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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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'Enclave', the 2003 action RPG now has a Linux beta that uses Wine

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2016

'Enclave' is another Wine-port from Topware Interactive who promised to bring their older published titles to Linux. I'm totally okay with this, and it's currently in Beta.

'Noob Squad' is a perfect example of why Valve need to pay more attention to their own store

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2016

Trash, trash and more trash. That's how I would describe what has been gaining a foothold on Steam over the past year or so. Today it's time to rinse 'Noob Squad', an indie FPS that normally costs £0.75.

Just a heads up, PAYDAY 2 is currently broken again on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2016

For the second time in only a few months, Overkill has managed to push out an update for PAYDAY 2 that has completely broken the Linux version.

The Challenge, a new Unreal Engine adventure game about protecting time, it's a bit of a mess

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2016

The Challenge is a brand new Early Access adventure game powered by the Unreal Engine where you're tasked with protecting time. It has nice graphics, but boy is it rough.

The open source Vulkan driver for AMD 'radv' has been merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

Something I entirely missed when writing about Mesa and OpenGL, is that the open source Vulkan driver "radv" has been merged into Mesa.

Streets of Rogue, a rogue-lite RPG about player choice, freedom and fun

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

Streets of Rogue is a new game from Matt Dabrowski that blends beautifully a number of different genres. It has elements from RPGs, action like it's from a top down shooter and so much more.

Join the livestream tonight, at the usual time of 19:45 UTC

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

Tonight is Friday, it's the day where you can be guaranteed to watch play games terribly, live on Twitch

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Cities Skylines - Natural Disasters DLC shown off in a new video

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

The new DLC Cities Skylines - Natural Disasters has been shown off, along with a Scenario Editor in a new video.

Pushing people around until they Conga with me in 'Conga Master', it's amusing and sadly repetitive

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

'Conga Master' from Undercoders is an amusing and silly idea for a game, get ready to shake those hips.

'Spectrum', an abstract platformer now on Linux, simple in looks, but challenging

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

I've had the chance to play some 'Spectrum', a platformer set in an abstract world. It's quite simple, but it can also be quite challenging.

Tomb Raider for Linux is currently super cheap on the Feral store

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

Here's a way to grab Tomb Raider while supporting the porter Feral Interactive directly, it's currently dirt-cheap on the Feral store.

AMD's radeonsi driver is really close to having full OpenGL 4.4 support, with OpenGL 4.5 already done

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2016

The open source OpenGL driver AMD radeonsi is now extremely close to having full OpenGL 4.4 support, and OpenGL 4.5 is now complete.

Day of Infamy, the WWII FPS from New World Interactive updated, looks pretty good on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

Day of Infamy is the new FPS from the Insurgency developers New World Interactive. It has a Linux version, even though it's not advertised yet. It seems to work pretty well and they just updated the game.

7 Days to Die massive update released, Linux version seems to work okay now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

7 Days to Die is the Kickstarted zombie survival game from The Fun Pimps, colourful history between me and them aside, the game has come a long way. This major update has done a lot for it.

Wasteland 3 now on Fig ready to be funded, nearly hit the goal already

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

Holy cow! Wasteland 3 is now on Fig looking for funding, and the good news is that it has almost reached it's goal!

'Stellar Tactics', a space exploration RPG with classless character progression will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

'Stellar Tactics' is a rather expansive looking space exploration RPG and the good news is that the developer already has plans for a Linux version.

Dead Island Definitive Edition & Riptide Definitive Edition both patched to fix major issues

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

It's good to see both Dead Island Definitive Edition & Riptide Definitive Edition still being supported. Both have been patched to fix major issues.

Slime Rancher updated, new slime types, new crops, and more

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

Slime Rancher is the incredibly cute games about catching creatures called slimes, farming and exploring. The new update is out featuring the new crystal slimes.

BUTCHER from Transhuman Design releases with day-1 Linux support, it's brutal

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

I've had a chance to play the new brutal action platformer BUTCHER and I quite like it. Here are my thoughts.

Shadow Warrior 2 may not come to Linux after all, it's getting a bit confusing

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2 was due to get a Linux version, then suddenly information on it vanished from the Steam page and Humble Store. The plot thickens from there.

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