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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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Terasology open-source survival and discovery update 26 is out

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2013

Terasology is an open-source survival and discovery game with influences from Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and Dungeon Keeper. The game is in a pre-alpha state, but it's already fun to p...

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infeKted Zombies Revenge available for pre-order

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2013

Another odd little title has popped up called infeKted : Zombies Revenge on Desura and you can pre-order it right now for some infecting fun. About

Rush and Edge follow Toki Tori onto Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2013

Two Tribes has thankfully continued their push onto Steam after Toki Tori and also gotten Rush and Edge up for Li...

Astro Emporia a simple turn based strategy game on Desura

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2013

Astro Emporia is a simple turn based strategy where your objective is to make as much money in a limited amount of turns. The game is designed to play a game in a few minutes which a...

Urban War Defense 3D tower defence on Desura

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2013

A new tower defence game Urban War Defense is ready for pre-ordering on Desura made in Unity by developer Budgie Games, looks interesting too as it's in 3D.

Worms Reloaded looks set to hit Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2013

Worms Reloaded the awesome side scrolling turn based strategy game by Team17 looks like it is heading over to Linux. We recently took a look over at the SteamDB to see t...

DOTA2 is now out for Linux, not the test version UPDATED

By Liam Dawe, Jul 18, 2013

Looks like the official DOTA2 game has just hit Linux, you should now see DOTA2 alongside DOTA2 Test! Great to see Linux has another free to play game that's extremely popular, it's the ...

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Chaos Engine Remake will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 18, 2013

The Chaos Engine is a top down shooter that was originally on Amiga, it is being revamped to work on modern computers but it is basically a full recreation. This one is close to m...

Toki Tori officially on steam for linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2013

The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. Looks very colourful too! Originally ported to Linu...

Creator of Police Quest launches a new Kickstarter, we chat to them

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2013

So we now have Precinct up on Kickstarter, this is from the original creator of Police Quest and it promises to be a good one, that's unless you're on Linux...

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux to support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16, 2013

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, classic first person action will be heading to Linux in a future version! About the Game The definitive version of ...

NOWHERE the very odd indie game thats hard to understand

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2013

NOWHERE looks like one trippy game that the developers class as a "a procedural single player, open world, sandbox game". About NOWHERE is a procedural sin...

The next universe sandbox may support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2013

Universe Sandbox where you can spawn massive stars, launch asteroids, and manipulate gravity with just a few clicks, currently Windows only but the developers have said something interesting for th...

Achron Time travelling RTS game gets updated

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2013

Achron the rather interesting time-travelling Real Time Strategy title has received an update recently that should improve performance, hooray! For those unfamilair Achron descri...

2x0ng Procedural Puzzle Combat Now Out On Desura

By Liam Dawe, Jul 14, 2013

2x0ng is a procedural puzzle combat roguelike game rendered in an 8-bit retro style. Pronounce it "TWO-zong". You control a little pixel-person running through a procedurally-generated maze. The game is now available for free on Desura!

Citizens Of Earth RPG Should Be Coming To Linux Too

By Liam Dawe, Jul 14, 2013

Citizens of Earth is the next game in development at Eden Industries (the developers of Waveform). It’s an RPG that places you in the shoes of the Vice Presid...

ScrumbleShip Space Combat Sim Releases 0.22

By Liam Dawe, Jul 12, 2013

ScrumbleShip is a space combat and construction game from Dirkson. It's got voxels, heat simulation, kilometre long spaceships, real world materials, organic ships, and awesome music.