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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.

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A look at 'Meganoid', the platformer with roguelike elements from Orangepixel

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2017

Orangepixel's latest game 'Meganoid' is a platformer with randomly generated levels. I tried it out and here's some thoughts.

OpenRA has a new release with HiDPI font rendering, more Dune 2000 missions and more

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2017

OpenRA is easily one of my favourite open source projects. It allows us to play early Westwood RTS games like Red Alert and Dune 2000 in a modern engine on Linux. The latest release is a good one too.

Linux gamers on Arch may want to hold off on updating due to openssl breaking some games (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

It seems an Arch update today has broken a few games, several Feral Interactive titles as well as Civilization VI from Aspyr Media no longer run. UPDATED, see the bottom.

Dota 2 has massive changes to matchmaking that should give better games

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

Dota 2 has been through a small evolution in the matchmaking to hopefully improve the experience for everyone.

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Project Zomboid has another major update with tons of bugs fixes and new map items

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

Project Zomboid, the sandbox Zombie survival game that can be played in single-player and multi-player has another major version bump.

Peace, Death! Possibly one of the weirdest games I've played for a while

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

We do get our fair share of completely weird games, today's weird one is Peace, Death! You are a Reaper and your task is to correctly decide if people go to Heaven or Hell.

Some thoughts on 'Hollow Knight', an incredibly rich and unexpectedly great game

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

I knew Hollow Knight was going to be impressive when going into it, but I didn't realize how impressive it was.

OpenLara, an impressive open source engine for classic Tomb Raider has a WebGL demo

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

OpenLara was pointed out to me as it's an open source game engine to run classic Tomb Raider titles on Linux, it also has a WebGL support and a demo to show it off in-browser.

Overload, the really great six-degree-of-freedom shooter has a major update

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

Overload, the six-degree-of-freedom shooter that really surprised me for how good it felt has a major update.

Don’t Touch The Zombies looks like an amusing mash-up of PAC-MAN and Zombies

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

Don’t Touch The Zombies, a game from Tlakali Game Studio is releasing soon with Linux support and it looks like an amusing mash-up of PAC-MAN with Zombies.

Games Republic, the store previously owned by 11 bit studios is coming back (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2017

A little odd news to start the day today, it seems Games Republic, the store previously owned by 11 bit studios that closed down at the end of last year is coming back online.

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Game engine 'Construct 3' has come along well during the Beta

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2017

I've been playing with Construct 3 on and off during the beta and I have to say I'm really impressed with it.

Space colony building sim 'Maia' has another massive update

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2017

Maia is a personal favourite as a game I really love to see grow and it just got a big update. It comes with lots of new and very useful features.

Two Worlds II to release on Linux in May, along with engine upgrade & Call of the Tenebrae DLC

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2017

Topware Interactive are revamping Two Worlds II and bringing out a new DLC named Two Worlds II: Call of the Tenebrae. Both will see Linux support on May 25th.

Saints Row 2 is currently free on Steam, other Saints Row titles on sale

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2017

Saints Row 2 is currently free to grab it on Steam for a limit time, so act quick if you don't own it yet. The other Saints Row titles are on sale as well.

Jonathan Blow's next game looks like it might support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2017

Take this with a pinch of salt, since it's early days for his next game, but Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) actually showed off his next game 'Jai Sokoban' running on Linux.

About Linux games being delayed: A chat with several game developers and porters

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2017

We see a lot of games get delayed for Linux, but why is this? I decided to ask around about the difficulties facing developers when porting games to Linux. A chat with some well known Linux porters! Warning: Article is on the longer side.