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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 also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Two Worlds II Is Not Coming To Linux, Well Maybe, We Aren't Sure Anymore

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2015

Sadly sometimes people go on auto-pilot, and the Publisher of Two Worlds II and Raven's Cry has confirmed to me they didn't read my previous emails correctly, so Two Worlds II is not coming to Linux, but it might be, confused? I am.

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Majestic Nights, An Episodic Action-adventure-thriller Confirmed To Be In Testing For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2015

Majestic Nights is an episodic action-adventure-thriller set in an alternate 1980s where all conspiracy theories, past and present are True. The developers have looked into it, and have removed parts that don't work on Linux, and so it begins!

Cradle, A Fantastic Looking 3D Adventure Game Shows Linux Progress

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2015

Cradle is a really quite good-looking adventure game coming out, and the developers have teased their Linux testing recently.

Dying Light Released For Linux, Some Thoughts, You May Want To Wait

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jan 2015

It's quite hard to contain my excitement about this game, but as always we will give it a fair look and tell you what we think about Dying Light. This post continues to be updated, and it's really not good. Updated 28th January for game-breaking bugs.

Star Traders: 4X Empires Strategy Game Now On Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2015

Star Traders: 4X Empires has just been released for Linux, so fans of 4X strategy games might want to take a look out our new release.

Dying Light Is Now Confirmed For Linux, Bring It On Techland

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2015

Dying Light is now confirmed for Linux thanks to the announcement from the developers on the Steam store itself. The Linux icons show up on the store pages, and the game even has a steam coming soon banner on the home-page. Time to get seriously excited.

Linux Kernel Bug Being Fixed Thanks To Linus Torvalds & The Witcher 2

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2015

We weren't going to cover this originally, but after thinking on it this is actually great. Thanks to the Linux version of The Witcher 2, a Linux Kernel bug was found as is being fixed.

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Reassembly, A Spaceship Building And Combat Game Grows Up With A Big Update

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2015

Reassembly is easily one of our favourite games for a fantastic mix of good music, an extremely simple spaceship editor and fun combat. The developer has released a big update, and the game has grown rather a lot in a short space of time.

Dying Light From Techland Has A Little Hint About Linux Support

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2015

Well this was a surprised! Dying Light has hints that it may come to Linux thanks to information from the awesome SteamDB. UPDATED: Linux icon now on the store!

Planetary Annihilation Teases New Units & Saved Game Support

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2015

Planetary Annihilation my favourite crashy strategy game has teased a big update to come soon. Not only does it include unit balance changes and new units, but the long promised saved game support will come too.

Storm United, Online FPS Shows First Real Game-play Video, First Alpha Due Soon

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jan 2015

Storm United is a beautiful FPS game running on the Unreal Engine that will have full Linux support, and they have shown off their first real game-play video.

CaesarIA Now On Steam, A Re-make Of Caesar III, But It Might Not Be Legal

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2015

CaesarIA is now on steam! The Caesar III re-make was just released in early access and has been in Steam Greenlight since April 16, 2014. The problem is that it might not be legal.

Deity Quest, A Pokemon-inspired RPG For Linux, On Steam & My Thoughts

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2015

I have often longed for a more adult orientated form of Pokemon, and to find the developer of Deity Quest reach out to me to take a look I was rather eager to get going.

Fancy Playing A Shoot-em-up As A Crow With Powerups? Well 'A Quiver of Crows' Will Let You

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2015

I have to admit whenever I see "twin stick shooter" I get a little bored, as I played that genre to death over the years, but A Quiver of Crows is interesting enough to make me think again.

Invisible, Inc. A Tactical Stealth Game From Klei Entertainment Linux Support Due Soon

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2015

Invisible, Inc. is the new game from Klei Entertainment (think Don't Starve) that has been in early access for a while without Linux support. Today they released an update with news of our much anticipated Linux support! UPDATED

Sage Fusion 2, A Solid Mix Of Story & RPG With Turn-based Battles

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2015

Sage Fusion 2 is a recent discovery and after trying it out for a bit, I think you guys need too as well. It's a solid mix of story with anime styled characters, and Final Fantasy styled turn based battles.