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Lutris game manager v0.5.8.3 out, requires contributors to agree to a CLA

By Liam Dawe,
For regular Linux gamers, Lutris is pretty much a household name by now. For those that aren't - Lutris is a game manager allowing you to sort through all your games from various stores.

Open-world voxel sandbox game Rising World is going through a rewrite

By Liam Dawe,
After entering Early Access in 2014, JIW-Games have been rewriting their open world sandbox game Rising World to move away from Java and instead use the Unity game engine.

Quirky comedy action-adventure Skellboy Refractured is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Skellboy Refractured, the new and fresh release from UmaikiGames is out with Linux support as an expanded version to the game that originally released for the Nintendo Switch.

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut announced and will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is the upcoming expanded and improved enhancement over the original that launched in 2016 and the developer has confirmed Linux support too.

Stadia has games free to try this weekend for Stadia Pro, 'Project Hailstorm' is teased

By Liam Dawe,
More new games, free games to try out on Stadia Pro from now until the end of the weekend and some super secret projects currently in the works for Stadia.

YoYo Games developer of GameMaker Studio sold for $10M (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Game Maker and later GameMaker Studio is a very popular game engine with indie developers and YoYo Games just recently sold it off and it appears they did so at a loss. Update: Opera confirmed as the new owner.

Irena Genesis Metal Fury is an upcoming shoot 'em up for the Sega Mega Drive

By Liam Dawe,
Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis)? That's not a piece of Linux gaming hardware last I checked? No but Irena Genesis Metal Fury is a new game coming for the retro console and will provide the rom file for your favourite emulators.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin launching along with Linux support this Summer, third update out now

By Liam Dawe,
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a dark fantasy-horror FPS powered by the original Quake engine from publishers 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment and developer KillPixel Games.

Wine compatibility layer version 6.0 released

By Liam Dawe,
Wine, the compatibility layer designed to run Windows games and applications on other systems has a big 6.0 release now officially available with thousands of improvements.

Shot in the Dark is a clever tough platformer where enemies blend into the background

By Liam Dawe,
Shot in the Dark needs you to have good platforming skills, good point and click aiming skills and it's a whole lot of fun if you're up for the challenge.

Get your big-screen Linux gaming on with a new GamerOS release

By Liam Dawe,
The SteamOS-like big-screen Linux gaming distribution GamerOS has a fresh release out, with some surprising new features integrated and it's looking slick.

Update your NVIDIA drivers due to multiple security issues found

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something we missed with the latest NVIDIA driver updates - turns out that NVIDIA had multiple security issues that they put out in a recent security bulletin.

Linux Mint 20.1 released, will be supported until 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 20.1 has now been officially released, and this is an LTS version which means it will be supported for quite some time until 2025. Plenty of time to get comfy with Linux.

AMD make switching between Vulkan drivers AMDVLK and RADV easier

By Liam Dawe,
On Linux with AMD GPUs you can decide between the RADV and AMDVLK drivers for Vulkan API support, and it appears AMD want to make things a little easier for you.

NVIDIA 460.32.03 released - their first stable driver with official Vulkan Ray Tracing

By Liam Dawe,
Now that The Khronos Group has released the official Vulkan Ray Tracing API, which NVIDIA got in early it's all a bit more official with the NVIDIA 460.32.03 stable driver release.

Here's a few of the Linux games we're excited to see through 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Looking forward to 2021 for gaming on Linux? We are and there's plenty of sweet indie games coming to get interested in and follow along.

Kaiju Wars is an upcoming turn-based strategy where you're seriously outgunned

By Liam Dawe,
Into the Breach was an absolutely fantastic turn-based strategy game about facing overwhelming odds, and now it appears that developer Foolish Mortals (Radio General) is doing their own take with Kaiju Wars.

Lutris game manager starts off 2021 with a sweet small update

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the free and open source all-in-one solution to keep your games from different sources together on Linux has a fresh release out to begin 2021.

OBS Studio looks set to get useful Browser Panel Docking in the Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Are you a video content creator on Linux using OBS Studio? Chances are if you livestream you have lots of windows open for chat and all sorts and OBS Studio might be about to make that easier for you.

What was hot on GamingOnLinux through December 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for December 2020, 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!
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