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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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I'm facing off against Matt from Feral Interactive again at 11am UTC today!

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2016

Another week and another livestream of me vs Matt from Feral Interactive. Will Matt turn around his losing streak, who knows? I sure will put up a fight to keep up my winnings.

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Project Zomboid developers working on a new lighting system, new animations and better graphics

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

Project Zomboid is easily one of my favourite indie games to keep an eye on. Not just because I love Zombies, but the effort these guys put into the game is amazing.

Unity game engine 5.4 beta is out, developers working on performance

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

It's really good to see Unity working on improving performance, and the Unity 5.4 beta looks like it includes some pretty nice features to give improved performance.

Serious Engine 1 Linux source code is coming

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, a long time Linux game porter is working on getting the Serious Engine 1 source code release working on Linux, with official blessing.

Faeria is an excellent turn based strategy game with cards where you build the board

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

Faeria is truly one not to miss out on, not only is it a good answer to not having Hearthstone on Linux, but it's also healing my wounds over Scrolls never officially coming to Linux and then getting shut down. The hook in Faeria is that you build the board as you play.

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 real time strategy game now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a pretty good looking real time strategy game from Great War Team and Publisher Best Way Soft. It has now managed to find its way onto Linux.

Lifeless Planet heading to Linux this month

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2016

Lifeless Planet is a really cool looking atmospheric adventure game about seeking life on a distant planet, and coming across an old Russian town.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance doesn't look like it will come to Linux any time soon

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2016

Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a game built with CryEngine looked like it was going to be a fantastic game to have on Linux, but the developers have told me it "is not possible technically".

Developer of Starsector fighting stolen artwork from Generic Space Shooter

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2016

Never a nice thing to write about, but important to know. It turns out the newly released Generic Space Shooter is using content taken from the indie game Starsector.

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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair announced for April, Linux support looks included

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2016

Good news Danganronpa fans as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair looks like it will support Linux on the April 18th release.

AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2016

Thanks to wccftech (and our IRC for the link) I have learnt today that AMD's new processor design named Zen is shaping up very nicely.

Sunday fun: Theme Hospital on Linux using the open source CorsixTH engine

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2016

It has been quite some time since I mentioned CorsixTH, and I bet some of you don’t even know it exists! Theme Hospital is a brilliant game from many years ago where you build your own hospital.

OVERLOAD from the original Descent developers has been funded

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2016

Good news for fans of six-degree-of-freedom-shooter games, as OVERLOAD has been officially funded on Kickstarter.

A new Steam Client Beta adds new Steam Controller features

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2016

I do love my Steam Controller, and Valve really are doing some amazing work with it. This latest update adds a pretty big new feature.

Moving Hazard, an interesting Unreal Engine FPS where zombies become a weapon

By Liam Dawe, 12 Mar 2016

Moving Hazard has captured my interest, and the developers mention that they definitely want to release on Linux. Time to show our support for it.

Knights and Merchants strategy game to return to Linux using Wine, now in beta

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2016

Knights and Merchants was originally a LinuxGamePublishing (RIP) title, and sadly the port source code must have gone with it. Topware Interactive now have a Linux beta available on Steam that uses Wine.

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition patch out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2016

There's a pretty big patch out for Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition that fixes a number of issues, and shows Larian is supporting their game well.

Ashes of the Singularity developer thinks Vulkan will make Linux gaming viable

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2016

PC Perspective spoke to Dan Baker from Oxide Games about Ashes of the Singularity and the developer seemed pretty happy with Vulkan and what it could mean for Linux.

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Total War: WARHAMMER might not see a day-1 Linux release

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2016

Could be sad news ahead for strategy fans, as the original Total War: WARHAMMER announcement listed SteamOS in the platform list, but their latest messages don't seem too confident.

Cossacks 3 shows off old style diplomacy in a new teaser video

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2016

I am really excited to play Cossacks 3 as I love real time strategy games, and the graphics do look great. This new video is a bit of fun showing off "diplomacy".

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