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The Fedora team have put up Fedora 44 Beta for you to get testing and report bugs, ahead of the full release due out around April 14th.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/fedora-44-beta-is-out-with-kde-improvements-better-live-media-and-more/

#OpenSource #Upcoming #Beta #DistroNews #Fedora #Misc

The time of age assurance is upon us, and not just for social media - for operating systems too and that includes Linux as well of course.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/upcoming-california-law-to-require-operating-systems-to-check-your-age/

#Misc

SteamInputDB recently launched as a new third-party community site to help you find Steam Input configurations for various gamepads with Steam games.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/steaminputdb-is-a-new-site-to-help-you-find-steam-input-configurations-for-your-gamepads/

#Steam #OpenSource #Misc

KOMODO announced over the weekend that the Steam Deck OLED is getting a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/steam-deck-oled-gets-a-price-increase-across-japan-south-korea-and-taiwan/

#Steam #Hardware #SteamOS #Valve #Misc #SteamDeck

DREAMM is a special emulator for playing lots of classic LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games with a major new 4.0 release available.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/dreamm-emulator-for-lucasarts-lucasfilm-and-lucas-learning-games-v4-0-out-now/

#Emulation #NewRelease #Misc #NativeLinux

Paradox are celebrating 11 years of the Cities: Skylines series with new content coming for both games, so here's what you need to know.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/cities-skylines-celebrates-11-years-with-lots-of-new-content-on-the-way/

#Steam #Upcoming #DLC #CityBuilder #Update #Proton #NativeLinux

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/steam-survey-for-february-2026-shows-a-big-swing-to-simplified-chinese/

#Steam #Survey #SurveyResults #Valve #Misc

With Steam Next Fest - February 2026 nearly over, Valve recently revealed some of the most popular choices amongst gamers.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heres-some-of-the-most-played-demos-during-steam-next-fest-february-2026-edition/

#Steam #Valve #Listicle #Roundup #Misc

Another month is done and finished and what a month it was huh? February 2026 had some fun games arriving, so here's what was most popular on Steam Deck.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heres-the-most-played-steam-deck-games-for-february-2026/

#Steam #SteamOS #Valve #Listicle #Roundup #Misc #SteamDeck

Valve released an update for Proton Experimental for February 27th, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-gets-improvements-for-vermintide-2-and-more-controller-support-for-launchers/

#Steam #OpenSource #SteamOS #Valve #Proton #Misc #SteamDeck

The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-orangepi-neo-gaming-handheld-with-manjaro-linux-is-now-on-ice-due-to-component-prices/

#Hardware #Manjaro #Misc #HandheldGaming

Diving into the roots of the POSTAL series, Running With Scissors recently revealed the new horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/running-with-scissors-announced-horror-first-person-shooter-flesh-wire/

#Steam #Upcoming #FPS #Horror #Proton #SteamDeck

If you love strategy games and roguelikes, Gambonanza fuses together the worlds of Balatro and chess like no other and it won me over completely.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gambonanza-is-the-best-balatro-like-version-of-chess-yet-and-you-have-to-try-the-demo/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Roguelike #Demo #Turnbasedstrategy #NativeLinux

Myrient is a popular video game preservation service that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-video-game-preservation-service-myrient-is-shutting-down-in-march/

#Retro #Misc

Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/heroic-games-launcher-v2-20-1-brings-more-essential-bug-fixes/

#GOG #Apps #EpicGames #Misc

The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/smash-everything-apart-together-as-teardown-goes-multiplayer-on-march-12/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Action #Sandbox #Update #Proton #OnlineMultiplayer

Frostrail is another exciting game to keep an eye on, an open-world survival game where you and friends travel through a frozen world on a train.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/frostrail-gets-a-new-trailer-to-showcase-its-freezing-train-survival-gameplay/

#IndieGame #Upcoming #Survival #UnrealEngine #OpenWorld #Proton

Another good one for fans of retro-styled beat 'em ups, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is releasing April 28th.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-dragon-pearl-of-destruction-arrives-april-28/

#Steam #Upcoming #Retro #Beatemup #Proton #SteamDeck

The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/spaghettikart-the-mario-kart-64-fan-made-pc-port-gets-a-big-upgrade/

#OpenSource #Racing #Retro #NativeLinux #Nintendo

Legends of Rock is coming later this year from the developer of Dude, Where Is My Beer? that sees you build up and manage your own band.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/run-your-own-band-in-the-pixel-art-management-game-legends-of-rock/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Music #PixelGraphics #NativeLinux

Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/retro-games-bundle-marvel-maximum-collection-announced/

