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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check 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. Find me on Mastodon.

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Nemesys games needing testers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2012

I've posted about Ignite still coming to Linux before much to me being called names by other people as they didn't beleive me...bu...

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Freespace 1&2 heading to Desura!

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2012

On the Desura forum Protektor the head of Linux Gaming at Desura announced this little juicy tidbit;

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Fallout on Linux with Dosbox/Desura

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2012

Fallout is now on Desura for Linux using DosBox! It's the same thing that gog.com does it bundles the game with DosBox (exactly the same on Windows). So you can finally g...

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Helena the 3rd pay what you want

By Liam Dawe, Jan 2, 2012

In celebration of hitting their Kickstarter goal for Ensign 1, Only Human Studios have set their first game Helena the 3rd as pa...

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Happy new year, a review of 2011

By Liam Dawe, Jan 1, 2012

Well folks another year of our lives down and another to look forward too. 2011 has been a pretty exciting year for Linux gamers all in all with multiple different types of bundles coming from

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FLARE v0.15 and v0.15.1

By Liam Dawe, Dec 30, 2011

FLARE the open source RPG engine & game has released a new version and a video to show it off. I say Engine & Game as the author describes it as this; Quote

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Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye v0.7

By Liam Dawe, Dec 29, 2011

Better late than never (Sorry!), MyGameCompany has released the next preview of the upcomming platformer mainly for the younger audience named Dirk Dashing 2! The announcement is below; I'm pleased to announce the...

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3079 blocky action RPG

By Liam Dawe, Dec 29, 2011

Introducing 3079 the Blocky Action RPG, that looks a lot like Minecraft only odder. Trailer;

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OpenXcom next version teaser - open source xcom

By Liam Dawe, Dec 28, 2011

One of my favourite open source projects of all time as X-Com is deeply routed in my gaming past, OpenXcom is an open source engine built from the ground up for you to be able to play old skool turn based strategy X-Com on modern computers....

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Ensign 1 kickstarter goal reached!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2011

Ensign 1 the awesome in development space shooter I have covered a few times has reached it's goal of hitting $1000

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0 A.D. Alpha 8!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2011

Please give a warm welcome to 0 A.D. Alpha 8! Top new features (but much more included); Quote Bartering system: Buy and ...

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Getting back to normal

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2011

So now that the main holidays are over, how did everyone enjoy their time off for the holidays? Much gaming done? Back to the news shortly!...

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See you after the weekend!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 23, 2011

Well folks I am off for the weekend to the parters family so for anyone who celebrates it Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays. Normal news will continue then!...

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Ensign 1 last push on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, Dec 22, 2011

One of the most promising and interesting space shooters to come from an indie developer all year ever Ensign 1 is nearing the last few days on it's

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Humble Bundle stats

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2011

The awesome Josh aka Cheese has with the blessing of Humble written a full write up of past and present Humble Bundles to sho...

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Gameolith adds new titles!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2011

Okay folks Gameolith the web based Linux game store has now added two more titles to it's lineup! Both of these games have only been release around the last week as well for Linux so it's g...

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Kot-In-Action modding Portal - Steel Storm and Darkplaces

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2011

Alex the awesome developer behind the Steel Storm series sent me word on a new portal website he has put up to help modders; QuoteHi Liam, I...

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Native Client - Gaming in Chrome

By Liam Dawe, Dec 18, 2011

Okay so I struggled for a decent title on this one... Native Client is a newish plugin for Chrome developed by Google to give native performance to applications that are built against it to run in the Google Chrome Browser. You can find all ...