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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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Arma 3 Linux port updated to Arma 1.64

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

The experimental port of Arma 3 for Linux has been updated today and we now have the much more up to date Arma 3 1.64.

Master of Orion updated to fix launching issues and no menu on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

Master of Orion, the revamp, not the original, has been updated again and it finally includes fixes for troubles a bunch of Linux players had been having.

Wild Terra Online, another MMO with Linux support in Early Access is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

Wild Terra Online is a player-driven MMO with hunting, crafting, building creation and tons more and it's now available on Steam in Early Access.

Impossiball, a game which is like Pong on steroids will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

Impossiball, an interesting take on a Pong-like game has plans to bring out a Linux version. It looks somewhat amusing.

Realm of the Wood Elves DLC now available for Total War: WARHAMMER on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2016

Feral Interactive have made the Realm of the Wood Elves DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER compatible with Linux. Easily my favourite race, so I can't wait to play them.

Earth Liberation, the indie RTS that looks pretty good confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2016

I wrote about Earth Liberation recently, as it was one of my random discoveries on itch. It's now on Steam and the developers have confirmed it will come to Linux during Early Access.

Steam Winter Sale confirmed for December 22nd

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2016

Thanks to a tweet from Paypal, we have it confirmed that the Steam Winter Sale will start on December 22nd.

Editorial: The Nintendo Switch will use Vulkan, why that doesn't suddenly mean more Linux ports

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

The news doing the rounds right now is that the Nintendo Switch, the new gaming device from Nintendo will use Vulkan. People are getting rather excited and thinking it will mean more Linux ports, but right now it won't.

Pizza Crash, a prototype game about delivering pizza which shows promise

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

Pizza Crash is currently a prototype that could eventually become a full game. It's about delivering pizza while avoiding the nasty hotdog vans.

SPINGUN, a two button arcade shooter that seriously surprised me

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

I don't often play many smaller arcade titles, but SPINGUN has genuinely surprised me with the interesting control scheme and how fun it actually is.

EGOSOFT planning two new space simulation games, 'X Rebirth VR Edition' using Vulkan and also X4

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

EGOSOFT, who became pretty Linux-friendly in recent times are working on two new space simulation games! X Rebirth VR Edition will use Vulkan and they are starting to plan X4.

Motorsport Manager updated with a 2D race mode for lower-end computers

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2016

Motorsport Manager is surprisingly good and it just got a little better for the lower-end gamers with a new 2D race mode.

The open source itch games client has been updated yet again

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2016

The itch developers sure do work fast, as another two versions of this open source game client has been released.

VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan reaches another milestone

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2016

The developer of VK9, the project that aims to implement d3d9 over Vulkan, emailed in to let me know they have hit another milestone.

Orwell, the surveillance simulation game is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2016

Not long after requesting Linux testers for Orwell, the surveillance simulation game, it's now officially available on Linux.

Off Grid is an adventure, satire and stealth game and it's coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2016

Off Grid sounds pretty interesting! An adventure, satire and stealth game that follows real-world events surrounding data privacy.

Wine 2.0-rc2 released with 20 bugs fixed

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2016

With Wine 2.0 right around the corner, the Wine development team has released RC2 of Wine 2.0. No new features as they are in a code-freeze, but it has 20 bugs fixed.