NVIDIA proprietary driver for Linux with version 555.58 bringing Wayland Explicit Sync.

Sci-fi racing platformer Distance gets a surprise update with Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Distance is a name I've not heard for a while. A really good fun sci-fi racing platformer from developer Refract that released in 2018, and they're bringing it back for v1.5: The Kinetic Update.

SteamOS 3.6.7 Preview for Steam Deck released, plus more Steam Beta Client updates for all

By Liam Dawe,
A couple of smaller updates for both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to go over today, as Valve keep pushing towards the next stable update.

DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans

By Liam Dawe,
VR fans rejoice! The GNOME project has finally pulled in DRM lease protocol support today, something required for getting VR under GNOME on Wayland working well.

Guide a caravan of adventurers through hostile environments in Sandwalkers

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a blending of Curious Expedition and Vagrus - The Riven Realms we have here with Sandwalkers, a roguelike turn-based exploration game where you guide a caravan across hostile environments.

ElectricMaple joins WiVRn and ALVR in giving options to stream VR to a headset

By Liam Dawe,
Helping you cut down on all those wires, and potentially making way for cheaper low-end VR headsets for streaming, ElectricMaple was announced by Collabora and PlutoVR joining the likes of WiVRn and ALVR.

The hybrid combat mechanics in The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods sounds exciting

By Liam Dawe,
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods from Shadowfall Studios is an immersive first-person action genre, combining a powerful spellcrafting system with hybrid combat mechanics that allow players to wield crafted magical abilities and melee weapons independently.

Classic free physics sandbox game The Powder Toy is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Remember when falling sand on your screen was all the rage? The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions.

Burn With Me is a deck-builder where you burn your cards to win

By Liam Dawe,
Well, that's certainly different. Usually a deck-builder card game is about building up your deck, here's it's about sacrificing them and burning them away.

Canonical detail improvements the Steam Snap, work to advance gaming continues on Ubuntu

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical are well into development on Ubuntu 24.10, the next non-LTS version of the popular Linux distribution and things keep improving for gamers.

Selaco has sold 51,000 copies in only two weeks

By Liam Dawe,
The seriously impressive GZDoom-powered shooter Selaco from Altered Orbit Studios has managed to do quite well for the Early Access launch.

NVIDIA exploring ways to support an upstream kernel mode GPU driver

By Liam Dawe,
Time to get your popcorn out, as it seems NVIDIA are continuing their steps to further improve their Linux support on their GPUs.

Hypersomnia is a free and open source top-down competitive 2D shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Feeling competitive? Hypersomnia from Patryk Czachurski is a top-down 2D competitive online shooter. It's free, open source and you can play it via Steam or directly in your browser.
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