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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check 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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Painkiller Hell & Damnation for Linux releasing in April/May!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2013

Another Unreal Engine 3 game will be out soon folks! Painkiller Hell & Damnation the sequel/part remake to 2004's Painkiller series will smash onto Linux this April or May.

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Enemy fully funded and heading to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2013

We previously introduced you to Enemy her...

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Bloom: Memories - One of a Kind Action Adventure / RPG

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2013

Bloom: Memories is a beautiful artistic take on the action-adventure / RPG genre that carries ...

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Civitas - Plan, develop and manage the city of your dreams!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2013

Civitas - Establish the perfect city! Terraform the land, plan your city & develop it. Moddable, community driven, DRM free, Si...

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Gratuitous Space Battles joins Steam Linux but beware!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2013

Okay so Gratuitous Space Battles now shows up on Steam for Linux and the SteamDB shows it as working....

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Minecraft 1.5 pre release is out!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2013

Minecraft the massively popular and still climbing the popularity and sales ladder indie game has a new major release due this month!

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Counter Strike: Condition Zero officially released for Linux, more on the way!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2013

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) is now available for Linux players via Steam. CS:CZ is the fifth Valve title to be released for Linux and, with its release, pushes the total number of Linux games available on Steam to 80.

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Monsters! A new alpha funded game on Desura

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2013

Monsters is a 2D action shooter inspired by the classic arcade game Robotron 2084. Wielding “twin stick” controls, the player aims to defeat waves of enemy monsters bent on his destruc...

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Strike Suit Zero is still on it's way to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2013

I spoke to the developers of Strike Suit Zero via twitter to try to find out when the game is coming to Linux!

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Dead Cyborg scifi adventure episode 2 now available!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2013

Dead Cyborg scifi adventure game episode 2 now available! Easily one of the best looking adventure games available on Linux!

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Humble Bundle with Android 5!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2013

Here we go another Humble Bundle, this time an Android bundle! Pay what you want, get games, support charity.

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Hostile Takeover new video to show off gameplay

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2013

Hostile Takeover an isometric assassination/stealth game inspired by classics like Fallout, X-COM and Syndicate has a new video showing off...

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Enemy needs less than $3000 for Simultaneous platform release

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4, 2013

Enemy is a role playing game, so you will create and gradually level-up your own custom retro game character, with a mix of skills ranging from mental health and reaction t...

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UFHO2 competitive turn-based game released on Desura

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4, 2013

UFHO2 is a competitive turn-based game of wits. Half strategy, half board game, all fun.

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The developers or Defenders Quest show off Linux sales!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2013

This is great to see, the developers of Defenders Quest have done a blog post to show off Linux Sales! ...

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Steams February stats are out, Linux rises again to over 2%

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1, 2013

So as usual Steam has published their monthly user statistics and it's looking ever better for Linux! We're now over 2%.

ANOMALY 2 announced with Linux support!

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28, 2013

Two weeks ago, 11 bit studios offered gamers a chance to buy its secret next game at half price. Today, that secret game was unveiled as 11 bit studios announces Anomaly 2, the sequel to the award...

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Jonathan Blow on Linux users buying games and The Witness

By Liam Dawe, Feb 27, 2013

So this made me a bit confused, John Blow creator of Braid seems to think Linux users don't really buy games outside...

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Jon Shafer's At the Gates an empire builder confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 27, 2013

At the Gates - Lead a barbarian kingdom to glory during the final days of the Roman Empire. An empire builder by Jon Shafer, designer of Civ. The develope...

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Steam roundup, new titles, new greenlights, new stuff!

By Liam Dawe, Feb 26, 2013

So here is just a small round up of all things Steam as they are right now for you. Steam has just today release the next set of Greenlight titles thankfully some Linux ones are included too!