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Steam Dinos vs. Robots Fest is live with more demos and discounts

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2024

Dinosaurs and Robots, what more could you want? Valve has put up the Steam Dinos vs. Robots Fest which runs until March 4th with plenty more demos and game discounts.

Humble Bundle has some awesome puzzle games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe, 9 Feb 2024

Oh now this is a good selection! Some really fantastic puzzle games available in the Mind-Bending Masterpieces Humble Bundle. So here's all the info you need.

The Talos Principle 2 robot holding a Steam Deck

The Talos Principle 2 gets Steam Deck Verified, plus a big Beta update is out

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2023

Need a new puzzle game to add to your collection? Good news for you, as The Talos Principle 2 has now been bumped up to Steam Deck Verified status after testing from Valve.

GOG Black Friday Sale live with UNCHARTED released, Styx: Shard of Darkness for free

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2023

Need some cheap games? GOG just launched their Black Friday Sale and it comes with the new release (to GOG) of UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection. Plus a free game giveaway.

Steam Deck officially hits over 12,000 games Playable and Verified

By Liam Dawe, 30 Oct 2023

The little machine that just keeps on giving. The Steam Deck from Valve has now hit over 12,000 games that are rated Playable or Verified.

Steam Next Fest - October 2023 Edition is live now

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2023

Another chance to check out lots of games and fill up your wishlists, and Steam Next Fest - October 2023 Edition is live now.

The Talos Principle 2 from Croteam launches November 2

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2023

Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced that The Talos Principle 2 is now set for launch on November 2, and it looks to be an impressive follow-up to the previous game which is easily one of the best puzzle games ever made.

Re:Touring is a clever, accessible and polished first-person puzzler

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2023

If you enjoy first-person puzzlers like Portal and The Talos Principle then you'll likely feel right at home with Re:Touring.

Sci-fi puzzle game Photon Engineer out now, made with open source

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2023

Love puzzle games like Portal and The Talos Principle? Photon Engineer might be one for you to have a look at.

The open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' begins to run games

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2023

Back in October last year I wrote about the new open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver named NVK, and now it appears to be able to actually run games. Not particularly well though.

6 years on the Vulkan API has enabled some amazing things

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

Can you actually believe that the Vulkan API has just crossed over the 6 year mark? Sometimes it feels like it was only yesterday. It truly has helped to create some amazing stuff.

Help change lives with the SpecialEffect One Special Day sale on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2021

SpecialEffect is a charity that uses specialist technology to help people of all ages who have severe physical challenges and their One Special Day 2021 event is going on right now.

Arthurian legends mix with cosmic horror in The Hand of Merlin, confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2021

Something weird this way comes with The Hand of Merlin, blending together elements of Arthurian legends mixed in with plenty of cosmic horror in a turn-based tactical RPG.

Chilled-out first-person puzzler Faraway: Director's Cut is out now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2021

Faraway: Director's Cut from developer Pine Studio is a first-person puzzle game that acts as a modern tribute to Myst.

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

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2021

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.

AMD make switching between Vulkan drivers AMDVLK and RADV easier

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2021

On Linux with AMD GPUs you can decide between the RADV and AMDVLK drivers for Vulkan API support, and it appears AMD want to make things a little easier for you.

Our top favourite Linux games released in 2020

By Liam Dawe, 23 Dec 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, here's a brief look over what games we personally thought truly stood out in 2020 that directly supported Linux.

Perspective puzzle game Superliminal is out now on Steam, along with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 5 Nov 2020

Superliminal's timed exclusive period on the Epic Games Store is now up, and it has released on Steam along with Linux support with a port from Ethan Lee.