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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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NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync

By Liam Dawe, May 21

The driver release many NVIDIA fans have been waiting on is here today. NVIDIA released the NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver with some necessary upgrades for Wayland support.

King under the Mountain (Mountaincore) went open source as developer shuts down

By Liam Dawe, May 21

King under the Mountain from developer Rocket Jump Technology, a simulation-based settlement-building strategy game, that was going through a big upgrade and re-brand with Mountaincore ended up shutting down and being open sourced.

It's beeautiful! APICO 4.0 brings automation machines to the chilled beekeeping sim

By Liam Dawe, May 21

APICO is a chilled beekeeping sim from TNgineers that just got a little bit more industrious, with the free APICO 4.0 update giving you some fun new tools.

BKOM Studios developer on Madzik are giving away a Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe, May 21

As BKOM Studios approach the launch of Madzik - Episode 1, a narrative-driven hack and slash adventure with a nostalgic 80s vibe, they're giving away a Steam Deck OLED.

Kingdom Two Crowns: Call of Olympus announced for this year

By Liam Dawe, May 21

Kingdom Two Crowns: Call of Olympus was just announced with a plan to launch later this year, a DLC expanding the side-scrolling micro strategy game into Ancient Greece.

PERIMETER: Legate Edition released on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 21

K-D Lab have revived their classic RTS, with PERIMETER: Legate Edition now available on Steam with full Native Linux support and it's even open source.

Beat 'em up with this Humble Bundle of games

By Liam Dawe, May 21

Love classic beat 'em up games? You're going to enjoy this latest Humble Bundle of games as there's some good picks inside it.

Intel Lunar Lake arrives Q3 2024 as Intel jump more into AI

By Liam Dawe, May 21

Oh yay, more AI stuff. Intel have announced that Lunar Lake is due to arrive in Q3 2024 and it will include a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI fans.

The KINGDOM HEARTS games are finally coming to Steam in June

By Liam Dawe, May 21

About damn time right? After being Epic Exclusive for multiple years, KINGDOM HEARTS is finally coming to Steam and there's a lot of it. This will make it so much easier to play on Steam Deck / Linux thanks to Proton.

Men of War II out now on Steam with Native Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Men of War II is officially here from Best Way and Fulqrum Publishing, and serves as a great intro into historical real-time strategies games for newbies and veterans alike.

Monster collecting game Cassette Beasts free multiplayer update out now

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Collect and transform against friends in the Cassette Beasts free multiplayer update, which is now officially available.

Love deep sprawling roguelike RPGs? Check out The Doors of Trithius

By Liam Dawe, May 20

The Doors of Trithius from Jake Donkersgoed is a deep sprawling roguelike RPG currently in Early Access and it really looks worth a look.

Arctic Eggs is thoroughly weird physics-based dystopian cooking game

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Arctic Eggs is a thoroughly unique and terribly odd sounding game about cooking up some eggs, to eventually win your freedom while you're stuck in Antarctica.

Netris is an open-source cloud gaming platform with Stadia-like features using Proton

By Liam Dawe, May 20

If you're a fan of cloud gaming, you may want to take a little look into Netris. The developers say it's a GeForce NOW alternative, one you can self-host with it being open source. They're also keen to highlight some Stadia-like elements of it too.

Surge Engine, the open source Sonic-like game engine (and game) gets upgraded

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Surge Engine is a 2D retro game engine with an included Sonic-like game (Surge the Rabbit) for anyone who wants to make their own platformers like classic Sonic. The developers just released a big new version.

Ubuntu 24.10 roadmap includes Wayland by default for NVIDIA

By Liam Dawe, May 20

It seems 2024 truly is the year of Wayland on the Linux desktop huh? Even Canonical are now planning to have it by default for NVIDIA for Ubuntu 24.10.

Wine 9.9 brings more ARM and Wow64 improvements

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Wine 9.9 was released Friday as the latest development release for the Windows compatibility layer to run more apps and games on Linux.

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 17

Well, here's another game that EA will be breaking on Steam Deck / Linux, with EA anticheat rolling out to EA SPORTS WRC when it goes live in June.

Proton Experimental improves Halo Infinite, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and more

By Liam Dawe, May 17

Proton Experimental was updated today by Valve for Steam Deck / Linux PCs which includes some more improvements for gaming.

Cute open world pirate adventure Seablip is out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, May 17

Available now in Early Access is Seablip, an open world pirate adventure with a cute style to it from solo developer Jardar Solli and it comes with Native Linux support.

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