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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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Steam Announces Family Sharing & Can Officially Serve 64bit Linux Games

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2013

So two bits of Steam news for you, Valve has put 64bit support for Linux games into Steam now on the official non-beta client and also announced family sharing of games.

Shadowrun Returns RPG To Go Into Beta For Linux Soon

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2013

It's been a while in the making but Shadowrun Returns is set to go into beta for Linux soon thanks to the developers for letting us know.

Humble Indie Bundle 9 Has Bloody Landed

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

That's right folks Humble is back in action for Linux with the Humble Indie Bundle 9, about time eh?

Superfrog HD Platformer To Come To Linux From Team17 UPDATED

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

Curses! The evil old witch has done it this time... She’s gone and turned the Prince of the Magical Kingdom into a bright green frog and made off with his loved one.

Developers Of Metro: Last Light See Clear Demand For Linux Gaming UPDATED

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

It seems 4A Games the developers of Metro: Last Light are singing Linux's praises in a new article posted on Forbes.

Battle Worlds: Kronos Strategy Game Has A New Video

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

The awesome looking turn based strategy game Battle Worlds: Kronos has recently done a new alpha video to show it off. It has also just entered closed beta, it's coming soon folks!

KarBOOM A Car-Crashing Game With A Multiplayer Focus

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

The idea is simple: stay in the arena. Variety is added with mutators and game modes to change the rules of play, bots and shoulder-to-shoulder multiplayer.

Halfway A Futuristic Turn Based Strategy With Interview

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2013

Halfway is a turn-based strategy game taking place a few hundred years in the future. You take control of a small group of people who are witnesses to a violent overtake of their spaceship by an unknown species.

Morphopolis A Visually Stunning Point And Click Adventure

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2013

Morphopolis takes the player on a lucid and fantastical journey of transformation and discovery through a beautiful and unique natural environment.

Boson X A Free New Rotational Runner Game

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2013

Build up speed inside a massive particle collider and generate high-energy collisions to discover strange new particles.

Wander A Collaborative, Non-Combat And Non-Competitive Exploration Game

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2013

Wander is a collaborative, non-combat and non-competitive game focused on exploration and joy. In Wander, life begins as a tree. Storms that affect the known planets transform you, and continue to influence your path.

Decadence A Post-Apocalyptic Adventure Game On Desura

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2013

Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world and save humanity from its extinction. Watch how the gameplay and the game engine evolve from episode to episode.

Nuclear Dawn Will Come To Linux After All, Thanks To Valve

By Liam Dawe, 9 Sep 2013

Valve sent a message to the Nuclear Dawn team to let them know they will work with them to enable them to support Linux, good guy Valve.

Ironclad Tactics The Card Based Game Now Has A Gameplay Video

By Liam Dawe, 9 Sep 2013

You may have seen our post before on this and the game on Steam for pre-order, we now actually have some gameplay footage of Ironclad Tactics, hooray!

Full Bore Part One To Be Available 10th September

By Liam Dawe, 9 Sep 2013

Full Bore a block puzzler with an exploratory twist is to release the first part of the game tomorrow the 10th of September for all pre-orders past, present and future, awesome news.

NeonXSZ A Shooter That Pays Homage To Descent On Desura

By Liam Dawe, 9 Sep 2013

In NeonXSZ (pronounced Neon Excesses) you are injected into cyberspace to stake your place in a war of virus verses machine. During your journey you will fly dozens of spaceships with hundreds of upgrades allowing you to create totally unique spacecraft with which to wage war.

Alien Arena: Tactical Demo Alpha, plus full version released!

By Liam Dawe, 9 Sep 2013

A new version of Alien Arena has been released, that now includes a completely re-worked menu GUI and the new Alien Arena: Tactical game.

Mage Tower Grand Strategy Game Adds Linux Support On Desura

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2013

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, 8 Sep 2013

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, 7 Sep 2013

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.