Cozy mining adventure Core Keeper 1.0 is officially out now
Core Keeper is a lovely cozy underground mining adventure game from developer Pugstorm, that impressed me a lot during Early Access and now it's hit the big 1.0.
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Wii U emulator Cemu 2.1 out now with AppImage and Flatpak support for Linux
After going open source back in mid 2022, the Wii U emulator Cemu started providing experimental builds with Linux support and now it's out proper with the new Cemu 2.1 release.
Steam now shows who played mostly on Steam Deck in user reviews
Valve did a rather useful new tweak to the user review system on Steam to show who primarily played on Steam Deck.
Balatro hits 2 million sales and a major free gameplay update is coming
One of the most popular recent releases on Steam that's Steam Deck Verified (and works great on desktop Linux), Balatro has done really well.
Linux hits another all-time high for July 2024 according to Statcounter
Some more good news for you as according to statistics website Statcounter, Linux use hit another all-time high in July 2024. We've seen it slowly creep up over time, just like we've seen on the Steam Survey as well.
Grab a free copy of Drawful 2 now that The Jackbox Megapicker is out
The Jackbox Megapicker is a launcher to bring together the many party games that Jackbox Games, Inc. have created to help get your party started. It's out now, and Drawful 2 is free until August 28th.
Old School Rally now Steam Deck Verified with an impressive roadmap ahead
Old School Rally released recently and it not only looks fantastic for retro rally fans, it's also now Steam Deck Verified.
Valve reveal dates for first half of 2025 Steam Sales and Fests
While we're only about half way through 2024, we of course knew to expect plenty of sales and events on Steam next year so here's a look at what's to come from Valve.
Get a Drawful 2 free with The Jackbox Megapicker for the first 30 days after release
Jackbox Games are soon to release The Jackbox Megapicker, which is basically a launcher that shows all their games so you won't need to keep switching between packs for all their different games.
Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a quality shoot 'em up throwback to Desert Strike
Inspired by the Strike series (Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike) and Choplifter, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a lot of fun if you love fast-paced shoot 'em up action.
Flathub continues growing with over 2 billion downloads recorded
Flathub, the main front-end for Flatpak packages, which serves various applications and games to many different Linux distributions and Steam Deck has surpassed 2 billion downloads.
Cats is another idle / clicker item farming game like Banana rising up the Steam player counts
It seems Egg and it's copy Banana have potentially started off another trend on Steam, with games designed for you to farm items to sell on the Steam Market.
Build the greatest car parks ever in the retro-tycoon styled Car Park Capital
I feel like I just need to play Car Park Capital after discovering it today. Styled much like a late 90s retro tycoon game, it looks like it's from a different time and I love it.
Escape Simulator and PowerWash Simulator collide on June 20
This is some real meta simulator gameception going on. Escape Simulator has announced another free DLC, pulling in the world of PowerWash Simulator.
The Cozy Space Survivors post-release update has some simple lessons for indie devs
Released on May 3rd, Cozy Space Survivors is a cute survival roguelite in space, one for those of you who don't have a lot of free time. It's a little gem and the developer has posted up some post-release thoughts.
Steam Deck hits 15,000 games rated Playable and Verified
Valve's popular Linux-powered gaming handheld the Steam Deck has hit a new milestone, with 15,000 games now rated either Playable or Verified. And it continues to sell well.
King under the Mountain (Mountaincore) went open source as developer shuts down
King under the Mountain from developer Rocket Jump Technology, a simulation-based settlement-building strategy game, that was going through a big upgrade and re-brand with Mountaincore ended up shutting down and being open sourced.
Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9
Manjaro 24.0, based on Arch Linux, has been released pulling in a whole lot of upgrades across every part of the system.
Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform
Final Fantasy developer Square Enix have released their Financial Results for the end of the Japanese financial year, and it seems they're going through a big change in their strategy.
Check out this casual fab farming game bundle, plus a whole bunch of Godot Engine courses
Two interesting picks from Humble Bundle to go over for the weekend. First is the Down on the Farm bundle which has some sweet picks, plus one for game devs!
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