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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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Just a heads up, Saints Row: The Third on Linux has broken co-op play

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2016

The Saints Row: The Third port from Virtual Programming looks like it could use some love, it seems the co-op play on Linux has been broken since release.

Steam Hardware Weekend sale, bag some cheap kit, Steam Controller now has accessories

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

The Steam Hardware Weekend sale is now live and it seems Valve now sell accessories for the Steam Controller.

'Hybrid Wars', a futuristic top-down mech shooter released with day-1 Linux support,

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Hybrid Wars is a rather good looking futuristic top-down mech shooter that has now officially released, and it has day-1 Linux support.

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Stardew Valley 1.1 beta now available, you can get divorced, new maps, new crops and more

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Stardew Valley 1.1 beta is now available with Linux support. It has a bunch of new maps and plenty of new content.

Unity have released a preview of the Unity editor with the Vulkan API

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

This is pretty exciting, Unity have released a preview update build of the Unity engine with the Vulkan renderer.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution released for Linux, port report and thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Feral Interactive have ported another set of cracking good games. This time we have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Chaos Rising and Retribution to fill our strategy needs!

'We Are The Dwarves' now available DRM free for Linux on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

We Are The Dwarves, an action-based tactical adventure is now available for you GOG fans in their usual DRM free form.

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Minecraft: The Exploration Update announced, new monsters, new animals and more

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

The Minecraft developers have announced The Exploration Update and they have already released a development release for it.

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'Sunless Skies', the next game after 'Sunless Sea' to support Linux, will go to Kickstarter next year

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

Failbetter Games have announced their next game titled 'Sunless Skies' as the follow-on from 'Sunless Sea'. Linux will be supported.

'Osiris: New Dawn', a graphically impressive multiplayer adventure and survival game coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2016

'Osiris: New Dawn' is a very impressive looking mix of multiplayer survival, adventure, action and so on. The developers have mentioned that a Linux version is on the table.

InXile Entertainment announced Wasteland 3, will use crowdfunding on fig

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2016

InXile Entertainment have formally announced that Wasteland 3 is a thing and it will go to crowdfunding site Fig to secure development funding.

'Stash: No Loot Left Behind', the new MMO from Frogdice is now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2016

Stash: No Loot Left Behind is the new MMO from Frogdice that features turn based grid combat, player customizable housing and more.

'Pavilion', the very stylish fourth-person puzzling adventure released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2016

I wrote about 'Pavilion' months ago, so it's pleasing to see it release as promised with day-1 Linux support. The game has some serious style to it.

'Niche - a genetics survival game' released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2016

Thanks to a GOL supporter I've had a chance to check out 'Niche - a genetics survival game' and breed my tribe of weird looking animals.

Fusion 3, the next generation game engine and editor from Clickteam will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

Clickteam are the company behind some really cool tools like Fusion, previously called Multimedia Fusion. They did an AMA today where a developer noted their Fusion 3 editor is running on Linux and other platforms.

Avoid the pile-up in 'Clustertruck', a first-person platformer with day-1 Linux support, it's great

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

Clustertruck released today and I've had a chance to play some of it before the release, here's some thoughts.

Steam now has above 2,500 Linux & SteamOS games available

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

I've seen some posts on reddit and across the wider net about Steam hitting around 2,000 games for Linux. The truth is the number is actually quite a lot higher.

The Talos Principle now renders correctly in 'radv', the open source AMD Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

Good news for Vulkan and AMD GPU fans, as David Airlie has put up a new blog post letting us know that The Talos Principle now renders correctly in this new open source AMD Vulkan driver.

'Farabel', a turn based strategy game is officially coming to Linux after a days work

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2016

The developers of Farabel sent word that their game is now officially coming to Linux. They asked for testers and in a single day got the game working properly on Linux and it's now official.