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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.

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Ray's the Dead a new zombie game heading to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 13, 2013

A story driven, action-stealth-puzzler where you create and control your own zombie army! I fell in love when the developers emailed it in. Linux and Mac releases from day 1 will be a stretch goal, so I dug to find out why!

RIOT - A riot simulator game coming soon to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 12, 2013

As the economical crisis advances, the discontent of an entire population cannot help but outburst in Riots, where the sounds of many voices get heard at once. The Director Leonard Menchiari has been experiencing this form of protest in person, and the ga...

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Zigfrak a shoot and loot space RPG!

By Liam Dawe, May 11, 2013

When the Xenoid threat was discovered, human society was thrust into an era of martial law. Security became top priority, at the cost of individual liberty. In the face of this growing oppression, many left their homeworlds in search of fre...

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We have 3 copies of Postal 2 to give to you!

By Liam Dawe, May 10, 2013

That's right folks time for another competition and it won't be the last either! This time Postal 2 Steam keys can be yours! We have 3 keys to be given away.

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Half-Life 2, EP1, EP2 and Lost Coast hit Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 9, 2013

You heard right, Half-Life 2, Episode 1,

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Garry's Mod will hit Linux Very soon

By Liam Dawe, May 8, 2013

Speaking on the reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) Garry Newman of Garry's Mod details when it will be available on Linux! QuoteI know I...

Desura adds another 4 games for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 8, 2013

So even with all the Steam news it seems Desura is still going strong! Great to see! They have added another 4 releases recently (5 counting Salvation Prophecy we already covered

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Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2013

Recently we did a small editorial (See here) on there possibly being a Humble Doub...

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OpenXcom new website and new release!

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2013

OpenXcom one of my favourite Open Source projects has a brand spanking new website and new release where it allows you to play the whole game! About

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Salvation Prophecy space epic is now out for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, May 7, 2013

As we reported in the last few days about it coming out, it has now happened! Salvation Prophecy is now available on Linux ...

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Planetary Annhilation RTS live stream showing combat!

By Liam Dawe, May 5, 2013

Planetary Annihilation is really starting to look awesome, the RTS that was Kickstarter funded has been doing regular live streams for people to ask questions, see gameplay and all that jazz, their ...

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Build & Defend has gotten some updates!

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2013

Build & Defend the mish mash of several game types has been updated after months of no word, great to see! You wake up in a desolated and dangerous world, where almost everything is a...

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Left 4 Dead 2 available for Linux in beta form!

By Liam Dawe, May 4, 2013

Valve staying good to their words have released Left 4 Dead 2 for Linux in beta form! This adds yet another awesome game to our Steam libraries! Hot on the ...

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Could a Double Fine Humble Bundle be coming?

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

So with some recent titles including Brutal Legend and now Stacking and

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Salvation Prophecy space epic could hit Linux this weekend!

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination. Battles rage as space fleets collide, and planet invasions clash ...

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Portal 1 is now in Beta for Linux woohoo!

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2013

Valves rather popular puzzle game Portal is now officially available on Linux in Beta form, thanks Valve! Contrary to what Phoronix is telling you (let's no...

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Earth 2140 the futuristic RTS game is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 2, 2013

Well folks today I break the news to you that Earth 2140 is officially coming to Linux via Runesoft! The game itself Earth 2140 was originally ported by Runesoft to Mac as stated on

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Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2013

Well the latest Steam hardware survey is out for April and it isn't looking good again for Linux. Here are the statistics just for Linux Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit 0.35% -0.12% Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64 bit 0.23...

Fancy winning a copy of the original Postal game?

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2013

Time for another GOL competition, this time we have 3 keys to give away for the original Postal game! Thanks to RWS for giving us the keys! This time it's not a twitter retweet com...

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Jack Lumber the supernatural lumberjack now on Steam!

By Liam Dawe, Apr 30, 2013

A tree killed his granny and now he is out for revenge. Meet Jack Lumber, the supernatural lumberjack who hates trees, loves animals, and hates trees. Did we say that twice? The guy really hates trees, and boy does he have an axe to grind. ...