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Chaotic multiplayer physics-brawler Bare Butt Boxing releases in August

By Liam Dawe,
After being in Early Access since May last year, Tuatara Games are readying up their chaotic brawler Bare Butt Boxing for release on August 1.

Bite-sized roguelike tower defense game Bella Wants Blood releases July 24

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Sonderland (previously worked on Landnama, Core Defense) announced their roguelike tower defense game Bella Wants Blood is going to release on July 24 and it's a perfect coffee-break game. Note: the developer sent over a key, thoughts will be up around release.

VR game streaming tool ALVR adds PipeWire support on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While the Linux support of ALVR is still quite rough due to various issues with SteamVR, ALVR is a very promising way to stream VR games to your headset via Wi-Fi and a new release is out now with v20.9.1.

Fast-paced classic 3D platformer Frogun Encore is out now

By Liam Dawe,
A game that would have fit right at home on the Nintendo 64 or PlayStation 1, fast-paced classic 3D platformer Frogun Encore is now available.

Valve fixes up the new Riven from Cyan Worlds videos on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Cyan Worlds Inc recently released the brand new Riven that's a re-imagined, and expanded version of the classic from 1997. It had a bit of trouble with videos on Linux / Steam Deck though.

GE-Proton 9-10 adds ELDEN RING EAC fix, pulls in latest DXVK code for d8vk

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-10 was released July 7th updating various internal tech as usual to improve gaming on Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

Tech-noir musical tactics game All Walls Must Fall is now permanently free

By Liam Dawe,
Developer inbetweengames announced that their game All Walls Must Fall from 2018 is now permanently free.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Farlight 84, Shadow Warrior 2, video improvements for 32bit games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released their usual weekend upgrade of Proton Experimental for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, with an assortment of game improvements.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak adds English support plus Steam Deck upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak from Nihon Falcom, PH3 GmbH and NIS America, Inc. hit Steam back in March 2023. However, it was only supported for the Japanese language, now it's been updated in a big way with English language support and Steam Deck improvements too.

Comedy adventure 3 Minutes to Midnight set to release in August

By Liam Dawe,
After a good bit of silence, 3 Minutes to Midnight is pretty much done now with the developers noting they're reading it for release in August.

Humble Choice for July has Ghostrunner 2 and A Plague Tale: Requiem

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Choice has another fresh set of games available and it is once again a nice varied selection of titles. Here's your usual monthly run over the compatibly to see on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Factorio: Space Age and the 2.0 free update set for release in October

By Liam Dawe,
Factory building sim Factorio is getting a huge expansion with Factorio: Space Age set for release on October 21st along with a big free 2.0 update for everyone.

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.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind the free and open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin have announced a big change to their plans, along with a new much more rapid release schedule.

All KINGDOM HEARTS games now Steam Deck Verified (plus more games)

By Liam Dawe,
Good news KINGDOM HEARTS fans. All of the titles currently available on Steam have now been tested by Valve and given the fancy green Steam Deck Verified tick.

#DRIVE Rally gets a new trailer to show off new gameplay and features

By Liam Dawe,
#DRIVE Rally is actually looking pretty darn good. A reinvention of classic 90s rally racing with a whole lot of content and features to be excited about.

Castle Come is a 'walking fortress roguelike' that sounds simply awesome

By Liam Dawe,
Now and then I come across a game and just think - I have to have it. Castle Come is one of those times, a roguelike where you control a walking fortress you build up as you go.

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.

The community won the battle, so PvP battler Fishards is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
Back in June the developers of Fishards put out a bit of an ultimatum: fight them in-game and win to make the game open source, or they will nuke the game from orbit.