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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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Running With Rifles releases 0.89 with a new map!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 24, 2013

Running With Rifles is an open world, top-down, tactical shooter for single player and multiplayer online, that puts you right in the middle of chaos in towns, trenches and forests turned into ruthless battlefields, controlling just one soldier in an army...

Knights of Pen and Paper RPG is now out for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21, 2013

Knights of Pen and Paper Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. Take on the roles of in-...

Steam can now serve 64bit games on Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2013

Finally the Steam Beta from the 18th has added support for launching 64bit titles! I am sure this will be of interest to quite a few of you 64bit users who don't want 32bit clogging up your systems! Fixes and additions in the 18th June Beta...

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Planetary Annihilation begins its Linux onslaught!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 19, 2013

Planetary Annihilation one of the most successful games to hit it on Kickstarter has within the last week pushed out their Linux version! Planetary Annihilation is a Real Time Strat...

Introducing The Humble Bundle with Android 6!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18, 2013

That's right folks another bundle, this time Humble has unleashed The Humble Bundle with Android 6 which has support for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android! The selection of games are...

Welcome to the new site for GOL.com see inside for details!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2013

Welcome to the new GOL website, featuring a pretty much improved everything, woohoo! This should hopefully be the design we will stick with for some time to come as it scales properly to different screen sizes! While also on a new design th...

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A contender to Unity for Linux appears, enter Leadwerks

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17, 2013

Josh Klint of Leadwerks emailed me to ask me to shout out his

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Paradise Perfect Boat Rescue heading to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16, 2013

Paradise Perfect Boat Rescue is an interesting title from Calvin French (@psysal the developer of

Win a full giftable copy of Humble Indie Bundle 8!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2013

That's right folks I have in my inbox a full giftable code for the Humble Indie Bundle 8! See inside for your chances to win! How do I win? Follow us on twitter @gamingon...

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Unepic RPG game will head to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 14, 2013

Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination. Eager to kee...

Scraps vehicle combat game has a Linux release!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2013

Scraps is an awesome looking and sounding vehicle combat game that involves you building the whole thing! Scraps is a bit like the multiplayer melee mode in Interstate ’76

Paranautical Activity is on IndieGameStand (PWYW) and the dark side of Greenlight

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2013

Paranautical Activity combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky. I don't usually shout out...

Folk Tale a sandbox fantasy city builder heading to Linux on Steam!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13, 2013

Folk Tale is a sandbox fantasy city builder strategy game in which you lead a ragtag band of peasants in growing a small settlement into a thriving market town, while the dastardly Sl...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is coming to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11, 2013

The recreation of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee named Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is coming to Linux, pretty awesome...

Serious Sam 4 is going to come to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9, 2013

Serious Sam 4 has been confirmed to me by the developers that it will come to Linux and won't be a delayed release!

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A look at Assault Android Cactus an in development arcade shooter

By Liam Dawe, Jun 8, 2013

Well now this game is quite the pleasant surprise, I tend to grow a little tired of games that are "old school" as most of the time to me it means it's going to be a platformer with some attempt at 8bit graphics, not the case with this game! ...