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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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Blender 4.2 is another crazy-big release

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

From game devs to movies and all sorts, Blender is a truly incredible bit of free and open source tech and it has evolved a lot with Blender 4.2 out now.

No Man's Sky - Worlds Part I is out now and drastically transforms the planets

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

Ah hell, here we go again. Hello Games just released another massive free update to No Man's Sky with Worlds Part I out now.

Get a Drawful 2 free with The Jackbox Megapicker for the first 30 days after release

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

Jackbox Games are soon to release The Jackbox Megapicker, which is basically a launcher that shows all their games so you won't need to keep switching between packs for all their different games.

Fanatical's Bundle Bash has new game bundles every day this week

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

If you're in need of a fresh set of games, you may want to hop over to Fanatical's Bundle Bash as they're putting out a new bundle every day this week.

Enlisted from Gaijin and Darkflow returns to Steam and now free to play

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

After initially releasing on Steam as Enlisted: Reinforced back in March, it was quickly taken down but now it's back on Steam just as Enlisted.

TheForceEngine adds initial Dark Forces Remaster support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

TheForceEngine is an open source modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws. A new release version 1.10.000 just rolled out.

Check out The Immortal Lock, an impressive new Quake 1 mod

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

Need more retro shooting goodness in your life? How about a little more from Quake 1? The Immortal Lock is a brand new pack from modder ComfyByTheFire that's well worth a look.

Steam stable update released, and a Beta with lots of fixes for Desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17

Valve released multiple updates just recently including a Stable Steam Client update for all and another Beta release with fixes for Desktop and Steam Deck.

Try the demo for Pest Apocalypse a horde survival game where you deliver pizza in a van

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

VANpire Survivors. I know, I already did that joke before, but it's a good one. Pest Apocalypse is an upcoming chaotic horde survival game where you drive a vehicle to deliver pizza for hungry survivors.

Infest is a deckbuilder where every pixel on the battlefield can burn, freeze, melt and more

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Taking some inspiration from the excellent Noita perhaps, Infest brings the mechanic of destroying all the pixels and puts it into a deckbuilder.

Amusingly British point & click adventure Heir of the Dog now on Kickstarter (demo available)

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Tall Story Games are working on another quality British point and click adventure game, with Heir of the Dog now on Kickstarter with a demo available.

Marathon 2 a classic FPS originally from Destiny developer Bungie now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

After the Aleph One developer community released the first in the trilogy of Marathon on Steam, originally created by Bungie, they've now put up Classic Marathon 2.

SCAD is Twisted Metal meets Vampire Survivors and I want it now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

I'm a total sucker for over the top action, especially when you're tearing down hordes of enemies in whatever bullet hell / bullet heaven game comes along since Vampire Survivors kicked it all off. The next one I need in my life is SCAD.

GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.

Get ready to beat 'em up in Steam's Fighting Games Fest that's now live

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Time to choose your fighter? Steam's Fighting Games Fest is now live and will run through July 22nd so you can get some delicious discounts.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a quality shoot 'em up throwback to Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Inspired by the Strike series (Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike) and Choplifter, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a lot of fun if you love fast-paced shoot 'em up action.

Here's more of the latest Steam Deck Verified games including Sea of Thieves

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Another round of games have gone through Valve's official testing for Steam Deck, so here's a fresh mid-July round-up of Steam Deck Verified games for you to begin your week with.

Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

On top of fixing up various issues with Stardew Valley modding, the new Alpha of the cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods app introduces experimental Cyberpunk 2077 support.

Wine 9.13 brings more CMD.EXE engine rewrites, supports loading ODBC Windows drivers

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

A little later than they usually put out a release, the Wine 9.13 update is out now bringing more new features and bug fixes to bring better Windows compatibility to Linux.

Linux kernel 6.10 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15

Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.10 and with it, plenty of new hardware support and improvements to existing hardware. You know the drill.

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