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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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Trine 2 next year...we already knew!

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2011

Well folks it seems the Trine 2 hype has started again since it has now been released for Windows and Mac. A couple of other websites are now reporting it's not coming to Linux until...

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CoreBreach racing coming to Desura for Linux!

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2011

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Desura open source info

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2011

While trying to keep up with everything going on right now it is good to see that the Desura client open source is still going ahead and an unofficial update has been

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GameMaker coming to Linux and other game creator info!

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2011

GameMaker one of the popular game creators for Windows is coming to Linux it seems! Their official news post is here

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Aleph One 1.0!

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2011

Greetings gamers, Aleph One has reached 1.0! The games the Bungie did before their famed Halo series are open to everyone to play on the Aleph One engine, I have yet to try them but they look pretty good, they look like the earlier Doom and ...

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Introducing - Towns

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2011

A new game has appeared on Desura's Alpha Funding called Towns.

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Prison Architect revealed!

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2011

Introversion the company behind smash hit indie games currently in the Humble Introversion Bundle have released some footage teasing their next game called

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Ignite for Linux is still coming!

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2011

You may remember us reporting on a very good looking Racing game called

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X-Plane 10

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2011

While not my cup-o-tea X-Plane 10 the realistic flight sim has been release for Linux, Mac and Windows. It sure does look pretty, I mean seriously pretty but to me there is never a point ...

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Copy of BEEP to give away from Gameolith!

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2011

I have a copy of BEEP to give away courtesy of a competition I won some time ago thanks to Gameolith. So the question t...

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Game Sales and lower game prices - get it while it's hot!

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2011

Currently there are a few game sales going on I would like to point out to you lovely readers to enjoy. Desura Deals Dungeons of Dredmor - 50% o...

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Ensign 1 kickstarter update!

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2011

The fine folks over at Only Human Studios are still running their kickstarter campaign to get enough funds to give their new game

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Doom 3 source code released

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2011

Well folks that moment has come, ID has released the next set of source code to the GPL, this time for Doom 3! Hopefully we can see some popular open source games have some interesting engine upgrades as a result of this. It would be interest...

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Oil Rush Release Date Announced

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2011

Oil Rush the tower defense/RTS hybrid by Unigine now has an official release date: January 25 2012

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Gameolith the Linux Game Store funding update!

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2011

So you may remember my news post before about Gameolith looking for "Donations" well it's not technically donating as someone pointed out, they want your money to support them on their...

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Steel Storm 2 announced - A new FPS game coming!

By Liam Dawe, 19 Nov 2011

For those of you who like the Steel Storm series of games you may or may not have noticed that the official website has changed to give a teaser of

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Humble Voxatron Debut is over + Info on the next Bundle!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2011

Well the latest from Humble is now over, The Humble Voxatron Debut finished reaching a massive $902,666.83. While stopping shy of a million which a lot of us are now ...

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Minecon and Minecraft 1.0 official out today!

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2011

Well it has been a long time coming since the last update but the huge smash hit indie game Minecraft will today have it's biggest update yet. Released along side Minecon the Minecraft Convention. The game still has the 25% ...

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Desura client is out for all!

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2011

Today, the team at the game store Desura have officially released the Linux client so anyone can grab it. Starting off strong too, with a list of 65 varied games available which is pretty h...

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Announcing Hostile Takeover

By Liam Dawe, 16 Nov 2011

A new game currently in development recently appeared on my radar named Hostile Takeover. The game itself plays a bit like Syndicate while taking certain ideas from the older X-Com g...