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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 follow me personally on Mastodon [External Link].

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The 25th Ward: The Silver Case, the follow up to The Silver Case released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2018

That's right, The 25th Ward: The Silver Case the follow up title to The Silver Case which gained Linux support in an update to the remastered version last year. This time around, we saw day-1 support.

DayZ is not currently coming to Linux, but the developers are open to it

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2018

During a recent livestream, the DayZ developers mentioned Linux and a few people went wild. Sadly, they meant this in relation to dedicated servers, but the door remains open.

Space station building sim 'Starmancer' has smashed through some fun stretch-goals on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2018

It's certainly no secret I'm impressed with Starmancer, the Dwarf Fortress inspired space station sim. It has a Linux demo and the funding is still coming in, the stretch goals they've reached sound fantastic.

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is out expanding the game quite a lot

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2018

Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion is the first expansion for the amusing rocket-building sandbox game and it adds some pretty decent content.

Animal sim RPG 'Cattails' has a pretty great update letting you make your own colony

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2018

The sweet and relaxing animal sim RPG Cattails just had a big update, with a highly requested feature to let you build up your own colony.

Croteam will have an interesting talk at GDC this year about game performance

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

It seems Croteam will be doing a talk at GDC this year and it sounds like it's going to be quite interesting, with it being centred around getting games to perform smoothly. The talk will be presented by the Croteam CTO, Alen Ladavac.

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Martian city-builder ‘Surviving Mars’ released with day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

Martian city-builder Surviving Mars is the latest strategy game from Haemimont Games and it’s now available on Linux.

BATTLETECH has a new trailer about life as a mercenary

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

BATTLETECH, the new strategy game from Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive is looking good in the latest trailer.

Cendric, a strange blending of an RPG and a platformer is now on Steam, it's also open source

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

Cendric, is a game that blends together a top-down 2D RPG view with a side-scrolling platformer as well, it's quite odd and it's now on Steam.

Yorg, a free and open source racing game with some hilarious handling

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

Ever heard of Yorg? It's an open source racing game currently in development that's a little like Micro Machines and it's a little bit hilarious.

Clawface, a completely free twin-stick shooter released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

For those in the mood for twin-stick madness but your wallet is empty, you might want to check out Clawface which is completely free and has Linux support.

Sandbox space exploration game 'Space Impossible' has a Linux test build that works well

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2018

I'm such a sucker when it comes to games involving space travel, exploration and building a ship. Turns out that Space Impossible has a Linux version on Steam.

Free to play MMO 'War Thunder' has a big update with a revamped game engine

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2018

The MMO 'War Thunder' has just gone through a small evolution with today's 1.77 'Advancing Storm' update.

Citra, the work in progress Nintendo 3DS emulator now has a much improved OpenGL renderer

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2018

For those who love emulation, you might want to know about Citra, a work in progress Nintendo 3DS emulator that we've never written about here before. It seems they've been hard at work too!

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is officially coming to Linux, port from Feral Interactive

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2018

Life is Strange: Before the Storm, the standalone story adventure set three years before the original is officially heading to Linux!

Slime Rancher's big Mochi's Megabucks update is out, fixes Linux blackscreen issues

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2018

Slime Rancher, the game about running around sucking up cute (and some not so cute) slimes and running a farm is easily one of the sweetest games available on Linux and the Mochi's Megabucks update is rather good.

KING Art have remastered their 'whodunit' adventure The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2018

This is quite a surprise, KING Art have revamped their 'whodunit' adventure game The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief and it's now available.

Star Renegades, a tactical rogue-lite RPG from the Halcyon 6 developer announced, will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2018

Star Renegades is a brand new tactical rogue-lite RPG from developer Massive Damage, Inc. that are known for Halcyon 6, we have it confirmed it will support Linux.

RAD Game Tools 'Telemetry', a performance visualization system adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2018

Good news here for some game developers, as RAD Game Tools 'Telemetry', a performance visualizer has just added support for Linux.

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Fast-paced neo-retro shooter 'Tower 57' is still coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2018

Tower 57, a fast-paced neo-retro shooter that I originally wrote about back in the summer of 2016 is still coming to Linux, although there's still no date for it.

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