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Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdoms and Castles was great, and Nova Roma is shaping up to be a great city-builder but the developers at Lion Shield need more time to get it right.
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Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success

By Liam Dawe,
Always nice to see an indie success story, with Schedule I developer TVGS expanding the team as work goes on towards mod support.

Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

By Liam Dawe,
Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft has a new testing build out that ups the cute factor by a lot, with an overhaul of various baby mobs and you get pet nametags now too.

Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes

By Liam Dawe,
On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty

By Liam Dawe,
The newer MicroProse are picking up some good stuff lately, and one I missed during December was the announcement of first-person mech sim Steel Bounty.

1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
A once popular Flash game has returned and it's now available on Steam, all thanks to a superfan who didn't want to let it die.

Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

By Liam Dawe,
A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.

Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler

By Liam Dawe,
Wireworks went straight into my wishlist, I couldn't click it fast enough. Love the idea with this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

Dig Dig Die sounds like a hilarious grave-robbing co-op horror game

By Liam Dawe,
If you're after more funny and frightening co-op games to play with friends, the recently announced Dig, Dig, Die could be a good one for you.

Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
Gaming on the go doesn't have to be boring, so check out the Decked Out Collection Humble Bundle for some interesting picks.

Popular mobile creature collector EvoCreo now available on PC

By Liam Dawe,
Over a decade after being originally released for mobile and amassing lots of happy players, EvoCreo has arrived on PC with Linux support.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer

By Liam Dawe,
Wipe away infections from the family computer in the nostalgic Windows XP styled Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional later this year, with a new trailer live.

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor

By Liam Dawe,
Sprint City has been revealed by the original creators of SpeedRunners, a new movement-focused racing platformer that looks and sounds great.

After a poor relaunch, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded devs release a statement

By Liam Dawe,
Are we making FPS great again yet? The newest version of the portal shooter SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded arrived in December and didn't seem to do much at all.

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed

By Liam Dawe,
We are truly entering a time in gaming where it feels like optimizations are a thing of the past, and the specifications needed to run 007 First Light are nuts.