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Thief-like stealth game The Dark Mod v2.11 is out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
Love the old first-person stealth game Thief? The Dark Mod was inspired by it and there's a new release out.

The new System Shock remake demo runs surprisingly well on Steam Deck


By Liam Squires-Hand
After going through development hell and being long delayed, Nightdive Studios have put up a fresh demo of their System Shock remake that includes controller support and a new intro.

Grab a cuppa and listen to me chat to Brodie on Tech Over Tea


By Liam Squires-Hand
Recently I had the pleasure of being invited back on the Tech Over Tea by Brodie, a rare occurrence where I even show my face.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate


By Liam Squires-Hand
Game developers might want to begin to look closer at this one! The free and open source Godot Engine is about to have the biggest update ever with 4.0 that now has a first Release Candidate.

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms adds the start of a campaign mode


By Liam Squires-Hand
Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is a free and open source game pack made with the OpenRA game engine, the bundles together forces from various classic Westwood RTS games including Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin.

The Callisto Protocol got a Steam Deck upgrade


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Callisto Protocol, the horror game that was inspired by Dead Space, has recently gained a hardcore mode and a dedicated Steam Deck upgrade too.

Zelda-lite classic Anodyne gets a much upgraded fan remake


By Liam Squires-Hand
Anodyne from Analgesic Productions recently celebrated a 10th anniversary, and the community delivered in style with a full fan remake for modern platforms thanks to the previous source code release.

Point and click adventure Splittown gets a new Linux demo


By Liam Squires-Hand
Splittown is an upcoming point and click adventure about the Cold War, where the world is split in two and now there's a Linux demo.

Interior Worlds is an upcoming weird spooky liminal space photography game


By Liam Squires-Hand
A slightly spooky and weird exploration game about taking snaps, Interior Worlds seems interesting and it's coming to Linux too.

February Humble Choice includes Fallout 76, Thronebreaker, Pathfinder


By Liam Squires-Hand
Need some more quality games? Humble Choice for February 2023 is up with a fresh set of games and there's some good stuff included like Fallout 76.

Trackmania is looking great on Steam Deck and Linux desktop


By Liam Squires-Hand
Trackmania has released on Steam recently and thanks to the recent Ubisoft Connect fixes from Valve in Proton 7.0-6, Trackmania works great on Steam Deck.

Customizable platform fighter Fraymakers is out in Early Access


By Liam Squires-Hand
With some really slick animations, the customizable platform fighter Fraymakers has launched in Early Access on Steam with Linux support.

Colony builder Maia gets big optimizations, along with controller and Steam Deck support


By Liam Squires-Hand
A name I've not heard for a while that I seemed to miss some emails on recently. Colony building sim Maia, from developer Simon Roth, had a rather big upgrade.

Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine adds Linux support


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Force Engine is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Star Wars Dark Forces, with upcoming support of Outlaws. The latest release version 1.08 adds Linux support!

Space looter-shooter EVERSPACE 2 set to launch on April 6


By Liam Squires-Hand
EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games is ready to properly blast off on April 6th and it's looking mighty fine.

Steam Next Fest - February 2023 edition brings lots of demos


By Liam Squires-Hand
Running until February 13th, you've again got a while to cram in trying out as many demos as possible in Steam Next Fest - February 2023 edition.

Steam and Steam Deck Beta fixes pages not rendering, plus GE-Proton 7-49 out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
Valve put out another small Beta update for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck that fixes some more annoying bugs.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 24: Mother Knows Best


By Hamish
My mother's favourite game on Linux is without a doubt Frozen Bubble. It is a casual game in all of the best ways; one you can dive into and learn at your own pace thanks to its simple but repeatable formula. Consider this to be a snapshot in time back to 2002, from right before the game was to take the world by storm.

Get some laid-back life sims and builders in this latest game bundle


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Sim-ple Life Bundle from Humble Bundle is another that has a few good looking indie gems you might want to relax with.

Superhero strategy game Capes now being published by Daedalic Entertainment


By Liam Squires-Hand
Daedalic Entertainment have now teamed up with Spitfire Interactive to help their work on the superhero strategy game Capes.