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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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Join me at 10AM UTC today as the GOL vs Feral Interactive livestream is back!

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2016

That's right folks after around 6 weeks break for the summer, the GOL vs Feral livestream is BACK! I take on Matt from Feral once again today in Company of Heroes 2 at 10AM UTC!

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 still planned for Linux, not due for at least another 4 months

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2016

Space Pirates and Zombies 2 looks damn good, the reviews are looking good for it too and it is still planned for Linux which is great news.

If you don't own Company of Heroes 2 yet, it's now 75% off on Steam, go get it

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2016

Now is your chance to pick up a fantastic game for super cheap and support Feral Interactive and their porting. Company of Heroes 2 is 75% off on Steam right now for a few days.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, a fantasy solo RPG with turn-based battles will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2016

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a fantasy solo RPG with turn-based battles, it's made in the style of a table-top game. The developers have confirmed it's coming to Linux.

Have you tried 'Life of Pixel'? A very cool love letter to retro gaming

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2016

Life of Pixel is a game that has been on Linux for quite some time, it originally released back in 2014 and I've finally given it a go. You're essentially playing through the graphical history of multiple eras.

Site update: a notice about article and forum post subscription changes

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2016

I have recently adjusted the way subscribing to articles and forum posts works, to make it clearer and work as actually expected. Personal messages also got a minor bug fix.

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Valve have made some big changes to the Steam Reviews system

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2016

Valve have made some steps towards trying to improve their reviews system, so let's take a look. It should cut out people gaming the system, but it's not great news for developers in reality.

Rocket League updated for SteamOS & Linux, AA now works, FPS no longer locked to 60

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2016

The SteamOS beta for Rocket League has been updated, and it seems it has fixed a bunch of obvious issues.

A Unity developer is teasing the Vulkan API in the Unity engine

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

This is very cool and quite exciting, Na'Tosha Bard, a developer for Unity has teased a little shot of Unity + Vulkan. Looks like it's running on Ubuntu too.

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Homefront: The Revolution is starting to show signs that the Linux port is alive and coming

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

It seems Homefront: The Revolution is still coming to Linux, as it has recently popped up on SteamDB.

You can help fund the Unreal Engine Editor development specifically for Linux compatibility

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

A community contributor to the Unreal Engine has put up a Patreon for you to be able to support their effort.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a blend of a space strategy game with base building and RPG elements. It recently launched on Linux day-1 so here's some thoughts.

A new build of Retro-Pixel Castles is available, has a new launcher for Linux and a whole new interface

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

Retro-Pixel Castles really is quite awesome (seriously, go try it!) and now even more so. The developer has included a Linux launcher bundled with Java to remove any issues for Linux users. Oh, it also has a flashy new interface.

A Linux release for Kingdom Come: Deliverance still looks very unclear

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

You may or may not remember that I wrote about Kingdom Come: Deliverance back in March. The developers said it wasn't technically possible, now it seems months later they still have no idea.

StarMade, the Minecraft-like spaceship builder now has a brand new launcher, be sure to try the demo!

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

StarMade is an impressive game, it has a similar voxel-block style to Minecraft, but that's were the similarities end. The game now has a proper launcher that includes a bundled version of Java. This will make it easily run on Steam Machines.

Hue, an award-winning platformer where you alter the worlds background colour is now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2016

Hue looks like a great idea, it's an adventure platformer where you change the background colour of the world.

Owners of Armello on GOG can get a refund due to it not getting DLC and online features

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2016

You might remember a heated topic recently that the GOG version of 'Armello' was renamed to 'Armello DRM-Free Edition' and it won't be getting the DLC. It seems GOG are offering refunds now.

Curvatron, a simple yet interesting evolution of the old game 'Snake', we have free keys for you

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2016

Curvatron has recently been released on Linux and the developer sent in a bunch of keys for you lucky people. The game itself is inspired by the old game 'Snake' that was on rather old Nokia mobile phones.

Wargame: European Escalation works once again for Nvidia users, two years after breaking

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2016

It seems Wargame: European Escalation was broken for nearly two years for Nvidia GPU users on Linux. The recent Nvidia 370.28 driver seems to have fixed it.