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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 43m

Many developers leave GZDoom due to leader conflicts and fork it into UZDoom
#UZDoom #GZDoom

Many developers leave GZDoom due to leader conflicts and fork it into UZDoom

Drama in open source land, as a major conflict has caused many developers to leave GZDoom behind to fork it into UZDoom.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1h

Grab the new demo for Tiny Auto Knights, a pretty chill and fun looking PvP auto battler
#TinyAutoKnights #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Demo

Grab the new demo for Tiny Auto Knights, a pretty chill and fun looking PvP auto battler

Tiny Auto Knights is an upcoming release from Mumpitz Games with a demo now available that now has Native Linux support for it.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1h

KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding
#KDE #Linux #OpenSource

KDE's 29th anniversary is here and they need your funding

KDE the free software community that develops the likes of the KDE Plasma desktop, has turned 29 years old and they're doing a fresh fund-raiser.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3h

Heroes of Hammerwatch II gets new content and Steam Deck improvements
#HeroesofHammerwatchII #Gaming #SteamDeck #PCGaming

Heroes of Hammerwatch II gets new content and Steam Deck improvements

Heroes of Hammerwatch II from Crackshell / Team17 just released the first free major update to the rogue-lite action-rpg, along with improving it on Steam Deck.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3h

NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs
#OpenSource #NVIDIA #Vulkan #DLSS #Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa

NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs

This is pretty big and exciting, the open source NVK driver for NVIDIA GPUs is on a path towards getting NVIDIA DLSS support.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3h

SpaceCraft from Shiro Games has been delayed but a playtest is coming
#SpaceCraft #Gaming #PCGaming

SpaceCraft from Shiro Games has been delayed but a playtest is coming

SpaceCraft from Shiro Games is easily one of the most exciting looking upcoming games, but we're going to have to wait a bit longer to see it release.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3h

Improved Steam Deck support is coming to Satisfactory
#Satisfactory #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #PCGaming

Improved Steam Deck support is coming to Satisfactory

Satisfactory recently had a fresh experimental Beta for testing, which includes improvements to how it works on Valve's Steam Deck.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 3h

Inspired by 80s and 90s trash-horror cinema, 3rd person action game HandFoot looks hilarious
#HandFoot #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming

Inspired by 80s and 90s trash-horror cinema, 3rd person action game HandFoot looks hilarious

HandFoot is an upcoming chaotic 3rd person action game where every gun is also a melee weapon. Inspired by 80s and 90s trash-horror cinema it could be great.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 19h

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 22h

BattleBit Remastered is surprisingly alive - a huge Operation Overhaul update test arrives in November
#BattleBitRemastered #FPS #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

BattleBit Remastered is surprisingly alive - a huge Operation Overhaul update test arrives in November

Dropping the first bit of proper news on Steam since early 2024 after the release of Battlefield 6 is certainly a choice - BattleBit Remastered is still alive.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 23h

Supernatural adventure Shadows of the Afterland gets a fully voiced demo upgrade
#ShadowsoftheAfterland #AdventureGames #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming #Demo

Supernatural adventure Shadows of the Afterland gets a fully voiced demo upgrade

If you love your adventure games be sure to check out Shadows of the Afterland, with a new fully voiced demo available to try in Steam Next Fest.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

That didn't last long - Blue Protocol: Star Resonance anti-cheat causing problems on Linux / Steam Deck
#BlueProtocol #AntiCheat #Linux #SteamDeck

That didn't last long - Blue Protocol: Star Resonance anti-cheat causing problems on Linux / Steam Deck

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance was just updated, as it seems the initial build did not actually have any anti-cheat enabled but now it does.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox releases October 28
#DeathbyScrolling #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames

Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox releases October 28

MicroProse and Terrible Toybox have revealed an October 28th release date for Death by Scrolling which is all about fighting, dying and trying again.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) released
#LMDE #LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource

LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) released

LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is out now as the latest from the Mint team based directly on Debian instead of Ubuntu.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Valve bring more essential bug fixes in the latest Steam Beta for Desktop / SteamOS and Steam Deck
#Steam #SteamDeck #SteamOS #PCGaming

Valve bring more essential bug fixes in the latest Steam Beta for Desktop / SteamOS and Steam Deck

The October 13th Steam Beta comes with a number of bug fixes for annoying issues, along with a couple of feature tweaks for all platforms.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow gets a Steam release
#SplinterCell #PandoraTomorrow #Ubisoft #PCGaming

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow gets a Steam release

Quite a surprise to see, Ubisoft have revived Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow with a Steam release now available.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

GE-Proton 10-20 is out as another hotfix for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck, article updated
#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource

GE-Proton 10-18 brings fixes for Wayland, Company of Heroes 2 & 3, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance

A fresh batch of fixes have landed for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck with GE-Proton 10-18 now available.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 3 (1.0.28891) brings a lot of fixes and Dualsense Edge support
#HollowKnightSilksong #HollowKnight #SteamDeck #Gaming #PCGaming

Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 3 (1.0.28891) brings a lot of fixes and Dualsense Edge support

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Update to the GE-Proton article, as hotfix 10-19 was just released
#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource

GE-Proton 10-18 brings fixes for Wayland, Company of Heroes 2 & 3, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance

A fresh batch of fixes have landed for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck with GE-Proton 10-18 now available.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

The state of some websites... 😆

Made funnier by Imgur being blocked in the UK.

Destructoid nag banner telling you to disable your adblocker, with a broken Imgur image in the UK.

On top of another privacy notice.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Steam Next Fest - October 2025 is now live with a great many demos
#SteamNextFest

Steam Next Fest - October 2025 is now live with a great many demos

Here we go again, you've got a week to check out a bunch of games having their first or updated demos now in Steam Next Fest - October 2025.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

One of the most promising deck-building roguelikes ever, Moonsigil Atlas gets a big demo upgrade
#MoonsigilAtlas #Demo #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

One of the most promising deck-building roguelikes ever, Moonsigil Atlas gets a big demo upgrade

Moonsigil Atlas is by far one of the most interesting and promising upcoming games I've played in a while, taking deck-building roguelikes in a fun direction.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a first demo
#StarTrekVoyager #StarTrek #Demo #Gaming #PCGaming

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a first demo

Clearly still a work in progress but a taste of things to come, Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown now has a public demo available.

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🎮 Vice: Magic City Mayhem, KICKSTARTER NOW LIVE! | JSG @jurassicsunsetgames.com · 1d

"Vice: Magic City Mayhem is a supremely odd blend, but it looks like it works."

Thank you for the spotlight, Liam and @gamingonlinux.com it means a lot!

Read the article here 👇👀
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Zelda fused with GTA vibes? Vice: Magic City Mayhem certainly sounds unique

Vice: Magic City Mayhem is a supremely odd blend but it looks like it works. A Zelda-like with some GTA elements thrown in because why not.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 1d

From the creator of Sally Face, horror deckbuilding roguelike The House of Hamelin has a demo up
#TheHouseofHamelin #Unity #Gaming #Demo #Deckbuilder #Roguelike

From the creator of Sally Face, horror deckbuilding roguelike The House of Hamelin has a demo up

Enter the frightful world of The House of Hamelin and take control of Perdita, a young woman tasked with finding her missing cat, Paige.

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