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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly.

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Caves & Cliffs: Part II has arrived for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, about 13 hours ago

Caves & Cliffs: Part II is out now for Minecraft, bringing with it some huge changes to the world generation to make the exploration much more interesting.

Ubisoft suggest posting on their forum for Proton support in Rainbow Six Siege

By Liam Dawe, about 14 hours ago

Now that getting games that use BattlEye for anti-cheat working on Linux (either native or through Proton) is easier, an Ubisoft rep suggests people post in their forum to show demand for it.

KDE developer suggests Plasma needs to be simpler by default

By Liam Dawe, about 15 hours ago

KDE developer Nate Graham, the same person who recently said they may become the "Windows or Android" of the FOSS world is back again with more thoughts - this time about keeping it simple.

GOverlay for editing MangoHud gets a new Steam Deck friendly UI

By Liam Dawe, about 18 hours ago

GOverlay is an application that helps to manage Linux gaming tools like the MangoHud performance overlay, the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt and the video capture tool ReplaySorcery.

GOG to go through some reorganization after suffering losses

By Liam Dawe, about 19 hours ago

While Steam continues to do well with it being the most popular games store, it seems CD PROJEKT Group's store GOG is really starting to struggle.

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Party-based RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness sees a huge update

By Liam Dawe, about 19 hours ago

After entering Early Access in August, and then releasing a Linux native version in October, Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness just got a nice big upgrade for all players.

Valve puts up official developer FAQ for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, about 19 hours ago

With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over now, Valve has put up their own official set of answers to various common questions.

Scientific evolution sim Thrive is now available on itch.io and Steam

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Thrive is a free and open source evolution sim, that is now available from the itch.io and Steam stores where you can pay to support the development.

Capcom shows off official video of Devil May Cry 5 on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

As more developers get their hands on a Steam Deck devkit, we're seeing plenty more show their games and now Capcom has taken a turn with Devil May Cry 5.

Open source re-implementation of Caesar III, Augustus v3.1 is out

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Augustus is an open source game engine re-implementation for Caesar III, forked from another called Julius that aims to add in new features.

X4: Tides of Avarice expansion coming early 2022, plus AMD FSR

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Egosoft are expanding their big space sim again with the X4: Tides of Avarice expansion announcement for 2022.

Canonical want your feedback on Ubuntu Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Looks like Canonical, the creator of Ubuntu, want to get in on more Linux Gaming with their Desktop Product Manager starting a new series of blog posts and your feedback is needed.

Creator Day is live on itch.io giving 100% to developers

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

The anti-Black Friday event is live once again on the itch.io store, where developers get 100% of purchases as itch forgoes its cut for a day.

Real-time explosive tower defense arrives in Sky Fleet on December 17

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Build up an army and speed around the skies in your air ship in Sky Fleet, the action-based tower defense game arriving on Steam on December 17.

Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle adds Linux support in the new update

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Along with a major upgrade to the base game, Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One now has native Linux support.

Valheim gets a new patch, plus teasers for Mistlands and Caves

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Iron Gate are showing off more of what's to come with the next major upgrade for Valheim, along with a small content patch.

Godot Engine gets AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

The free and open source Godot Engine recently had support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution merged into the code, ready for the next big release.

Humble puts up the Best of Sandbox bundle with some good picks

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

They might not actually be the "best" but still pretty good. The Humble Best of Sandbox Bundle is live now.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-8 out with initial BattlEye support, CEG DRM and more games

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Probably one of the more exciting releases of Proton lately, with lots of what was previously in Proton Experimental now in the main release with Proton 6.3-8 out now.