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A statement from HOF Studios about the Depth of Extinction Steam key removal, plus thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand, 21 Oct 2018

After writing about how the developer of Depth of Extinction revoked a user’s externally purchased Steam key after leaving a negative review, the developer reached out to give a statement.

Game developer revokes a user's Steam key after negative review

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Oct 2018

Here's a case of how to definitely not deal with getting negative feedback. A developer of Depth of Extinction revoked a user's key after a negative review.

Canonical have released some statistics from the Ubuntu installer survey

By Liam Squires-Hand, 18 Oct 2018

When installing Ubuntu 18.04, Canonical's installer will offer to send some statistics to them. Canonical have now released some of this.

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Saturday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends plus a look at a few things on sale

By Liam Squires-Hand, 13 Oct 2018

A day early! Your new weekly roundup of odds and ends for Linux gaming that didn't make it into the main news this week, plus a look at some sales.

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Embrace, extend, and protect? Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network to 'protect Linux and open source'

By Liam Squires-Hand, 10 Oct 2018

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In a move that's going to raise a lot of eyebrows, Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network to 'protect Linux and other important open source workloads from patent assertions'.

According to Kotaku, Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian

By Liam Squires-Hand, 9 Oct 2018

In what could be a blow to Linux gamers who are fans of Obsidian RPGs, Microsoft is apparently close to acquiring the studio.

Sunday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends and a quick look at what’s on sale

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Oct 2018

Another week has flown by and it’s been a pretty good one, here’s a roundup of some odds and ends that we didn’t fit in this week plus a quick look over some good deals.

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The Sunday Mag - a look at some Linux stuff on sale and other odds and ends

By Liam Squires-Hand, 30 Sep 2018

It's Sunday, I have still a ridiculous cold so I feel quite poorly. Here's a run over some Linux games on sale, some other random things along with a question to you.

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Humble has a pretty good Game Development book bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand, 18 Sep 2018

For those thinking about or already creating games, you might want to take a look over at Humble with their game development book bundle.

What are you clicking on this weekend and what do you think about it?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 8 Sep 2018

Good morning, it's question time here again on GamingOnLinux as we enter another weekend. Wipe that sleep from your eyes, grab a drink and come chat.

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A writer for Forbes has been talking about the positives of switching to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 Sep 2018

How do you know Linux is gaining steam outside of the usual circles? When you see writers like Jason Evangelho from Forbes switching over to Linux and writing about his experience.

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What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 Sep 2018

It's the weekend already? It's also September! When did that happen? What are you fine people playing on Linux this weekend?

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What are you playing this weekend?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 28 Jul 2018

The weekend has arrived and for many of you this is likely your best time to boot up your favourite game, so what are you all playing?

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The CTO of Croteam has written up a post about 'The Elusive Frame Timing'

By Liam Squires-Hand, 26 Jul 2018

In an interesting post aimed at the more casual reader, the CTO of Croteam has now written up a post about 'The Elusive Frame Timing'.

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A look at some top Linux games released in 2018

By Liam Squires-Hand, 25 Jul 2018

If you're new to Linux and you're wondering what notable releases have made their way to Linux in 2018, here's a quick list of some good stuff on the table.

What are you playing this weekend and what do you think about it?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Jul 2018

It's the weekend and the sun is out, so naturally many of us will be staring at a bright screen playing the latest and greatest Linux games.

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Kalypso Media buy the rights to the Commandos IP, a new game is coming plus updates to older titles

By Liam Squires-Hand, 12 Jul 2018

Kalypso Media now officially own the rights to the Commandos IP which could mean good things for Linux gamers.

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GamingOnLinux is officially 9 years old this week

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 Jul 2018

9 years! Who would have thought that many years ago we would be here writing about Linux games every day with a full inbox.

Reverse engineered source code for Diablo is now on GitHub

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Jun 2018

This is a bit of a surprise! Someone going by the name 'GalaXyHaXz' has put up source code for the original Diablo that was apparently reverse engineered.