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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly checked 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. You can also follow my personal adventures on Bluesky.

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Jagged Alliance Gold Released On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2014

It seems like we are getting quite a few old gems nowadays, although this is most likely using Dosbox it's still nice to be able to have sales for it counted for Linux.

Retro Linux Gaming, Featuring A Video Of Insanity's Blade & Some Thoughts On It

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2014

Today I took a look at Insanity's Blade a game Kickstarted at the end of last year. Insanity's Blade is a real retro-game in the sense that it feels like I'm playing on a Sega Megadrive.

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Puzzle Game On Steam For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2014

It wins the award for the weirdest title of the day, Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game previously on mobiles is now on the desktop and it's looking just as odd.

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Don't Get Your Hopes Up On Borderlands 2 On Linux Says Randy From Gearbox

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2014

So, if you are living under a rock let me remind you on something: Gearbox president Randy Pitchford stated he would talk to some people about a possibility of a Linux port for Borderlands 2. Sadly though as I expected from Randy it probably won't happen.

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Sentinel, A Tower Defence Game With Dynamic Music Available For Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2014

As a music lover and a fan of Tower Defence games this has me interested. Sentinel is an interactive audio tower defense game. It mixes strategic game play with a dynamic music system.

Starsector, An Open-world Single-player Space-combat, Roleplaying, Exploration and Economic game

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2014

Starsector previously known as Starfarer is a game I have been following since early 2011 and I am glad to say it's still being fully worked on. Starsector is an open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration and economic game.

Because, A Fast Paced Arcade Shoot-em-up

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2014

This is a long named game, "Because this is literally the best we could come up with: Retribution" hah nice. It's a very pretty looking arcade shooter and quite random (you can fire cheese!).

The GDC Video On Approaching Zero Driver Overhead in OpenGL Is Now Up

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2014

We mentioned before about a couple big names talking up OpenGL and how to unlock many times performance gains with it, the GDC video is now up in the vault for all to see.

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Project Zomboid Survival Game Has A New Major Update, Our Video & Thoughts Included

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2014

Project Zomboid is one of the few survival games that actually shows a lot of promise, not only because of the frequent updates, but it now has online support too. This latest version adds even more new features.

AMD Releases 14.4 Release Candidate Graphics Driver

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2014

AMD have pushed out a public Release Candidate of their 14.4 driver for users of AMD graphics chips. Nice to see them include change-logs now.

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Contested Space, A Space MMO Sandbox Game Seeking Funding

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2014

Contested Space is one of the more interesting titles to appear recently, I've played around with it and it's actually pretty fun, especially fun is designing your own ships.

Star Citizen Video From PAX, Featuring Game-play & Looking Stunning

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2014

Star Citizen is a game you cannot help but get excited over. A new video has surfaced from PAX where parts of the game where shown off and it doesn't disappoint.

Tabletop Simulator Released Into Steam Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2014

There seems to be a lot of "x Simulator" games coming out recently. Tabletop Simulator aims to simulate a ton of different board-games with some funny results.

KartSim, A Multiplayer Kart Racing Game

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2014

It's all well and good us having "SuperTuxKart", but KartSim looks fantastic and aims to be much more realistic. With great graphics, sounds and customization!

Nuclear Dawn FPS/RTS Hybrid 7.1 Released, Bringing Linux Out Of Beta

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2014

As promised by our editor Cheeseness the current guys in charge of Nuclear Dawn have released version 7.1 which brings Linux out of beta and with it the ability to play with Mac and Windows users now too.

Infectonator : Survivors Plans To Infect Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2014

Infectonator Survivors is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defence, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. Currently in Steam's Early Access and it caught my eye, luckily the developers told me they have plans for Linux.