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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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Got of case of the mid week blues? Try 'Iron Snout', a free action game for Linux that was recently updated

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Sep 2016

Iron Snout is a free action game available on Steam where you play as a brave pig fighting off hordes of wolves.

Windscape, a first-person exploration adventure where you play as a young girl will come to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Sep 2016

Windscape doesn't sound like your usual exploration and adventure game and luckily the developer has confirmed a Linux version will come.

OpenMW 0.40 released, playing Morrowind on Linux natively gets closer to perfection

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 Sep 2016

OpenMW 0.40 is the latest release of the open source game engine for playing Morrowind. It's crazy how far along it is now, close to feature complete by the looks of it.

Parkitect alpha 5 released, has some fun medieval props, more stats tracking and better performance

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 Sep 2016

The super cool theme park builder Parkitect has reached alpha 5, it seems like a smaller release overall as it's laying the foundation for future updates.

Mother Russia Bleeds released on Linux, go beat 'em up, some thoughts included

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Sep 2016

Mother Russia Bleeds is a rather violent beat 'em up that's now available day-1 for Linux. My friends at GOG sent over a key, so here's what I think.

Everyone is invisible in 'Invisigun Heroes' a multiplayer, single-screen stealth battle arena

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Sep 2016

Invisigun Heroes sounds like a pretty funny idea, everyone is invisible, but you still have to find a way to battle them.

Atom Zombie Smasher has been updated, Linux version is now on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Sep 2016

Atom Zombie Smasher the rather cool indie game from a while ago has finally been updated and it has a Linux version on Steam.

OTON X claims to be the first artificial intelligent games console, it's powered by Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Sep 2016

OTON X sounds like a rather interesting Linux-powered games console. It is aimed at people who want to create as well as play games.

Dungeons 2 and all the DLC is now available on GOG with Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 Sep 2016

If you have wanted to try out Dungeons 2 and you were waiting on GOG, wait no more! GOG have put up the Linux builds for you.

Pixar Film Production show off how they use Linux and OpenGL, open sourced a major tool

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Sep 2016

This isn't exactly related to gaming, but Pixar Film Production have shown off their work using Linux + OpenGL in animating films. They say it can be used for games too and it's now open source.

GOG withdraw their statement about The Witcher 3 never planned for Linux, they have no idea

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Sep 2016

It seems GOG support got it completely wrong on The Witcher 3 for Linux. A different person inside GOG has said they have no idea why a previous staff member said TW3 was never planned.