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Get another 15 games for $15 in this new Humble Bundle for April

By Liam Dawe,
A nice chance to grab 15 games that works out nice and cheap too in the Humble 15 for $15 April 2026 Bundle.

Linux Mint confirm longer release cycles, the next release is planned for Christmas 2026

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux Mint team have given a roadmap update, after previously suggesting they would be looking at longer development times to get things right.
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Mozilla announced "Thunderbolt", their open-source and self-hostable AI client

By Liam Dawe,
Mozilla are leaning even more into AI, with the announcement today of Thunderbolt - their open-source and self-hostable AI client.

Gaming on Linux with an older GPU levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 bringing major new features

By Liam Dawe,
You don't have to get left behind with gaming on Linux if you have an older GPU, thanks to projects like DXVK-Sarek keeping them alive.

Vehicle-building bullet heaven survivor-like TerraTech Legion launches April 30

By Liam Dawe,
Now this is one I am excited about. The demo for TerraTech Legion was great fun, and I can't wait to build more vehicles in this bullet heaven survivor-like.

Immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run back in development as the developer is out of jail

By Liam Dawe,
The positively rated immersive sim boomer shooter Fortune's Run is getting back into action, as the developer is now back to working on it.

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions

By Liam Dawe,
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.

US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published

By Liam Dawe,
The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.

Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter

By Liam Dawe,
What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.

TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3

By Liam Dawe,
With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15.2 brings critical security updates

By Liam Dawe,
Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the popular free and open source voxel game engine powering some really fun experiences and a critical update is out now.

After years in development v8 of the factory management RTS Mindustry is out

By Liam Dawe,
Mindustry is a free and open source open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements, with a major new update finally out.

Book of Travels from Might and Delight goes offline in July but you'll still be able to play alone

By Liam Dawe,
Book of Travels had an interesting idea as a slower, more exploration focused online RPG that didn't hold your hand but it never really took off.

Designer of Terra Nil reveals Combolands, a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck

By Liam Dawe,
Based on a hit prototype game Tiny Towns that had over 100K views on itch.io, Combolands is a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck.

SteamOS 3.7.21 released to stable with security and stability updates

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve are working to get SteamOS 3.8 Beta into stable with lots of big changes, a small SteamOS stable update has been released.

Only 2 years after release Star Trek: Resurgence is being delisted

By Liam Dawe,
Dramatic Labs / Bruner House have abruptly announced that Star Trek: Resurgence from 2024 is already being delisted.

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.

The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim

By Liam Dawe,
Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now.

X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues

By Liam Dawe,
Time to get ready to run some system upgrades, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland developers have released a security advisory due to multiple issues.

Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
After releasing the Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged back in 2024, developer Revolution are preparing Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged