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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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Minecraft 1.8 "Adventure Update" is out!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 14, 2011

Well Minecraft fans the day is upon us (one I have been waiting for!). Minecraft 1.8 is out! New stuff includes: ...

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Cardinal Quest released!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 9, 2011

Tametick has release Cardinal Quest an arcade style dungeon crawler for Linux on Gameolith! Priced at a reasonable $4.45 this is a...

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If You Build It, They Will Come.....(Ignite for Linux)

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5, 2011

Nemesys games have stated they will be porting their games to Linux! Here's a little video of what is to come:

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Marball Odyssey is out for GNU/Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4, 2011

Thanks to Ozzy who emailed this one in: QuoteMarBall Odyssey is an extremely well polished and addictive game which follows the theme of the classic game marble madness, with a few twists. The principle of MarBa...

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Dungeons of Dredmor still coming to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3, 2011

One of my current favourite indie games (and the only Rogue-like I actually like!), Dungeons of Dredmor is still officially coming to Linux! To quote: Quo...

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Project Zomboid updates!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 28, 2011

[ATTACH=full]224[/ATTACH] To all zombie lovers out there, the new release of Project Zomboid from The Indie Stone is upon us! It requires a tiny bit of hacking to get ...

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Interview with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith.com

By Liam Dawe, Aug 21, 2011

Todays question time was spent with Jonathan Prior of Gameolith a newish Linux game download store of which I am a customer of so I thought it would be good to get some feedback!

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Anaconda Runtime for Clickteams Multimedia Fusion (MMF2)

By Liam Dawe, Aug 20, 2011

You will probably have no idea what the title is going on about so to explain a little. One of my biggest gripes with Linux is no WYSIWYG game maker (like The Games Factory/Multimedia Fusion, Scirra Construct, Game Maker etc) that makes it ea...

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Hacker Evolution Duality - Free playable beta for linux, now available

By Liam Dawe, Aug 13, 2011

Exosyphen studios would like to announce the availability of a free playable beta for linux of the upcoming game, Hacker Evolution Duality. The game is due to be release 15th August! QuoteHacker Evolution...

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Cardinal Quest

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12, 2011

Introducing Cardinal Quest an interesting little arcade-style dungeon-crawler. QuoteCardinal Quest is an arcade-style dungeon-crawler inspired by 1980s classics ...

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Caster multiplayer on the way?

By Liam Dawe, Aug 11, 2011

So for all you Caster fans it looks like it will be getting multiplayer support according to a sneaky blog post: Quote

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Atom Zombie Smasher now available on the Ubuntu Software Center

By Liam Dawe, Aug 10, 2011

Following Atom Zombie Smasher's inclusion in the Humble Indie Bundle #3 and recent selection for thePAX 10 indie showcase, Atom Zombie Smasher is now available in the Ubuntu Software Center. Atom Zombie Smasher has been available for Linux, Ma...

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Minecraft server problems

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9, 2011

UPDATE: Looks like the new map may have to stay, the CPU use has gone right down since putting on the new map, that's the problem with playing a game that's in BETA! Original: It has come to my attention that ...

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Charlies Games original Bullet Candy comes to linux!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8, 2011

As we retweeted via twitter on the day and as now other awesome sites have picked up, Charlies Games have ported over the origina...

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Haaf's Game Engine (HGE) comes to Linux!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7, 2011

Ryan Gordon aka icculus posted on the wolfire blog; QuoteThis is a guest post from Ryan Gordon, ...

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Want to win a copy of Humble Indie Bundle 3?

By Liam Dawe, Aug 6, 2011

Okay guys so because this bundle is just that awesome i have a copy of the bundle up for grabs for one lucky winner. It includes everything as the price was set as such to make sure it includes the second bundle too! So here is your chance if...

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Doom 3/ID Tech 4 source code release this year!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 4, 2011

Well another year another "QuakeCon", Carmack of ID Software has stated that the source code to Doom 3/ID Tech 4 should be released before the years end! So this should hopefully pave way for improved graphics and game play across t...

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Interview with a 0 A.D. Developer

By Liam Dawe, Aug 1, 2011

With thanks to Constantinos of the greek Linux site OSArena, he sent me a request to publish an interview he did with 0 A.D's Aviv Sharon. The interview is as follows (my own comments aft...

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SpaceChem is multilingual!

By Liam Dawe, Aug 1, 2011

Kenneth Bowen email me to let us know about this one. QuoteThe critically acclaimed and award winning game SpaceChem is now available in multiple language...

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IndieCIty - New game store coming soon!

By Liam Dawe, Jul 31, 2011

Thanks to Ryan Swart on google+ i got notified about IndieCity. It is an online games store which will also have a downloadable client for Linux in the near future, they are focusing so...