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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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Towns having a comment contest giveaway!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2011

The newest Alpha Funded game on Desura - Towns is doing a comment give-away. All you need to do is make an "...

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Steel Storm 2 info

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2011

Alex sent me word on some more information he has released on Steel Storm 2 the in-developement FPS game based in the same universe as

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Win a copy of the Humble Introversion Bundle!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9, 2011

Okay folks now that the Humble Introversion Bundle is finish it's time for me to give up the gift copy I purchased, with it you can keep it for yourself or gift it onto someone else!

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Ensign 1 space shooter updates!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 8, 2011

While I have covered Ensign 1 a couple of times, I decided to hold off on further updates until we had something fun to show, Brandon the main guy behind

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Trine 2 next year...we already knew!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 7, 2011

Well folks it seems the Trine 2 hype has started again since it has now been released for Windows and Mac. A couple of other websites are now reporting it's not coming to Linux until...

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CoreBreach racing coming to Desura for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2011

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Desura open source info

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5, 2011

While trying to keep up with everything going on right now it is good to see that the Desura client open source is still going ahead and an unofficial update has been

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GameMaker coming to Linux and other game creator info!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4, 2011

GameMaker one of the popular game creators for Windows is coming to Linux it seems! Their official news post is here

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Aleph One 1.0!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 3, 2011

Greetings gamers, Aleph One has reached 1.0! The games the Bungie did before their famed Halo series are open to everyone to play on the Aleph One engine, I have yet to try them but they look pretty good, they look like the earlier Doom and ...

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Introducing - Towns

By Liam Dawe, Dec 2, 2011

A new game has appeared on Desura's Alpha Funding called Towns.

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Prison Architect revealed!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 1, 2011

Introversion the company behind smash hit indie games currently in the Humble Introversion Bundle have released some footage teasing their next game called

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Ignite for Linux is still coming!

By Liam Dawe, Nov 28, 2011

You may remember us reporting on a very good looking Racing game called

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X-Plane 10

By Liam Dawe, Nov 27, 2011

While not my cup-o-tea X-Plane 10 the realistic flight sim has been release for Linux, Mac and Windows. It sure does look pretty, I mean seriously pretty but to me there is never a point ...

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Copy of BEEP to give away from Gameolith!

By Liam Dawe, Nov 26, 2011

I have a copy of BEEP to give away courtesy of a competition I won some time ago thanks to Gameolith. So the question t...

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Game Sales and lower game prices - get it while it's hot!

By Liam Dawe, Nov 24, 2011

Currently there are a few game sales going on I would like to point out to you lovely readers to enjoy. Desura Deals Dungeons of Dredmor - 50% o...

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Ensign 1 kickstarter update!

By Liam Dawe, Nov 23, 2011

The fine folks over at Only Human Studios are still running their kickstarter campaign to get enough funds to give their new game

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Doom 3 source code released

By Liam Dawe, Nov 23, 2011

Well folks that moment has come, ID has released the next set of source code to the GPL, this time for Doom 3! Hopefully we can see some popular open source games have some interesting engine upgrades as a result of this. It would be interest...

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Oil Rush Release Date Announced

By Liam Dawe, Nov 22, 2011

Oil Rush the tower defense/RTS hybrid by Unigine now has an official release date: January 25 2012

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Gameolith the Linux Game Store funding update!

By Liam Dawe, Nov 21, 2011

So you may remember my news post before about Gameolith looking for "Donations" well it's not technically donating as someone pointed out, they want your money to support them on their...