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Grand strategy game Secret Government has left Early Access with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Secret Government, a grand strategy game about being the leader of a secret organization that changes the course of history is officially out now.

The Sunday Section is here for Linux and gaming fans

By Liam Dawe,
Another week down, plenty of items missed that we couldn't fit in. Here's your Sunday Section going over a few random bits of news. Grab a coffee and enjoy.

Imperator: Rome from Paradox is put on hold to focus on other projects

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive have announced that they've put Imperator: Rome effectively on hold for all of 2021.

A round-up of some popular Linux and gaming articles from April 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for April 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!

Seems like we haven't seen the last of Spectre, UVA Engineering discover new CPU attacks

By Liam Dawe,
Spectre is one in a list of critical vulnerabilities in modern processors that was discovered over the last few years, and it seems it's not been solved yet.

The final version of the free FPS, Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony, is out now with Chapter 3

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready for some of the best retro-FPS action you've played in some time, as Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony the high-quality shooter in the spirit of the classics is out now.

Humble Store have a big Spring Sale going with plenty of discounts

By Liam Dawe,
Need some new games for May? Humble Store has a big Spring Sale going on and of course there's some great games that have big savings right now.

Grab a FREE copy of Tonight We Riot, a crowd-based retro brawler from GOG

By Liam Dawe,
A new game for the weekend? How about one that's free! GOG are currently giving away crowd-based retro brawler Tonight We Riot.

Sandbox god sim 'WorldBox' now has a Linux build available and it's seriously fun

By Liam Dawe,
Do you like watching a world evolve over time? Or perhaps you like watching pure chaos unfold. WorldBox is an in development sandbox god sim and now it has a Linux build too.

MakerKing, the creative platformer like Mario Maker is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
MakerKing (previously called Jumpaï) is now planned to be releasing on Steam, opening the flood gates to bring in many more players to a surprisingly fun platformer.

World Turtles is a chilled-out city builder on top of a huge space turtle

By Liam Dawe,
World Turtles is a wholesome city-builder that has you build on top of a massive turtle, to save it and perhaps meet more space turtles. Something like that anyway.

NVIDIA driver 465.27 is out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A small stable update is out for NVIDIA users with a new driver 465.27 that rolled out on April 29 adding support for new laptop cards and some bug fixes.

Wolfire Games filed a lawsuit against Valve over abuse of their market position

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again, yet another lawsuit has been filed against Steam developer Valve Software over an alleged abuse of their market position with their 30% cut.

The excellent space RPG 'Star Traders: Frontiers' is getting mod support

By Liam Dawe,
Trese Brothers have announced that their fantastic space exploration RPG Star Traders: Frontiers is getting modding support, three years after the original release.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED from Feral Interactive is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: ROME REMASTERED from game developer / porter Feral Interactive and Creative Assembly with SEGA as publisher is now officially out with Linux support.

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition launches May 19 with a number of enhancements

By Liam Dawe,
Sunless Skies is simply awesome. A gothic-horror exploration RPG with flying-train combat. What more can you possibly ask for? How about a new upgraded version with Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition.

Awesome looking voxel puzzler Bonfire Peaks releases later this year in Q3

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Corey Martin (Pipe Push Paradise and Hiding Spot) and publisher Draknek (A Monster's Expedition) have announced that Bonfire Peaks will see a release along with Linux support during Q3 this year.

Dark Envoy is a non-linear sci-fantasy RPG coming in 2022 and it's looking good

By Liam Dawe,
From developer Event Horizon (Tower of Time), Dark Envoy is a non-linear sci-fantasy RPG set in a world shaken by the dichotomy between magic and technology.

Collabora take another shot at futex2 Linux Kernel syscalls to help Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora developers have been working for some time on back-end Linux Kernel improvements to help Linux gaming, and Wine / Steam Play Proton - the latest patches have now been posted for futex2.

Google finally adds a search bar to Stadia, some big UI changes coming that look good

By Liam Dawe,
It's hard to believe that Google, leader of the search engines took this long to implement search into Stadia but it's finally here. The Stadia team also announced some good other changes coming.