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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked 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. You can also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Gameoliths newest titles!

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2012

Not to be completely trumped by Desura, our next favourite website to buy games from Gameolith has recently added a few new titles!

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Ensign 1 new footage!

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2012

[ATTACH=full]333[/ATTACH] Only Human Studios second game Ensign 1 the currently in-dev space shooter has seen a new video released showing off their recent work on the game, this ti...

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0 A.D. Alpha 9!

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2012

0 A.D. the open source and beautiful Real Time Strategy coming from Wildfire Games has reached it's 9th Alpha!

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Hostile Takeover updates

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2012

Another on my "you should really be watching this" list is Hostile Takeover by Laserbrain Studios has had some more screen shots and videos released since I last posted about it, s...

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Deep Black: Reloaded coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2012

As our friends Ubuntu Vibes have pointed out and something which I also found out but didn't get time to post, Deep Black: Reloaded have confirmed they are porting to Linux and Mac!

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Defenders Quest

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2012

A game I only found out about recently called Defenders Quest which is available for Linux. The game itself is a tower defense game by nature which incorporates a story and RPG elements, i had a go at the demo and i must say for any fans of tower defense ...

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Three Dead Zed & Tropical Stormfront, new on Desura!

By Liam Dawe, 5 Mar 2012

Two new games are available for Linux on Desura! Three Dead Zed QuoteThree Dead Ze...

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To the websites copying our content...

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2012

While it's nice to see GOL has become reasonably popular i won't stand for people taking our posts without permission. Hotlinking our images - it uses up our bandwith, shows you used us as a source for your news and not crediting i...

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More Tomes of Mephistopheles updates!

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2012

Okay the up and coming dungeon crawler Tomes of Mephistopheles from Kot-In-Action (Makers of Steel Storm series) has had a few updates including a new video and a new version for pre-order custom...

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Bobby now open source

By Liam Dawe, 29 Feb 2012

Bobby is now not only free, but open source too! QuoteSource code for Bobby is

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FTL: Faster Than Light

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2012

Introducing Faster Than Light a game that is coming for Linux, Mac and Windows and it's, err, hard to describe really - they describe it as a Spaceship Simulation Real-Time Rouge-Like (now that&...

The Humble Bundle Mojam!

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2012

Ok so a little late to the party here (been busy) but the next Bundle is upon is and it's a short one, a weekend long with ~7 hours left.

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Beans Quest

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2012

Introducing Beans Quest Emilio has been cursed and his girlfriend kidnapped! Transformed by dark magic into a jumping bean, Emilio must bounce his way to victory through 5...

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Double Fine Adventure confirmed for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 2012

The huge success of Double Fine Adventure (a game we covered here before) has been confirmed to be coming to Linux!

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Tomes of Mephistopheles updates

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2012

The interesting 3D dungeon crawler Tomes of Mephistopheles coming from Kot-in-Action now has a website and a real gameplay video.

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Double Fine Adventure

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2012

A new adventure game coming up called Double Fine Adventure has had a huge

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Voxatron Updates

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2012

Voxatron the game that was in one of the "Bundles" (The Humble Voxatron Debut) has had a couple new versions since all the fuss from it's bundle has died down, it's s...

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Hostile Takeover updates

By Liam Dawe, 5 Feb 2012

The awesome looking Hostile Takeover has a new development video for your viewing pleasure showing off some new features. You are such an assassin. Working for whoever hires y...

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Project Zomboid, the final countdown!

By Liam Dawe, 5 Feb 2012

Project Zomboid has added a new video and some screenshots of new locations that will be available in the upcoming update!

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SIX a family friendly interactive fiction game!

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2012

Okay so that title was a mouthful, something i have been meaning to mention to you folks is a little game called SIX by Greengum Games. The game itself looks to be an old...