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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.

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0 A.D. Coming up to Alpha 2!

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15, 2010

Well after checking the 0 A.D. website almost everyday since long before the first Alpha was released (I'm a bit obsessive over watching it!), it seems that Alpha 2 isn't far off now! Here are some of the goodies you can expect:

Misc

What would you like to see on GOL?

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8, 2010

As the title says what changes/additions/anything would you like to see on GamingOnLinux? No matter what it is let me know, if feasable i will look into implementing it! Looking into making a better share to buzz button since...

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New Game - Conquest

By Liam Dawe, Oct 6, 2010

Proxy Studios has released it's first game titled Conquest! QuoteConquest is a simultaneous turn-based online multiplayer strategy game placed in a dark and distant future. Play the role of a fut...

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Rustybolts wins Amensia TDD

By Liam Dawe, Sep 26, 2010

Rustybolts wins Amensia TDD Congratulations to Rustybolts who won the copy of Amnesia from GOL today (a day late - apologies)....

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GoodOldGames.com Linux List

By Liam Dawe, Sep 25, 2010

Okay so recently after finding GOG.com sells Freespace2 which has a native Linux port i did a little more digging and found that one of their users had even made a list of games that work under Linux! Some of them have native ports - Freesp...

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Badass vs Robot - Episodes 1-3

By Liam Dawe, Sep 25, 2010

Swedish Linux developer Hovet.BIZ is proud to announce that Badass vs Robot has finally been unleashed! It is a module based progressive ...

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Competition entries - Win Shadowground from LGP!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 17, 2010

Competition entries - Win Shadowground from LGP! Okay posts your entries here! Competition info link -> http://www.gamingonlinux.info/new...

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Open Source 2D Game/Application creator seeking developers!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 11, 2010

Scirra Construct is an open source game/application development tool. Rather than having to learn a programming language it uses a simple point and click interface - which works pretty well and some impressive games have already been made. ...

Misc

Amnesia: The Dark Descent Released!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 8, 2010

A couple of hours ago Amnesia: The Dark Descent was officially released! The latest horror game from Frictional.

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Widelands just keeps on improving!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5, 2010

QuoteWidelands is an open source (GPLed) real-time strategy game. It is built upon the SDL and other open source libraries and is (and will always be) under heavy development. If you knew Settlers I & II, then you already have...

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Oil Rush announcement from Unigine

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4, 2010

The creators behind the Unigine Engine have announced their own cross-platform RTS game! It's great to see a Linux friendly developer studio really push their game engine into the spotlight with what looks like could be a massively pop...

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New Spring RTS stable version!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2010

The Spring RTS Engine recently had two more releases to fix many left outstanding bugs from the previous 0.82.3/0.82.2 releases. By the looks of it the new versions bring the overall stability to a major high considering the amount of big c...

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Steam not coming to Linux - Valve

By Liam Dawe, Aug 24, 2010

Valve claim that Steam is not coming to Linux despite earlier reports suggesting that it will. The rumours originated from Pho...

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Revenge of the Titans updates!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 22, 2010

Well puppygames have released a few new updates to Revenge of The Titans. QuoteWell, we've finally released the Saturn levels for Revenge of the Titans under the guise of version 1.5! This has been quite a comp...

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0 A.D. Alpha 1 Released!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 17, 2010

The history inspired open source RTS 0 A.D. has finally released the first true Alpha version for everyone to play with! QuoteWildfire Games proudly announces the release of the first alpha version of 0 A.D., a free...

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Enemy Territory open sourced!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12, 2010

Enemy Territory from ID has been open sourced as reported by LinuxGames. I was hoping they would do it eventually, was a game a lost a lot of time to on the original Xbox. The sources have the full Enemy Territory single play...

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Warp Speed second alpha release and a new video!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 11, 2010

QuoteWarp Speed gets its second pre-alpha release! We also have a video with the ingame footage and badass killer voice of mine for you! Apologies for such a huge gap in the updates! We had to shut up for a while an...

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Award-winning Puzzle Platformer

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7, 2010

The award-winning puzzle platformer, And Yet It Moves, was released for the Linux platform today. Indie studio Broken Rules brings the award-winning downloadable PC and Mac game that will have players physically rotating environments to overcome various o...

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Spring RTS releases another Release Candidate!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 5, 2010

The ever popular Spring RTS Engine has released a second Release Candidate to become the next stable release. They really do need to get updated packages to Ubuntu, seems they have left it behind a couple of versions!

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New Steel Storm video!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 5, 2010

The developers of the in development arcade style shooter Steel Storm QuoteWhile you were guessing what's going on, we have been polishing demo, tuning the code and been messing with the sounds. ...