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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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Beginner-friendly factory sim shapez 2 now has a demo

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

shapez 2 is a huge expansion over the original 2D shape-cutting factory sim, now in full 3D with a lot more features and there's now a demo available to try it out.

Enshrouded is the latest open-world hit on Steam - how it runs on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Enshrouded is another big Early Access open-world game to arrive on Steam, and it's already doing some big numbers. So how does it run on Steam Deck / Linux? Here's an initial starting report for you.

Roblox now helping fund Blender development

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Blender continues to be a true massive success story for open source, pulling in funding from all sorts of big names and now even Roblox is helping to fund it.

Earl vs. the Mutants is basically Vampire Survivors with vehicles and it's hilarious

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

If you love quick-fire action and the randomised upgrade mechanics made popular by Vampire Survivors, you might want to try out the demo for Earl vs. the Mutants.

AdventureQuest 8-Bit: Dungeons & DoomKnights an actual NES game now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

AdventureQuest 8-Bit: Dungeons & DoomKnights is a really properly retro adventure, funded on Kickstarter for the NES back in 2019 it now has a fancy PC release too.

Steam Remote Play gets VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Valve released another Steam Beta for both the Steam Deck and for Desktop Steam, containing various fixes and a nice improvement for Linux Remote Play users.

AYANEO NEXT LITE no longer ships with SteamOS-like HoloISO Linux - Windows 11 instead

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

We were so close to seeing another gaming handheld ship with Linux out of the box that isn't the Steam Deck, but it seems AYANEO with the AYANEO NEXT LITE weren't convinced enough and so they've changed their minds.

The Pokémon Company confirm investigation into Palworld

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Well this could be about to get interesting, as The Pokémon Company have actually released a statement in regards to all the speculation about Palworld amid many claims of copying Pokémon's homework.

This new Humble Bundle has some great Soulslikes

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Need a challenge? Like Soulslike games? Check out the latest Humble Bundle that has some quality picks in it.

NVIDIA 550.40.07 Beta driver released with fixes for VRR and Wayland

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

NVIDIA has today launched the 550.40.07 Beta driver for Linux which includes numerous important fixes, so you might want to jump in and give this one a thorough gaming test.

Team Fortress 2 has a 64bit and Vulkan update for Linux in testing

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Valve are still updating Team Fortress 2 (TF2), and a bigger technical update is currently in the works that will bring 64bit and Vulkan support to the Linux version.

Palworld hits 7 million sales, smashes Counter-Strike 2's all-time peak and gets a roadmap

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Palworld has continued to smash records, and it has now become the number 2 on Steam for the record of peak-players as it crosses 7 million sales. There's also now a fancy roadmap.

Core Keeper getting a new event, plus various new features on January 31st

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Core Keeper is a rather wonderful game about underground mining, crafting and exploration and it's about to get a big new Lunar New Year event along with some new permanent features to improve the game.

Godot Engine gets a free Nintendo Switch port for game devs

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Here's one less reason for game developers to skip over using the free and open source Godot Engine, as it now has a free port available to bring games over to the Nintendo Switch.

Proposed Windows NT sync driver brings big Wine / Proton performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Zeb Figura of CodeWeavers has proposed a Windows NT synchronization primitive driver to help performance of running games and applications designed for Windows on Linux with Wine / Proton.

PlayStation Remote Play for Steam Deck 'chiaki4deck' update fixes framepacing issues

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

It seems the recent 1.6.0 release of chiaki4deck, the PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck had some issues with performance that v1.6.2 should now solve.

Railway network designer Rail Route releases February 22nd and over 100K copies sold

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

Rail Route from developer Bitrich is currently in Early Access and they just announced their plans for the big 1.0 release to happen on February 22nd.

The Universim god-game city-builder 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

The Universim from Crytivo has finally released, what they call a "new breed of God Game" where you guide a civilisation from nothing up to the stars.

SteamOS alternative Bazzite v2.2 out now with lots of enhancements

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

Need something similar to SteamOS for your desktop or handhelds like the Steam Deck? The latest release of Bazzite with version 2.2 sounds like it just keeps getting better.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE gets patched to fix it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

As reported previously, Capcom recently updated MONSTER HUNTER RISE with new Enigma DRM and the update ended up breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux Desktop. But it should no longer be an issue no matter the Proton version used.

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