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Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan expansion launches April 27

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive has announced the Leviathan expansion for Europa Universalis IV is due to release on April 27.

Quake II RTX patched to expand the Vulkan Ray Tracing support

By Liam Dawe,
Quake II RTX from Lightspeed Studios and NVIDIA continues expanding with a brand new update out now. It's not a huge one but it does continue to expand the Ray Tracing support for Vulkan.

Flax game engine 1.1 is out with Linux Editor support

By Liam Dawe,
Another promising game engine with lots of big features is Flax, available free with the source available (but not Open Source) has a huge new release out with improvements to their Linux support.

Stadia Pro for April revealed, HITMAN gets a free starter pack and plenty more coming

By Liam Dawe,
Time for another round-up of news for Stadia, the cloud gaming / game streaming service from Google with plenty more games coming along with some out now. There's also a reveal of what you will get in April with Stadia Pro.

Amnesia: Rebirth gets an adventure mode for more thrill and less heart attacks

By Liam Dawe,
Amnesia: Rebirth the latest entry in the Amnesia series from Frictional Games receives a mode that lets you experience the game with a little less threat.

NVIDIA releases the 465.19.01 Beta driver for Linux, looks like more Wayland work coming

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready to do some more testing NVIDIA users, as a fresh Beta just went up for their mainline Linux drivers with 465.19.01 now available. Plus, news for pass-through on virtual machines.

Eggcelerate! is an egg and spoon race with cars and it's hilarious

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of Easter silliness released today with Eggcelerate!, a pretty hilarious time-trial racer that's basically an egg and spoon race with a car.

Open-world single-player 2D space game Starsector has a big story expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Starsector, originally named Starfarer, is an absolutely brilliant top-down 2D open-world space game that's been going for years and a huge new release is finally out.

Cyberpunk looter-shooter Danger Scavenger is out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Danger Scavenger is a flashy run and gun looter-shooter from developer Star Drifters, it just recently left Early Access and with that came full Linux support.

Jazz-punk adventure Don't Forget Me releases on April 20

By Liam Dawe,
Developer The Moon Pirates has confirmed that their point and click adventure Don't Forget Me releases on April 20 with full Linux support and it looks awesome.

Terraria makes modding even easier with Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
Need to spice up your Terraria a little? It's now easier than ever, if you have it on Steam that is, as Steam Workshop support is now hooked up with the latest upgrade.

Looks like Narita Boy from Studio Koba will now not be supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Studio Koba crowdfunded the impressive looking pixel-art action platformer back in 2017, along with a very clear advertisement of Linux support but that's no longer happening.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 5: Quaking in My Boots

By Hamish,
Dave Taylor can be credited with kickstarting the commercial Linux gaming industry with his ports of the games Doom and Abuse. Before leaving id Software he also graced us with a Linux port of Quake, which was later taken by Macmillan Digital Publishing to form the basis of their retail Quake: The Offering package.

Space station building sim Starmancer gets a Beta on March 31, pre-orders to stop

By Liam Dawe,
Ominux Games have announced their exciting upcoming space station building sim Starmancer is coming along nicely, and there's a Beta going up on March 31.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Fates Divided out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Developer and game porter Feral Interactive announced today that the Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Fates Divided DLC is now supported in the Linux version.

pureya gives you a mini-game that changes every 10 seconds

By Liam Dawe,
What if you combined a bunch of small arcade games into something that changes every 10 seconds? pureya answers that question with over 30 small games you can unlock.

Oversteer, the Steering Wheel Manager for Linux gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
If you have a Steering Wheel configuring it on Linux can be a breeze thanks to Oversteer and a big new release just recently went up with some fun new toys.

Clever and challenging puzzle-fighter Aloof is out now, we have a few keys to give away

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired in parts by the likes of Puyo Puyo Tetris, Aloof is a wonderfully designed puzzle-fighter with enough differences and a wonderful atmosphere that make it worth picking up.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena open source reimplementation OpenTESArena 0.13 is out

By Liam Dawe,
Have fond memories of the classic The Elder Scrolls: Arena from the early 90s? A dedicated fan is rebuilding it with OpenTESArena, an open source game engine reimplementation.

Windows compatibility tool Wine 6.5 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.5 is officially out now as the latest development release.