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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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Doom & Destiny Advanced, an Early Access comedy RPG now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2016

Doom & Destiny Advanced looks like a really nice 2D RPG, it's currently in Early Access and the Linux & Mac versions have recently been added.

GOL vs Feral Interactive at 10AM UTC/11AM BST today live on Twitch

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2016

After a two week break the weekly GOL vs Feral Interactive Company of Heroes 2 livestream is back! Today at 10AM UTC/11AM BST I will once again face off against Matt from Feral.

Valve shoots down Itch stores attempt to get their client on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

Remember Itch.io trying to get their client onto Steam through Greenlight? Well, Valve have killed their hopes of that for now.

You can now get access to the excellent Faeria for a lot cheaper, without booster packs

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

I love Faeria, a weird mix of strategy, card game, and a board game all in one. It's like Hearthstone on steroids, and it now has a cheaper option to be able to play it right now.

Thoughts on Retro-Pixel Castles after some major updates, a godlike village simulator on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

I really liked Retro-Pixel Castles when I played it initially last year, and after trying it again now it has had some major updates I have some more thoughts on it.

Don't Starve Together leaving Early Access on April 21st

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

Prepare to fail at survival, as Don't Starve Together is officially being released this month on the 21st of April. Great game, do try it out.

Explore space in AuroraRL, now in Early Access for Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

AuroraRL is a space exploration game where our precious earth is in crisis, and it's your task to seek out alien life and make new friends.

Crypto Hex, an abstract puzzle game about spatial reasoning released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

If you like making your head hurt with puzzles be sure to check out Crypto Hex. It has a nice visual style, simple but challenging gameplay and it confused me quite quickly.

Open source Theme Hospital engine CorsixTH 0.60 Beta 1 released

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

Greetings fans of Theme Hospital, the awesome open source engine CorsixTH has released 0.60 Beta 1 with new features and fixes.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 & American Truck Simulator updated, now featuring Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

You can now expand your trucking simulators with community create mods in both Euro Truck Simulator 2 & American Truck Simulator.

New Stellaris developer video brings on the hype

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2016

I am super pumped for Stellaris, it looks like everything I have wanted in a space strategy game and this new video really has me excited.

Survival game Rust adds female player models, assigns gender to Steam accounts at random

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2016

The survival game Rust from Facepunch Studios has been updated with a bit of a controversial change. They have added in new models, including female models, but you don't get to pick your gender.

There's an open source Standalone Steam Controller Driver

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2016

If you didn't know already, there's actually an open source Standalone Steam Controller Driver which could make it far more useful outside of Steam.

ARK: Survival Of The Fittest the free online survival arena is now on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2016

ARK: Survival Of The Fittest, the spin off from ARK: Survival Evolved is now available on Linux & SteamOS, it's free too.

Paws: A Shelter 2 Game & The Lonesome Fog both now available on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2016

Paws: A Shelter 2 Game is a standalone, single player, adventure, platformer set in the world of Shelter 2. The Lonesome Fog is a living book that seeks to expand on the concept of storytelling and explores the plight of a young cub trapped in a cycle of fear, cowardice and uncertainty.