#Steam #Upcoming #Arcade #Retro #Proton

As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/firefox-148-0-arrives-with-ai-controls/

#Apps #Misc #AI

Taking the retro FPS Dusk and turning it into a retro dungeon crawler with a big sprawling skill tree - Dungeons of DUSK has a demo out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/inspired-by-the-classic-doom-rpg-the-dungeons-of-dusk-demo-is-out-now/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Demo #DungeonCrawler #SteamDeck #NativeLinux

Wanderburg is nuts. A roguelike where you build up a castle on wheels (or legs) and battle through various locations and it instantly hooked me.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/battling-castles-on-wheels-wanderburg-might-be-my-new-favourite-thing/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Roguelike #Demo #Proton

Here we go again, a mad dash to play as many demos as possible with the Steam Next Fest - February 2026 event now live.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-next-fest-february-2026-is-live-with-tons-of-demos/

#Steam #Demo #Event #Valve #Misc

Get some quality games from Focus Entertainment in the new Humble Bundle, all of them should work well on Linux / SteamOS too thanks to Proton.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-a-plague-tale-innocence-requiem-evil-west-and-more-in-the-focus-entertainment-humble-bundle/

#GameBundle #HumbleStore #Misc

Snacktorio is a factory-cooking automation game from the developer of APICO and Mudborne, and looks to be another great indie game to try out.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/turn-recipes-into-huge-cooking-production-lines-in-the-new-snacktorio-demo/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Demo #BuildingSim #NativeLinux #Automation

The GOG Preservation Program expands again to include more classic games that will be kept alive with patches from the GOG team like The Wolf Among Us.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-wolf-among-us-the-last-express-and-more-join-the-gog-preservation-program/

#Wine #GOG #Retro #DRMFree #Proton

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is arriving on March 19th and ahead of release a new trailer shows off one of the boss fights, and it really does look awesome.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mouse-p-i-for-hire-looks-awesome-in-the-new-boss-trailer/

#Steam #Upcoming #FPS #Action #Proton

Lexispell from MrEliptik is a roguelike that has you spell out words for points with some Balatro-styled mechanics, and the new demo is worth a go.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/lexispell-is-a-balatro-styled-roguelike-word-game-with-a-demo-worth-trying/

#Steam #IndieGame #Roguelike #Demo #GodotEngine #NativeLinux

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth is set to arrive on April 27th from he creators of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, giving us another lovely adventure.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/moomintroll-winters-warmth-arrives-april-27-will-run-great-on-steam-deck/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming #Adventure #Proton #SteamDeck

The ace Luxtorpeda project has expanded, and now it makes it real easy to install the popular MGSHDFix pack for various Metal Gear games on Linux / Steam Deck.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/its-now-easier-to-install-mgshdfix-for-metal-gear-games-on-linux-steam-deck/

#OpenSource #Mod #SteamOS #Proton #Misc #SteamDeck

Mega Crit just revealed that Slay the Spire 2 is set to arrive in Early Access on March 5, and we're getting 4-player co-op with the launch.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/slay-the-spire-2-arrives-march-5-with-4-player-co-op/

#IndieGame #Upcoming #EarlyAccess #GodotEngine #Deckbuilder #OnlineCoop #NativeLinux

Widelands is a free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, and their developers appear to be setting a firm stance against an AI generated contributions.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/widelands-the-open-source-settlers-like-devs-plan-to-ban-all-ai-generated-contributions/

#FreeGame #OpenSource #Strategy #NativeLinux #AI

Unfortunately the stock availability of the Steam Deck has only worsened recently, with Europe now appearing to be completely out of stock.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-deck-now-out-of-stock-in-europe-in-addition-to-usa-canada-and-asia/

#Hardware #SteamOS #Valve #Misc #SteamDeck

Easily my favourite game from Zachtronics, Opus Magnum is making a return with a big new DLC that's set to arrive on March 17th.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/opus-magnum-from-zachtronics-is-getting-a-big-new-de-re-metallica-dlc/

#IndieGame #Upcoming #Puzzle #DLC #Programming #NativeLinux #Automation

The first release of 0 A.D. that doesn't have an "Alpha" label attached, as the free and open source RTS has grown up with their faster release schedule.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/free-and-open-source-rts-0-a-d-release-28-boiorix-is-live/

#FreeGame #OpenSource #Strategy #RTS #NativeLinux

Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Stack synergies, trigger price swings, and trade wisely.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/bend-the-market-to-your-will-in-the-roguelike-insider-trading/

#Steam #IndieGame #Roguelike #Demo #GodotEngine #NewRelease #NativeLinux