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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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Wine logo Tux

Wine 8.8 is out now with more PE work, initial support for ARM64EC modules

By Liam Dawe,
3
Time for a bit of weekend Wine? The translation layer for running Windows games and apps on Linux and other platforms development release v8.8 is out now.
Mario

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a huge performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
54
Emulation coding is tricky business done by some people that are clearly 100x smarter than I am, and now the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu devs are just showing off.
ChimeraOS 42

ChimeraOS 42, the Linux distro for handhelds and consoles v42 is out

By Liam Dawe,
4
Want to get Linux onto your handheld PC or your living room PC console? ChimeraOS is probably what you're going to want and version 42 has just been released.
Portal with RTX

NVIDIA open sources more of RTX Remix with v0.2

By Liam Dawe,
8
NVIDIA has released version 0.2 of RTX Remix today, which on top of lots of improvements also opens up their NVIDIA RTX Remix Bridge.
Mechabellum

Mechabellum is an auto-battling Supreme Commander - I'm completely hooked

By Liam Dawe,
5
Mechabellum is a new Early Access release from Game River and Paradox Arc (the publishing arm of Paradox Interactive). It's an auto-battler like say Dota Underlords and Auto Chess, but with big mech units with battles like Supreme Commander.
Proton logo concept

DXVK 2.2 released supporting D3D11On12, plus improvements for game launchers

By Liam Dawe,
4
DXVK translates Direct3D 9 / 10 and 11 into Vulkan for Proton and Wine, used on Linux desktop and Steam Deck for gaming.
World Turtles

World Turtles is a city-builder on the back of a space turtle out now

By Liam Dawe,
11
City-builders come in all shapes and sizes and now you can build on the back of a massive turtle flying through space in World Turtles.
Mesa

Mesa graphics drivers 23.1.0 out now with RADV GPL enabled

By Liam Dawe,
19
Another fresh release of Mesa is now available, the set of open source graphics drivers for Linux and Steam Deck with v23.1.0 out now.
ASUS ROG Ally

ASUS ROG Ally releases in June priced competitively to the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
89
ASUS has today formally revealed all about their handheld gaming PC, the ROG Ally and it's releasing in June with a pretty competitive price.
BLASTRONAUT

Explosive exploration-mining game BLASTRONAUT gets a watery upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
0
BLASTRONAUT is a bit of an indie gem, a mining exploration game about blowing up the world beneath you to collect resources. The latest update is a bit wet.
Hotshot Racing

Get a free copy of Hotshot Racing during the Fanatical May Madness Sale

By Liam Dawe,
2
Game store Fanatical are offering up a free copy of Hotshot Racing if you join their newsletter, during their big May Madness Sale.
Hollow Knight: Silksong

We have to wait a bit longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong

By Liam Dawe,
3
Hollow Knight is probably one of the most popular 2D metroidvania action-adventures available on PC and the follow-up, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is looking like it's going to take a while longer to release.
Capcom Heroic Collection

Get MONSTER HUNTER RISE and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen in this game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
3
Need even more games? You can't possibly, you already have hundreds (thousands?) but a few more can't hurt right? A fresh Humble Bundle is up to help you save some monies.
Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
3
Well, I've been waiting to see what the public official word would be on Dead by Daylight and now it's official. Dead by Daylight is now Steam Deck Verified.
The Last of Us - Steam Deck

The Last of Us closer to playable on Steam Deck, but the Deck still has RAM problems

By Liam Dawe,
4
The Last of Us Part I from Naughty Dog has another big performance patch out, and the result on Steam Deck is quite surprising. But the Steam Deck still suffers from a major problem.
D8VK

Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
6
D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this.
Humble Store Spring Sale 2023

Humble Store's Spring Sale 2023 has tons of great deals

By Liam Dawe,
3
Here's your next chance to pick up some absolute bargains, as Humble Store are running their Spring Sale for 2023 which is live until May 23rd.
Stellaris: Galactic Paragons

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons released, along with free 3.8 update adding co-op modes

By Liam Dawe,
6
A big one for Stellaris is here with the Stellaris: Galactic Paragons expansion launched along with the 3.8 "Gemini" patch for all players.
Thrive

Open source evolution sim Thrive adds prototypes for going on land

By Liam Dawe,
2
Thrive is a free and open source in-development evolution sim, a bit like a more scientific version of EA's Spore and Thrive 0.6.2 expands the gameplay even more with some new prototypes.
OpenRCT2

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 re-implementation OpenRCT2 now lets trains go backwards

By Liam Dawe,
0
Another wonderful update to OpenRCT2 is live, the re-implementation of the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 bringing some new features and plenty of fixes.
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