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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.

Sweet pixel-art survival game Little Martian got a huge demo upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Love your exploration and survival games? Little Martian is back with another huge demo upgrade not long after the release of a Linux build.

Comedy point & click adventure Lucy Dreaming is up on Kickstarter, do try out the demo

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another great pixel-art comedy point and click adventure? Lucy Dreaming, inspired by LucasArts classics is super promising and it's now up on Kickstarter.

Entroware reveal their refreshed Apollo with 11th Gen Intel and Iris Xe Graphics

By Liam Dawe,
Looking for your next Ubuntu powered ultrabook? We might have what you're looking for with the new Entroware Apollo.

Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids for Stadia Pro in May and more updates

By Liam Dawe,
The next set of games coming to Stadia Pro has been announced with Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids plus April 30 is your last chance to grab some of them.

Seems like game store GOG is doing well overall in their new figures with revenue up 114%

By Liam Dawe,
Taking a leaf out of Steam's book here perhaps on sharing a little more, GOG have for the first time ever, given an overview of how the store is doing and it's looking good.

Portal Stories: Mel lands Vulkan support with DXVK in the latest stable update

By Liam Dawe,
After a short Beta period that saw a few issues, the team behind Portal Stories: Mel have now release the latest stable build which includes Vulkan support for Linux.

VKD3D-Proton 2.3.1 rolls out along with a quick-fix to Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe,
Valve contractors and CodeWeavers continue tweaking VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 over Vulkan with another fresh update out now, and a small update to add it into Proton Experimental.

Metro Exodus and Hellpoint in May's Humble Choice, along with a new subscriber discount

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like the next Humble Choice bundle is going to be reasonably good, with Metro Exodus headlining.

Become an owl in Down Ward, an upcoming flight-platformer set in the haunted wilds

By Liam Dawe,
Planned to release for Linux along with a successful Kickstarter campaign, Down Ward from solo developer Fisholith.

Save islands from sinking by spreading life across them in Regrowth

By Liam Dawe,
On the surface Regrowth seems simple, with you growing plants across islands to stop them from sinking. However, it's surprisingly challenging and quite lovely.

Silicon Dreams is a pretty rad cyberpunk interrogator sim out now

By Liam Dawe,
Clockwork Bird have managed to created a thoroughly unique cyberpunk experience with Silicon Dreams, which is out now with Linux support.