Support us on Patreon to keep GamingOnLinux alive. This ensures all of our main content remains free for everyone. Just good, fresh content! Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal. You can also buy games using our partner links for GOG and Humble Store.
Viewing articles by Liam Dawe
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.

Find me in these places:
KDE KWin HDE with Cyberpunk 2077

KDE KWin may gain early HDR support for gaming

By Liam Dawe,
14
While HDR support is still not really there yet on Linux, there's a lot of movement on it now (and plenty of it thanks to Valve and work on Gamescope) but it seems KDE KWin may gain early initial support for it.
Warzone 2100

Warzone 2100 4.4.0 Beta 1 brings new high-quality terrain

By Liam Dawe,
1
Ah, what a classic! Warzone 2100 is a quality real-time strategy game that was originally a full proprietary commercial release from 1999 that's nowadays free and open source and it only keeps getting better!
Steam

Canonical detail a whole lot of Steam Snap improvements

By Liam Dawe,
10
While most people will be using a normal package for Steam on Linux or the Flatpak, Canonical continue pushing their own Snap packages and one that's needed a lot of work is Steam.
The Outlast Trials

The Outlast Trials gets fixed on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
0
The Outlast Trials from Red Barrels recently had a big upgrade with some big new content additions, but it broke the game on Steam Deck. Thankfully the developers have solved the issue so it keeps its Steam Deck Verified status.
Apex Legends

Apex Legends Ignite Update broke anti-cheat on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
22
Well, here we go again. Apex Legends just launched the Ignite Update, and with it sadly it seems they messed up Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck / Linux.
NVIDIA Logo

NVIDIA driver 545.29.02 out for Linux plus other releases due to security issues

By Liam Dawe,
13
NVIDIA today launched four new stable Linux graphics drivers, yes four. 545.29.02 is the bigger one with all the new stuff, but they also launched 535.129.03, 525.147.05 and 470.223.02 due to newly disclosed security issues.
Half-Life: Alyx

NoVR mod for Half-Life: Alyx gets a big animation update out now

By Liam Dawe,
28
The work modders are doing to make Half-Life: Alyx not just playable but actually fun on traditional screens continues to impress, with the Half-Life: Alyx NoVR mod's latest animation upgrade out now.
Death of a Wish

Scratchy-art vicious action-RPG 'Death of a Wish' gets a fresh demo

By Liam Dawe,
0
Death of a Wish from the developer of Lucah: Born of a Dream looks seriously wild and there's now a demo available for you to try for a while.
Alan Wake 2

GE-Proton 8-22 released with fixes for Alan Wake 2, Metal Gear Solid 3

By Liam Dawe,
1
GE-Proton 8-22 has been released to give you some quick improvements for gaming on Steam Deck and desktop Linux with some recent releases.
Awesomenauts

Atari acquires Awesomenauts, Swords & Soldiers and Digital Eclipse

By Liam Dawe,
12
Atari seems to be on a bit of a spree recently to make something of a big gaming comeback and they recently announced even more acquisitions.
A list of games in the bundle

Games For Gaza raises over $200K for Medical Aid For Palestinians

By Liam Dawe,
15
Here's a chance for you to support Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) while also getting a little reward from the Games For Gaza Bundle on itch.io.
The Talos Principle 2

Steam Deck officially hits over 12,000 games Playable and Verified

By Liam Dawe,
2
The little machine that just keeps on giving. The Steam Deck from Valve has now hit over 12,000 games that are rated Playable or Verified.
Discord

Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified

By Liam Dawe,
19
Discord, the massively popular messaging platform for text, voice and video has now been fully Verified on Flathub and so it's now official from the developers.
God of War

God of War and Uncharted coming to GOG, plus a fresh game giveaway

By Liam Dawe,
18
Seems like GOG have really managed to pull Sony onboard with more games coming. They've confirmed both God of War and UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection are coming to GOG.
Wine

Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work

By Liam Dawe,
8
The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.
Batman

Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle is a really good deal

By Liam Dawe,
5
Need some games for the weekend again? Well Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle really does look like a really good deal filled with some great games. Here's the Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.
Valheim

Valheim testing a Unity upgrade with lots of optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
10
Iron Gate announced a new public test release Beta of Valheim, which brings with it a Unity game engine upgrade that includes multiple performance enhancements to improve the game. So time to get testing.
ARK: Survival Ascended

ARK: Survival Ascended out now and enabled BattlEye for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
7
Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.
Steam Scream: The Revenge

Steam Scream: The Revenge is live for a week of Halloween deals on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
5
If you prefer Steam as your main store the Steam Scream: The Revenge event is live now until November 2nd, featuring discounts and demos for some spooky times.
Blacksad: Under the Skin

GOG giving away Blacksad: Under the Skin during their Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
13
Here's another chance to pick up a free game, as GOG are now giving away Blacksad: Under the Skin as part of their ongoing Halloween sale I recently covered here.
Showing 1760 to 1780 of 21024 entries found.
Not finding what you're looking for? Ask for help in The Forum or our Discord Server.
★ Support Us
Popular this week
Search or view by category
Contact
Latest Comments
Latest Forum Posts
Misc