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Island Artist is a short and sweet game about relaxing and being creative

By Liam Dawe,
Love your small experimental games? I sure do and one I came across recently called Island Artist is absolutely wonderful.

Mario Maker-like platformer MakerKing has a huge update, lets you make mobs

By Liam Dawe,
MakerKing (previously called Jumpaï), is a free to play 2D indie platformer in the spirit of Mario Maker where all players can design their own levels.

Sofa gaming Linux distro GamerOS version 23 is out continuing to fill the gap of SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Filling in the gap left by Valve leaving SteamOS alone, the sofa / couch gaming distribution GamerOS has a brand new release available with the usual great improvements.

Skullgirls: Annie goes up in Beta along with the Season Pass and a Linux support update

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to beat 'em up? Get ready for a fight as Skullgirls 2nd Encore now has the Annie DLC available in Beta along with the Season Pass and Linux users can get in on the fun.

Griftlands from Klei Entertainment to arrive on Linux in May, full launch this Summer

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment creator of the popular Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included will be bringing their roguelite deck-builder Griftlands over to Linux in May ahead of the full release.

Brace yourself, Winter is coming to Crusader Kings III

By Liam Dawe,
As if you didn't have enough problems with backstabbers, finding someone to marry and keeping your kingdom together - winter is coming to Crusader Kings III in the 1.3 update.

plus-x is a simple tool to help developers on Windows set Linux permissions for games

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small and very useful sounding application from game developer Cheeseness. It's called plus-x and the aim is to allow developers on Windows to set the correct permissions on Linux executables.

Political strategy game Rogue State Revolution gets a demo and a release date

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue State Revolution from LRDGames, Inc. (Deep Sixed, Precipice) and publisher Modern Wolf is an upcoming challenging roguelike geopolitical thriller strategy game.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 rolls out for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Need the absolute latest special fixes? The developer-focused NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 has rolled out and it includes quite a few fixes - including some just for Linux.

Loop Hero is out now and I'm going to need help to tear myself away from it

By Liam Dawe,
Loop Hero, probably the only titles I've pre-ordered in the last few years is officially out now and I really will need some help to pull myself away from running just one more loop.

Valve gives up on Artifact setting it free with Artifact Classic and Artifact Foundry

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's Dota themed card game Artifact has now well and truly failed, as they've now stopped the 2.0 redevelopment which is now named Artifact Foundry with the original as Artifact Classic and both now free to play.

Dark low-fantasy tactical survival RPG 'Urtuk: The Desolation' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Urtuk: The Desolation from David Kaleta presents you with a dark world in a low-fantasy settings where you guide a team of survivors through a ruined world.

Super charming 3D burrowing platformer Mail Mole is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love 3D platformers? Mail Mole from Talpa Games and Undercoders is out now with its sweet family friendly setting that sees you fire a mole around various different lands.

The GoD Unit is a brain-tickling first-person physics puzzle game out now

By Liam Dawe,
With the recent updates to Portal 2 I got a needy feeling for more first-person puzzle goodness and thankfully The GoD Unit seems to deliver on that.

Might and Delight confirm Shelter 3 to launch on March 30

By Liam Dawe,
Get ready to become one with nature again, as Shelter 3 from Might and Delight now has an official release date and it's going up on March 30.

Torrent of Impurities is a brand new single-player and co-op Quake Episode

By Liam Dawe,
Need more of the classic FPS Quake in your life? Check out the newly released Torrent of Impurities by a bunch of Finnish mappers which serves up another dose to blast through.

Drova - Forsaken Kin is an upcoming pixel-art RPG with 'high player agency'

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to try another demo of a promising upcoming game? The developer of Drova - Forsaken Kin emailed in about their pixel-art RPG and it sounds pretty promising.

Another Proton Experimental update is out improving VR and controllers

By Liam Dawe,
Proton Experimental is the extra special testing area where new fixes and features enter the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer before going out to everyone and there's a new update out.

The next AMD RDNA 2 card revealed with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has today revealed their next graphics card powered by the RDNA 2 architecture with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which they say is aimed at the "gaming enthusiast looking for maximum settings at 1440p and high-refresh competitive gameplay".

Tower Defense with deck-building 'Core Defense' set to get an expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Core Defense, a positively rated tower defense game by users (and one we enjoyed) from developer ehmprah that sprinkles in a little deck-building is getting an expansion with a Beta you can try.