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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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Take Your Turn & RPGs Bundle

Humble has a new bundle with Jupiter Hell, Coromon, Songs of Conquest

By Liam Dawe,
5
Now this is a tasty looking bundle full of tactical goodies! The Take Your Turn & RPGs Bundle is live and it has a really nice set of games to pick up. One not to be missed.
Escape Simulator

Escape Simulator is getting a free Portal cross-over DLC

By Liam Dawe,
2
Pine Studio have announced that their popular puzzle game Escape Simulator is getting a Valve-approved Portal themed free DLC with Escape Simulator: Portal Escape Chamber.
Linux Mint Logo

Linux Mint planning new 'EDGE' ISO, plus Linux Mint 21.3 due in December

By Liam Dawe,
22
There's some interesting plans ahead coming from the Linux Mint team including a new EDGE ISO for running Mint on newer hardware, info on the next Linux Mint release and their concerns with Ubuntu and Snap.
Street Fighter 6

Proton Experimental fixes Street Fighter 6 and disables NVAPI for Rachet & Clank

By Liam Dawe,
4
A small update for Proton Experimental launched on August 10th for Steam Deck and desktop Linux to fix issues with two problematic games.
Play On The Go Summer Bundle

Fanatical has Play On The Go Summer Bundle for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
2
Fanatical is currently doing their own special Summer Sale with new bundle launches like the Play On The Go Bundle - Summer Edition, a free game and lots of discounts.
Draft of Darkness

Survival horror deck-builder Draft of Darkness launches August 23rd

By Liam Dawe,
0
Blending together survival, horror, a deck builder and roguelike dungeon exploration - Draft of Darkness has a little bit of everything.
Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2 out on Steam - works fine on Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
19
Overwatch 2 from Blizzard has now launched on Steam and thanks to that, it's super simple to get it working on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Although Steam Deck players will want to change the Proton version.
Hadean Tactics

Auto-battling deck-building roguelike 'Hadean Tactics' adds gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
2
Allowing you to kick-back and relax a bit more, Hadean Tactics the roguelike deckbuilding game fused with an autobattler now has gamepad support.
Papers, Please

Papers, Please turns 10 and hits 5 million sales

By Liam Dawe,
7
Papers, Please is a game about being an immigration officer in a fictional dystopian country named Arstotzka. It's quite a unique experience and clearly did well for the developer Lucas Pope.
Broforce

Broforce Forever has launched with new characters, enemies and more

By Liam Dawe,
3
Broforce Forever is now available as a big free upgrade for all owners, here's a little look over what's new for my favourite action-platformer.
VIDEOVERSE

VIDEOVERSE is a love letter to early internet fan communities - out now

By Liam Dawe,
1
Inspired by Miiverse, MSN messenger, early internet forums and 00's technology VIDEOVERSE this visual novel adventure lets you relive the past internet with the fictional Kinmoku Shark gaming system and its online social network.
Proton logo concept

Proton Experimental improves Baldur's Gate 3 launcher, Unreal Engine 4 bugs on Intel GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
6
A fresh Proton Experimental release is now live from August 9th, there's some nice looking fixes included so here's what to expect from it for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
Resident Evil: Decades of Horror - Village Edition Bundle

Resident Evil Village and plenty more available in this new bundle

By Liam Dawe,
8
Might be finally time for me to play through Resident Evil Village thanks to the Resident Evil: Decades of Horror - Village Edition Bundle from Humble Bundle that's now live.
Downfall

Downfall is a new 'severe' flaw in Intel CPUs, while AMD deal with INCEPTION

By Liam Dawe,
5
Uh oh! Another rather serious security flaw has been found in Intel CPUs named Downfall, so here's a bit of info on it. Additionally, AMD are also dealing with INCEPTION.
Vagrus - The Riven Realms

Vagrus - The Riven Realms gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
4
Vagrus - The Riven Realms is a narrative-heavy RPG that mixes in exploration, turn-based combat, resource management and more. As of the latest upgrade it's also now Steam Deck Verified.
OpenRA

OpenRA has a new playtest with another Red Alert mission

By Liam Dawe,
2
The OpenRA developers are steadily working towards the next stable releasing to continue supporting Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 on modern platforms with full cross-platform play.
Valheim

Valheim has a rather large bug-fix release in testing

By Liam Dawe,
4
Ready for the next bigger patch for survival game Valheim? Developer Iron Gate has a new public test available with lots of fixes.
NVIDIA Logo

NVIDIA driver 535.98 now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
8
NVIDIA GPU owners may want to go and grab some updates as driver 535.98 is out now. Here's a look over what's changed.
Refurbished Steam Deck

Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve

By Liam Dawe,
30
After it was leaked a bit too early, Valve have now confirmed and put up all three Steam Deck models to buy refurbished direct from the Steam store.
Steam Deck

83 of the top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
9
Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here's how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
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