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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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Mage Tower Grand Strategy Game Adds Linux Support On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Take the depth of Dwarf Fortress, add a bunch of lazy mages and update the interface to modern standards? That's Mage Tower in a nutshell. We're building something really ambitious - a world that you can build to your own whim, while carefully balancing resources, knowledge, and external threats.

Glare The Side-scrolling Action Platformer Now Has A Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
We announced Glare to you previously with some excellent looking screenshots and now the developers have sent in a video of the game in action, and it's looking good.

Painkiller: Hell and Damnation Port Is Still Happening As Developer Leaves

By Liam Dawe,
So it seems that the guy porting Painkiller: Hell and Damnation has left Farm51 but he has stated on twitter that the Linux port has not been cancelled.

Last Genesis Survival Game Will Support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Last Genesis is a survival game with a cooperative and multiplayer aspect. You play as Adam/Eve, a survivor from the destroyed earth and is transported to a mysterious wild. You will have to scavenge for supplies, build shelter, cooperate with other people to survive this hostile environment.

Incognita From The Developers Of Don't Starve

By Liam Dawe,
Incognita is a turn-based tactical espionage game, and is currently in development and will be available for Linux, from the makers of Don't Starve which is an excellent game itself.

Game Dev Tycoon, FSF Terminated Their License To Use Glibc

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of Game Dev Tycoon have finally detailed the actual reason on why the Linux version isn't yet on Steam and isn't as up to date as the Windows and Mac versions.

Game Developers Talk Up OpenGL At PAX Prime 2013

By Liam Dawe,
At a PC Gaming World talk at PAX Prime 2013 some big name game developers talk down about DirectX and talk up OpenGL, great stuff and the video is within!

Unvanquished The Open Source FPS/RTS Reaches Alpha 19

By Liam Dawe,
The Unvanquished project has hit Alpha 19 which brings in major changes to gameplay to move away from the Tremulous project where they branched off from.

Sloth Patrol A FREE Fast Paced Twin Stick Shooter On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Sloth Patrol is a fast paced twin stick shooter and the most realistic sloth-based video game ever conceived. The game combines elements of bullet-hell shoot em' ups with the frantic action synonymous with twin stick shooters.

Tenshu General Real Time Strategy On Desura

By Liam Dawe,
Tenshu General is a casual strategy game with a board game look and feel. Set in the time of the samurai in early Japan, players control a Tenshu castle from where they rule their land.

Natural Selection 2 FPS/RTS New Build 255!

By Liam Dawe,
Natural Selection 2 my current favourite FPS/RTS game on Linux has been updated to build 255 which includes a needed fix for Linux. Also time to note their reinforcement program.

GOG.com Don't Plan On Introducing Linux Support In The Foreseeable Future UPDATED

By Liam Dawe,
Well folks a lot of you saw this one coming, GOG.com have officially responded to us to state that Linux support just isn't happening anytime soon. UPDATED

Hotline Miami To Come Out Of Beta For Linux On September 9th

By Liam Dawe,
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine.

0 A.D. Real Time Strategy Alpha 14 Released & New Crowdfunding Campaign

By Liam Dawe,
The latest and greatest of 0 A.D. the open source real time strategy game has been released, please welcome Alpha 14 Naukratis! Along side this is their new crowdfunding campaign.

MirrorMoon EP A Game About Mystery And Exploration In Outer Space

By Liam Dawe,
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.

Lenna's Inception A Top-Down Puzzle-Action-Adventure Game

By Liam Dawe,
Lenna's Inception is a top-down puzzle-action-adventure game, similar to some of the Gameboy Zelda titles, but with procedurally-generated maps and puzzles, and a post-game sandbox. The alpha is now out for testing.

Amnesia A Machine For Pigs GOL Teaser

By Liam Dawe,
I managed to get myself a nice early access pass to the new Amnesia game and have been allowed to video it for you, thanks to Simple Screen Recorder I have a setup that now works! Warning: Do not view it if you don't want the first few minutes spoilt, but it's not very long to not spoil much.

Door Kickers SWAT Strategy Now On Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention. Analyze the situation, plan team routes, choose equipment and breach points and coordinate multiple troopers to reach the hostage room before the bad guys get to press that trigger.

Porting Games Over To Linux Using Wine

By Liam Dawe,
So here we are again GOL readers, time for another one of my awful editorials and this time I am asking you/talking at you the glorious community about Wine ports!

Baldur's Gate:Enhanced Edition Is Still Heading To Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Thankfully we have learnt that Baldur's Gate:Enhanced Edition is still going to happen for Linux, but sadly they still don't have a timeline for it.
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