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Do some mining with machine guns in BORE BLASTERS

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2023

8BitSkull developer of the awesome Void Scrappers and Fates of Ort has announced BORE BLASTERS, a game all about drilling with machine guns.

We have to wait a bit longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2023

Hollow Knight is probably one of the most popular 2D metroidvania action-adventures available on PC and the follow-up, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is looking like it's going to take a while longer to release.

The 2D massive space epic Starsector gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2023

Starsector is something quite special, originally called Starfarer it's been in development for quite a few years now and a big new release is now available.

Swarm Grinder is a very unique horde-game now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2023

If you love anything remotely similar to Vampire Survivors and other horde-style auto-shooters, you might want to take a look at Swarm Grinder.

Soul Survivors is a refreshing skill-based time-survival Vampire Survivor-like

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2023

Continuing my quest to have no free time ever, I have been checking out Soul Survivors that's now available in Early Access. It may be yet another Vampire Survivor-like but that's not a bad thing at all.

Animated series in the works for Vampire Survivors, plus big upgrade upcoming

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2023

Not only will Vampire Survivors get another content upgrade and a small patch later this month but an animated TV show is currently in the works.

The Last of Us gets more optimizations and another Steam Deck fix

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2023

Slowly but it's happening, The Last of Us is getting fixed up after the poor launch and it's getting a little closer to being playable on Steam Deck now too.

First-person slasher Lichenvale out now from ex-Ubisoft dev

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2023

Inspired a fair bit by some classics from the 90s like Hexen and Heretic, Lichenvale is a first-person slasher out now.

Proton Hotfix gets Minecraft Legends working on Steam Deck & Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe, 20 Apr 2023

Minecraft Legends just recently released on Steam and sadly at release it just wouldn't run, a quick bug report later and Valve has already solved it with Proton Hotfix.

POSTAL 2 got a surprise 20th anniversary update with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2023

POSTAL 2 from Running With Scissors just had a big upgrade for the 20th anniversary and there's lots of improvements to this classic violent first-person adventure.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed added a slick story campaign

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2023

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed is a shooter all about toys, a bit like the classic movie Small Soldiers and back in late March, it had a huge free upgrade.

The Last of Us has more Steam Deck improvements and lots of other fixes

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2023

Fires continue to be put out by Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy as they fix up The Last of Us, with a new patch landing with lots of fixes.

Halls of Torment is classic Diablo meets Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2023

Ah hell, going to say goodbye to any free time I had for the next month. Halls of Torment has sucked me right in being a blend of retro Diablo and Vampire Survivors.

Rogue: Genesia is another horde survivor (Vampire-like?) game worth a look

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

These Vampire Survivor-like horde survival games are still all the rage, and I keep discovering more. Rogue: Genesia is another, with Native Linux support and it is rated Steam Deck Playable.

Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2023

Rain Games, developer of the Teslagrad series, World to the West and others are still working away on Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne and it finally has a new trailer.

Striving for Light: Survival blends popular horde survivor games with a big skill tree

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2023

Do you enjoy games like Vampire Survivors, Brotato and the other horde survival games? You may want to look at Striving for Light: Survival.

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot looks like a fun time

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2023

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot is a fresh announcement from Konfa Games and TinyBuild, a spin-off from their earlier game Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator that I quite enjoyed.

Ship of Harkinian, a PC port of Ocarina of Time has a feature-filled upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2023

Do you love the classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Clearly a lot of people do, and the PC port Ship of Harkinian just recently had a great sounding upgrade.

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is out now

By Liam Dawe, 7 Mar 2023

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a fresh content expansion for the popular rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's available now.