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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.

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Space Impossible has a huge new release out for you to get building a starship

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

Explore space in a fully customizable and destructible spaceship in Space Impossible, which just had a massive update as they bring it into Beta.

Vulkan overlay layer 'MangoHud' continues advancing quickly with a big new release

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

MangoHud enables you to quickly and easily monitor FPS, temperatures, RAM, VRAM and do a little benchmarking too. A fresh release was just today put up.

8-player mayhem is coming with 'Aeolis Tournament' successfully funded and on the way to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

Chaotic 8-player action is coming to Linux later this year, as Beyond Fun Studio have managed to get successfully funded on Kickstarter for their amusing looking game Aeolis Tournament.

Relow is a ridiculously fast FPS with procedurally generated arenas coming soon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

I absolutely love first-person shooters, it's often a sort-of safety net comfort zone when I just want to jump into something quick for a while and it looks like Relow might be a good choice for that.

Urban turn-based tactics arrives on Linux with Black Powder Red Earth

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

Black Powder Red Earth, a new urban turn-based tactics game from Echelon Software has released for Linux with the latest update.

BATTLETECH considered complete with one last patch coming, Harebrained moving on

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

That's it, it's done, finished. Harebrained Schemes have announced that their turn-based mech strategy game BATTLETECH is done, with a last patch coming this month.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION looks incredible and planned for Linux once they ensure it's solid

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

2D isometric adventure, BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION, has been announced for release this month and the good news is THE BROTHERHOOD will be bringing it to Linux.

Crowbar Collective want you to break Black Mesa and test the 1.0 build

By Liam Dawe, Feb 14, 2020

The final release of Black Mesa, the re-imagining of Half-Life is coming close and Crowbar Collective want as many people as possible to test out the latest Beta build.

Serious Sam Collection & Panzer Dragoon announced for Stadia plus some timed exclusives

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

It might still be rough but Google's Stadia game streaming service is starting to pull in more games, with a bunch being announced today that look interesting.

LUNA The Shadow Dust looks seriously beautiful and this point & click puzzler is out now

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

LUNA The Shadow Dust from Lantern Studio and Application Systems Heidelberg has released today and certainly seems like a worthy point and click adventure to add to your collection.

Looks like the narrative thriller 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

Releasing next week on February 19, it's looking like 'The Suicide of Rachel Foster' will also be coming to Linux although it's not clear yet exactly when.

Contemporary adventure game inspired by the Philippines 'Until Then' announced

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

This definitely has my attention, as I really do love seeing more games made in settings not too often explored in games. Until Then is inspired by the Philippines including its lifestyle, and culture.

The narrative-based game 'Death and Taxes' puts the grim reaper in an office job - demo available

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

Inspired by the likes of Papers, Please, Animal Inspector, Beholder and Headliner we now have 'Death and Taxes', a game with plenty of hard choices and a morally gripping story with a rather stylish grim reaper.

Project Heartbeat is an upcoming sweet community-driven rhythm game developed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

Stretch your fingers and get ready for a workout, as a new rhythm game is in town named Project Heartbeat.

Valve released a new Stable version of the Steam Client - Steam Play filter for Big Picture Mode added

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13, 2020

Yesterday, Valve released an update to the Steam client pulling in a whole bunch of feature changes and a few visual adjustments from the recent Betas.

Mutant soap opera adventure 'Mutazione' now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 12, 2020

Nominated for multiple awards so it must be a little bit special, the mutant soap opera adventure Mutazione has today been released for Linux.

Valve has banned tens of thousands of Dota 2 accounts as they tweak their smurf detection

By Liam Dawe, Feb 12, 2020

Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.