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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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The new XCOM 2 trailer has me extremely excited for the Linux port

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

XCOM is not only one of my favourite Feral ports on Linux, but it's also one of my most played and favourite games ever. XCOM 2 now has a brand new trailer, and wow, I'm excited.

GRID Autosport released for Linux & SteamOS, port report, video and review included

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

GRID Autosport is now available natively on SteamOS and Linux. We finally have a more realistic racing game thanks to Feral Interactive.

Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter, play as a viking with a gun now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

A viking with a gun you say? Okay, I'm interested. At the end of October Gunnheim released for Linux, and it looks quite fun.

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Voyage to Farland, a tough dungeon crawler should now work properly SteamOS, now bundles java

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

Good news people! Voyage to Farland now bundles Java, and it launches in fullscreen right away if it's launched on SteamOS.

InSomnia - an RPG set in a brutal dieselpunk universe, planning a same-day Linux release now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

I'm going to be honest, I had never heard of InSomnia, but it was sent in by a reader and I'm certainly interested now. An RPG set on a massive space station, with good looking graphics that's now planned for a same-day Linux release!

An interesting video & presentation done by Guy Lunardi on SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2015

Guy Lunardi of Collabora went to the New York Linux Users Group (NYLUG) to do a talk on SteamOS. Check out the video.

Techland show how hilarious it is when a Linux port has no quality control with Dying Light (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2015

Oh Techland, if Dying Light wasn't one of our very few open world games I would probably like you a lot less. You might be wondering why I am being rather blunt, well, their latest patch for Dying Light has removed everyone's heads on Linux.

A chat with a Unity developer about Unity's new OpenGL system for Linux games

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2015

So, a lot of people were excited about Unity adding in their new and much more modern OpenGL system. The sad news is that it won't give as big a performance boost as we were hoping.

Major update to Albion Online, the fun MMORPG on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2015

I'm a pretty big fan of Albion Online, as we had a big drought of MMORPG games on Linux. Albion Online is in closed beta (you can buy in anytime) and it just had a juicy update.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare, a beautiful Unreal Engine toy soldier game looking for Linux testers

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2015

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare is a pretty damn good looking action game about plastic toy soldiers, reminds me of a game I played like it years ago. The developers are interested in a Linux version, and want testers.