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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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Over 30,000 people are clicking a picture of a Banana on Steam

By Liam Dawe, May 30

Never a dull day on Steam, with there now being a game where all you do is just click a picture of a Banana. Yes, that's it and over 30,000 people are playing it right now.

Team Fortress 2 fans have launched a new campaign to get Valve to save it

By Liam Dawe, May 30

Valve fans sure are passionate and they're once again trying to get Valve's attention to sort out various problems in Team Fortress 2.

Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content

By Liam Dawe, May 30

Recently it was pretty big news that Nintendo issued takedowns to Facepunch for Garry's Mod content, and now Garry Newman of Facepunch (developer of Garry's Mod and Rust) has written up a blog post with some comments on it.

SteamVR for Linux gets "experimental improvements to async support"

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Exciting, even more improvements to SteamVR support are coming with the latest Beta release fixing up more issues.

The supervillains won, so fight back in superhero strategy game Capes - out now

By Liam Dawe, May 29

From Spitfire Interactive, former members of Defiant Development who made Hand of Fate, comes the superhero strategy game Capes. It's out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

It Takes Two now Steam Deck Verified, EA App launcher no longer required

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Finally some good news from an Electronic Arts published title, as developer Hazelight just upgraded It Takes Two to get it Steam Deck Verified.

We're giving away three copies of the open-world RPG roguelike The Doors of Trithius

By Liam Dawe, May 29

The developer of The Doors of Trithius got in touch to provide some Steam keys to give away for their Early Access expansive open-world RPG roguelike.

Quest Master is basically Zelda-maker and it's now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Giving classic Zelda vibes meets Mario Maker styled creation, Quest Master gives you plenty of tools to make dungeons, for you to go alone or in local co-op.

Historical 4x strategy game Old World - Behind the Throne DLC brings plenty new

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Old World is a quality historical 4x strategy game that you should not pass up, especially if you love you Civilization styled games and this latest DLC adds in plenty of new content.

Puppygames bring massive-scale asynchronous PvP battle simulator Battledroid to Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Puppygames are launching a new game with Battledroid, a massively multiplayer online asynchronous PvP battle simulator that has a rather big scale to it.

Bella Wants Blood is a bite-sized "roguelike terror defense" game

By Liam Dawe, May 29

After releasing the roguelike tower defense Core Defense in 2020, and then the rogue-lite survival base builder Landnama in 2023 developer Sonderland is back with something weird with Bella Wants Blood.

Inspired by the Philippines, cinematic story-adventure Until Then now releasing June 25

By Liam Dawe, May 29

After having a bit of a delay, Polychroma Games have announced their their cinematic adventure game inspired by the Philippines, Until Then is now going to release on June 25th.

Steam Beta adds Bluetooth device battery info for Steam Deck, various desktop PC updates

By Liam Dawe, May 29

Another round of Steam Client Beta updates are here with Steam Deck and Desktop PC seeing lots of improvements and bug fixes, and it's especially nice for people using Bluetooth on Steam Deck.

NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters blends an inventory PvP auto-battler with a monster-fusing twist

By Liam Dawe, May 28

Inventory management games are becoming another popular thing at the moment. We've had all those survivor-like bullet-heaven games and now another genre is springing to life. NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters looks like a sweet spin on the idea.

Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades

By Liam Dawe, May 28

Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.

VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) v0.87 released moving away from Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, May 28

VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2), a free and open source sandbox game, has a brand new release available as they begin more movement to end the Minecraft clone wars.

Terraria: The Board Game live on Kickstarter - goal met almost instantly

By Liam Dawe, May 28

Terraria the smash-hit indie game is being turned into a tabletop experience with Terraria: The Board Game. It's crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and obviously it was going to do well.

Inspired by immersive RPGs from the 90s Sonar Shock looks great

By Liam Dawe, May 28

Sonar Shock looks a bit System Shock-like and that's a great thing, as it was inspired by various immersive RPGs from the 90s.

MangoHud performance monitor v0.7.2 out now

By Liam Dawe, May 28

MangoHud, the performance monitor you can put on top of games on Linux has a brand new release available with new features and fixes. This is the tech that powers the performance overlay on Steam Deck!

Co-op tower defense beat 'em up ChronoDojo adds various Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe, May 28

ChronoDojo blends together two genres that I didn't think would work. Putting together tower defense and a beat 'em up sounds a bit odd, but I've seen a lot stranger.

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