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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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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart gets FSR 2.2 and Ray Tracing for AMD GPUs on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
12
Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software showing how good PC support is done with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, with another free upgrade out now. It's good news for Steam Deck and desktop Linux players too.
Steam Deck button mods

These custom Steam Deck buttons look awesome

By Liam Dawe,
8
Want to mod your Steam Deck to make it a little bit more fancy? Deck Buttons from Colored Controllers look awesome but they're selling out fast.
DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal removed Denuvo and it plays great on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
24
With all the new amazing games coming out basically every month, lets not forget some slightly older games worth playing. Like DOOM Eternal, that just removed Denuvo Anti-Tamper.
A penguin

Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

By Liam Dawe,
23
Another month, another set of stats showing that Linux desktop seems to be doing better than ever. According to Statcounter, the Linux share has risen once again.
Dotage

Merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder 'Dotage' releases in October

By Liam Dawe,
0
Taking plenty of inspiration from board games, Dotage puts you in the shoes of the Elder, who had a doomed vision of the future. So off you go to start a new village where you have to carefully guide them.
DREAMM

DREAMM emulator for classic LucasArts games v2.1 out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
9
DREAMM is another project focused on keeping classic games alive, designed originally for preserving classic DOS, Windows, and FM-Towns LucasArts games.
Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne

Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne is out now

By Liam Dawe,
2
Rain Games developer of Teslagrad has just released Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne, an action adventure game based on the graphic novel series, Girl Genius, by authors Phil & Kaja Foglio.
Sony DualSense

Steam will soon show better controller support details like for PlayStation controllers

By Liam Dawe,
21
Valve has announced to developers that they're going to be rolling out better ways to show off controller support for games on Steam.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor more playable on Steam Deck with Patch 7

By Liam Dawe,
2
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor just had Patch 7 released, and Respawn noted it includes some performance improvements. So what does this mean for the Steam Deck? Here's what.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Humble Choice has Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Patch Quest, Deceive Inc + more

By Liam Dawe,
5
Another pretty great sounding bundle of games, with the monthly Humble Choice live for September. Here's a run over the compatibility for Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars getting remastered, plus a whole new adventure

By Liam Dawe,
7
Revolution Software recently announced two huge bits of news for adventure game fans! Not only will there be a whole new game with Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone but Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged is coming too.
Steam Deck

Linux updates tease Valve 'Galileo' and 'Sephiroth' - Steam Deck refresh? Or new VR?

By Liam Dawe,
34
Here's something that could be exciting but also could be a whole lot of nothing. So keep expectations firmly in check, but work submitted for Linux kernel 6.6 show something interesting from Valve. Potentially a Steam Deck refresh or their new VR headset perhaps?
Half-Life Alyx NoVR mod

Half-Life Alyx NoVR mod to get a huge upgrade in October

By Liam Dawe,
4
The work going into the Half-Life Alyx NoVR mod is quite amazing, and while it was already very playable the next major update coming in October is going to really expand it.
Syberia II

Zoom Platform adds Syberia and Syberia II powered by ScummVM

By Liam Dawe,
7
It's now easier than ever to play the classic adventures Syberia and Syberia II from Microids, as the Zoom Platform has added them with cross-platform support.
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge

Game porter Ethan Lee offers services to maintain old games for developers

By Liam Dawe,
16
Ethan Lee, otherwise known as flibitijibibo (really rolls off the tongue huh), who created FNA and has ported a ton of games to Linux, macOS and more has announced a new game maintenance service for developers.
Late Shift

Get a bunch of live-action FMV games from Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
1
Love live-action FMV games? Wales Interactive teamed up with Humble Bundle to give you a bunch of them so here's the compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
Dota 2

Valve goes for the smurfs banning 90,000 people in Dota 2

By Liam Dawe,
7
After the rather exciting launch of the Summer Update bringing with it new matchmaking and tools to get rid of bad experiences, Valve goes for the smurfs next.
Baldur's Gate 3

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for August 2023

By Liam Dawe,
9
Another fresh month and Valve has revealed what were the most played games on Steam Deck. Plenty of them are of course quite obvious based on what released recently.
NVIDIA Logo

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 535.43.09 and stable 535.104.05 drivers out now

By Liam Dawe,
7
NVIDIA recently released two fresh driver upgrades for Linux, although one of them we have no idea what they actually changed. Here's what's up.
Starfield on Steam Deck

Here's how Starfield runs on Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
22
Want to know how Starfield runs on Steam Deck? Or desktop Linux? Well, I've given it a run to see what I think of it and here's some early info for you.
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