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A new OpenRA release adds the full Harkonnen campaign for Dune 2000 and more

By Liam Dawe, Feb 18, 2018

OpenRA, the fantastic open source game engine for classic Westwood strategy games has its first full release this year.

A new test build of OpenRA is out, with the full Dune 2000 Harkonnen campaign

By Liam Dawe, Jan 1, 2018

OpenRA is a fantastic game engine, which enables you to play Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Dune 2000 on Linux. The latest test release is rather nice too.

A look at Linux gaming in 2017, an end of year review and Happy Holidays!

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2017

As the year draws to a close, here's a look at what's happened in the Linux gaming world across 2017.

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openage, the open source game engine for Age of Empires II and more games is advancing

By Liam Dawe, Oct 18, 2017

Another open source game engine has been advancing recently, this time it's openage, the game engine for playing games like Age of Empires, Age of Empires II (HD) and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

OpenRA has been updated with more Dune 2000 missions and plenty more

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14, 2017

OpenRA, the fantastic open source game engine to run games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 has a new release today.

OpenRA adds another 9 Dune 2000 missions, a command bar and tons more

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2017

OpenRA, the open source game engine for Commander & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000 has a new test release out with tons of changes.

OpenRA has a new release with HiDPI font rendering, more Dune 2000 missions and more

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25, 2017

OpenRA is easily one of my favourite open source projects. It allows us to play early Westwood RTS games like Red Alert and Dune 2000 in a modern engine on Linux. The latest release is a good one too.

Watch the moment Samsai rage quits from our recent livestream

By Liam Dawe, Feb 3, 2017

We sometimes do small tournaments of OpenRA live on Twitch and last night was especially hilarious. Samsai did a bit of a rage quit.

My top list of must-have strategy games on Linux as of right now

By Liam Dawe, Nov 25, 2016

Are you a new Linux gamer wondering what strategy games we have? Or perhaps you’re just in the mood for something new! Here’s my current top list of Linux strategy games.

The awesome open source RTS engine 'OpenRA' has a new release, with more original Command & Conquer missions

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2016

I do love 'OpenRA', especially fun when we did our online Linux tournament. The new release is really great too, with it implementing more of the single-player missions from the original Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.

Habitat from Lucasfilm Games, one of the early MMO games is now open source on github

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2016

A little bit of gaming history just got the MIT license treatment. Habitat from Lucasfilm Games is now available under the MIT license on github.

What have you been playing on Linux recently and what do you think about it?

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5, 2016

Today GOL asks: what have you been playing on Linux, and what do you think about it? So many games, so little time!

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The most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for May 2016, 161 in total

By gamingonlinux, Jun 2, 2016

Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for May 2016, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

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A recap of the most popular Linux & SteamOS gaming articles for the last week, 32 posted in total

By gamingonlinux, May 22, 2016

Here is a look back at the 15 most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for the past week, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux & SteamOS Gaming!

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Come watch another round of the GOL OpenRA tournament tonight, last one before the final!

By Liam Dawe, May 21, 2016

Apologies for the late notice on this, we will try better next time. Tonight is the last OpenRA game before the final! Come watch it on Twitch at 7PM UTC.

OpenRW, an open source engine for Grand Theft Auto III

By Liam Dawe, May 19, 2016

I love open source! OpenRW joins the ranks of game engines like OpenMW (Morrowind), OpenRA (Command & Conquer, Red Alert) and many more.

You can now watch the mayhem in our recent OpenRA tournament on Youtube

By Liam Dawe, May 15, 2016

We recently did an OpenRA tournament that was shown live on Twitch, the video is now available to watch on Youtube.

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Sunday chat: what games have kept you busy with week?

By Liam Dawe, May 15, 2016

It's Sunday and a rare occasion of it not raining where I am so I am away for most of the day. So, what have you been playing this week?

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Come watch the GOL OpenRA tournament live on Twitch tonight

By Liam Dawe, May 14, 2016

Tonight myself and a few others from the GOL community will be doing an OpenRA tournament free-for-all style, and I will be livestreaming the utter mayhem on Twitch.