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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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Unreal Tournament on Linux, checking up on the progress by Epic Games and how to get it running on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2016

For those that don't know, or forgot, the new Unreal Tournament does in fact have a Linux version. I check on it now and then and it's really starting to come together.

Hearts of Iron IV officially up for pre-order and will feature Linux support, releases June 6th

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2016

Paradox fans may want to know that Hearts of Iron IV is officially available to pre-order and there's a trailer.

Intel's Mesa OpenGL driver has now finished up OpenGL 4.2 support

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2016

Not long after gaining OpenGL 4.0 support, Intel's Mesa driver is now able to support OpenGL 4.2 and it's not far off 4.3.

Shadwen, the new stealth game from Frozenbyte has released with day 1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2016

Shadwen the brand new action and stealth game from Frozenbyte is now officially available. I can't wait to give it a go.

AMD Polaris graphics cards are starting to sound pretty amazing

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2016

Even though I am an Nvidia user, I am really impressed by that has been leaked out about AMD's upcoming Polaris.

Albion Online MMO content update Darian coming May 18th

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2016

Albion Online is about to get a little bit bigger with Darian, before it gets massive with the update due after.

Moebius: Empire Rising adventure game finally arrives on Linux & SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2016

I mentioned to you recently that it was nearing release and it's good to see it finally happen. Moebius: Empire Rising is the adventure game written by Jane Jensen.

Steam summer sale looks set for June 23rd

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2016

Thanks to a leak it looks like you will need to prepare your wallets once again, as the Steam summer sale looks likely to happen from June 23rd.

The open source Mesa driver for Intel graphics finally reaches OpenGL 4

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2016

Intel's Mesa has been lagging behind for quite some time, but today it looks like the wait is over. The Mesa Intel driver finally has OpenGL 4 support.

You can now watch the mayhem in our recent OpenRA tournament on Youtube

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2016

We recently did an OpenRA tournament that was shown live on Twitch, the video is now available to watch on Youtube.

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You can grab 4089: Ghost Within dirt cheap on the current IndieGameStand deal

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2016

4089: Ghost Within is the procedurally generated RPG from Phr00t's Software that fully supports Linux and it's dirt cheap right now.

Sunday chat: what games have kept you busy with week?

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2016

It's Sunday and a rare occasion of it not raining where I am so I am away for most of the day. So, what have you been playing this week?

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Come watch the GOL OpenRA tournament live on Twitch tonight

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2016

Tonight myself and a few others from the GOL community will be doing an OpenRA tournament free-for-all style, and I will be livestreaming the utter mayhem on Twitch.