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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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Interview with Aspyr Media about porting Civilization VI to Linux and other interesting questions

By Liam Dawe,
Now that Aspyr Media have ported Civilization VI to Linux, it’s time to publish our interview! Grab a coffee and come learn some things.

Croteam say Vulkan 'is the way forward', Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter due in 'weeks' with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing my love for Croteam, today it was pointed out on reddit that the Croteam developers have been talking quite a bit more about Vulkan on one of their Steam forums. They also stated that Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter should have the Fusion update with Linux & Vulkan in 'weeks'.

A look at Tinertia, a twin-stick rocket-jumping shooter for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Tinertia sent in some keys at user-request for us to take a look at this rather amusing twin-stick shooter.

Parkitect alpha 10 released, featuring improved water, ride budgets and much more

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect is one of those Early Access games that sits firmly at the top of my list to keep an eye on. It's really fun already and every alpha is a big boost for it.

Valve have three new VR games in development

By Liam Dawe,
It seems that Valve are going to continue their VR push as they have announced they have three more VR games in development.

Civilization VI released for Linux, video and port report (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Aspyr Media have officially released the Linux port of Civilization VI and after testing it here’s some thoughts.

A look at 'Vidar', an Early Access 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Vidar has a lot going for it even this early on, as a fan of 2D RPG, Adventure & Puzzle games it ticks a lot of boxes for me.

The Dark Mod, the free stealth game inspired by Thief is looking to get on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Another good game project that could use some help in the way of your votes: The Dark Mod. The developers are wanting to get the game onto Steam through Greenlight.

Wine-Staging 2.1 release with CSMT support for DirectX 10 & 11

By Liam Dawe,
Wine-Staging has a big new update which brings in their CSMT (Command Stream Multithreading) support for DirectX 10 & 11.

Feral Interactive have released the HITMAN system requirements for Linux, NVIDIA & AMD supported

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like everyone is going to be happy with this one. Feral Interactive have announced the system requirements for HITMAN ahead of the release next week. AMD & NVIDIA are supported.

Bleed 2, a relentless 2D action game is now on Linux, ported by Ethan Lee

By Liam Dawe,
Ethan Lee has another port available for us day-1, today we are graced with Bleed 2. It's described as a relentless action game and looks mental.

GDC sounds like it will be fun this year with AMD, NVIDIA, Khronos, Unity & Croteam all talking Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
This year's GDC sounds like it might be quite interesting! AMD, NVIDIA, Khronos, Unity, Croteam and more have announced they will be doing a bunch of talks and some of them will be about Vulkan.

Watch this video of David Airlie (Redhat) talking about Vulkan and other bits

By Liam Dawe,
Something that sadly got buried in my inbox is this video of David Airlie (Red Hat) talking about the Vulkan Graphics API.

The developers of Heavy Gear Assault say that supporting Linux is a 'top concern'

By Liam Dawe,
The Early Access release of Heavy Gear Assault came and went and they had quite a number of issues with the Linux version, but they have made serious attempts to fix it.

Quetoo, a free and open source FPS is looking to get on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Here's one I've not heard of before! Quetoo (originally Quake2World), a free and open source FPS that's currently in Beta is asking for votes on Steam Greenlight.

'Action Half-Life 2' version 3 released with a Linux version, here's how to install it

By Liam Dawe,
'Action Half-Life 2' version 3, a source-based modification aimed at simulating the experience of being in an action movie has released and it now has Linux support.

XCOM 2 updated by Feral to support Long War 2

By Liam Dawe,
That didn't take long, ideal! XCOM 2 for Linux has been updated to support the huge Long War 2 mod! This mod is massive, seriously massive.

Croteam say all Serious Sam games are on their way to Linux with Vulkan, also VR on Linux teaser from Valve

By Liam Dawe,
Croteam have put up a very nice blog post about all their games and it seems all of them are coming to Linux now and with Vulkan too.

Threaded OpenGL in Mesa will not help Feral's Linux ports and probably others too

By Liam Dawe,
Just a note to not get overly excited about threaded OpenGL in Mesa. While it's true it could help a bunch of games, there's also games it likely won't help or even make worse. Feral Interactive's ports already do it, and I'm sure others do too.

HITMAN for Linux officially announced, port by Feral Interactive and arriving this month

By Liam Dawe,
Feral Interactive have officially announced their next Linux port and it's going to be 'HITMAN'. Another awesome game for our platform.
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