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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 5: Quaking in My Boots

By Hamish,
Dave Taylor can be credited with kickstarting the commercial Linux gaming industry with his ports of the games Doom and Abuse. Before leaving id Software he also graced us with a Linux port of Quake, which was later taken by Macmillan Digital Publishing to form the basis of their retail Quake: The Offering package.

Retro FPS Ion Fury getting an Aftershock expansion this Summer

By Liam Dawe,
Ion Fury, the old-school first-person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment is getting a big full expansion named Aftershock.

Cozy narrative driven adventure game Forgotten Fields releases April 14

By Liam Dawe,
Frostwood Interactive today announce that their latest title, Forgotten Fields, will debut on Steam and GOG on April 14th.

A pirate quartermaster is a very quirky game about pirate life - Linux version now up

By Liam Dawe,
A pirate quartermaster from developer Ivan Armandy released back in October, and now it's available and supported directly on Linux too.

Get some classic Worms games in the latest Humble Bundle, plus multiple other big sales

By Liam Dawe,
Got Worms? Well, you can get a whole lot of them in the latest Humble Bundle from the classics up to the newer stuff and some of them have Linux builds too.

Worms Armageddon gets a 21 year update, should work better with Wine and Proton

By Liam Dawe,
The classic Team17 game Worms Armageddon, originally released in 1999 and to this day remains very popular recently turned 21 and a big anniversary update is out - it's even nice news for Linux gamers.

The Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 is live plus a big Warhammer sale

By Liam Dawe,
WAAAGH! The Humble Warhammer Bundle 2020 is live and I don't think I need to explain the type of games that are included in this one.

Forgotten Fields is a new narrative adventure from the dev of Rainswept

By Liam Dawe,
Forgotten Fields is a story of a writer suffering a mental block what Frostwood Interactive say is a cozy game about nostalgia, creativity, appreciating the present, and the passage of time - a meditation on impermanence and the shortness of life.

Wine 5.11 is out with more NTDLL work, NetIO kernel driver started

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team have today announced another of their biweekly Wine development releases with Wine 5.11 out now.

The Wine 5.2 development release is out

By Liam Dawe,
Alexandre Julliard announced today the bottle for Wine 5.2 has been opened following another two weeks of everyone hacking away at the code.

Monolith: Relics of the Past extends the excellent shooter with a ridiculous amount of extra content

By Liam Dawe,
Monolith's twin-stick rogue-lite room to room shooting is practically perfection, it didn't need an expansion but I'm glad Relics of the Past exists so I can sit and play a huge amount more.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-8 is out with vkd3d for Direct3D 12 support

By Liam Dawe,
Another update to Steam Play Proton has been released this evening, which should bring with it plenty of improvements for playing Windows games on Linux.

The very unique block breaking shoot 'em up Sky Racket has a release date

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing on October 22nd, Sky Racket is a shoot 'em up that's also a bit like Arkanoid/Breakout. A strange mix but it works well!

Valve add additional titles to the Steam Play Whitelist

By Liam Dawe,
After recently pushing out a pretty big update to Steam Play with Proton 4.11, Valve have now added some additional titles to their Whitelist.

After a very impressive demo, Eagle Island is launching on July 11th

By Liam Dawe,
Eagle Island, a game where you run around and throw your loyal owl companion at your enemies (yes really, it's awesome) is set to release on July 11th.

Another look at what games are coming to Linux throughout 2019

By Liam Dawe,
As a companion to our article in January, here's another look at even more games coming to Linux across 2019.

Murder mystery adventure 'Rainswept' adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Frostwood Interactive have now officially released Rainswept, their murder mystery point & click adventure for Linux.

Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe,
Now that 2018 is coming to a close, let’s go over what’s happened this year. It’s been incredibly interesting to follow, things haven’t been this lively for some time.

For now, the experimental Linux (and Mac) port of ARMA 3 will not see any more updates

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news for those who purchased ARMA 3 due to the experimental Linux (and Mac) version, as Bohemia Interactive have announced a halt to the updates for it.

BATTLETECH for Linux updated, releases Flashpoint expansion – some thoughts

By BTRE,
Coinciding with a patch and an expansion, BATTLETECH has been updated for Linux. I’ve spent some time with both the base game and DLC and have come away with a lot to say.
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