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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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Crossing The Line, A New CryEngine FPS Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2014

Crossing The Line is an in-development first-person shooter built with CryEngine that will come to Linux. From the new developer Zomboko Entertainment.

Bravada, A Tactical Strategy & RPG Game That's Rather Good, Video & Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2014

Bravada is the début game from Ukraine developers Interbellum Team that features a cheery little story. It's a game like nothing I've ever played before and I rather enjoyed it. It's a tactical RPG game with turn-based battles like no other.

Paragon The Beautiful Looking Space Sim Is Now On Steam's Early Access For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2014

Paragon is a game we have shown you a few times now and it's looking very pretty. They have bagged themselves a spot in Steam's Early Access section if you didn't want to buy through humble.

Yrminsul Tower Defence Released For Linux, Video & Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Today I take a look at Yrminsul a tower defence game from Studio Black Flag and it's their first foray into commercial game development, so how does it live up to my expectations?

Tesseract A Brand New Open Source FPS Derived From Cube 2: Sauerbraten

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Tesseract is a first-person shooter game focused on instagib deathmatch and capture-the-flag gameplay as well as cooperative in-game map editing.

Stronghold 3 Strategy Game Could Be Coming To Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Stronghold 3 is showing some hints towards coming to Linux. Stronghold is a series of strategy games from FireFly Studios.

Valve's Rich Geldreich Is At It Again, The State Of Graphics Drivers OpenGL Support

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Another blog post from the Valve developer Rich Geldreich who works on the Vogl OpenGL debugger. This time Rich lends his experienced thoughts to the state of OpenGL in vendors drivers.

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Project Zomboid Major Update Released, Video Of Failure Included

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Project Zomboid has finally gone and done it. The developers have pushed 'build 26' to the main download on Steam and soon to Desura too. Desura users will be delighted by this.

Nuclear Throne Updated Again With More Enemies, More Weapons, More Awesome On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Oh Nuclear Throne you're like a fast paced Dungeons of Dredmor, I love you, but wow you frustrate me! Nuclear Throne is getting better and better and the Linux version is solid.

Valve's Rich Geldreich Notes Some Problems With OpenGL, DirectX 12 Will Leave It In The Dust

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2014

Rich Geldreich states these are his personal thoughts after working with OpenGL, Rich is currently working at Valve on 'Vogl' an open source OpenGL debugger. He makes some interesting points.