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Megaquarium, a new and exciting looking simulation game about building your own aquarium

By Liam Dawe, Mar 23, 2017

Megaquarium, a brand new announcement from the developer of Big Pharma is a rather exciting looking simulation game. It's touching something I don't remember being done before; building your own aquarium.

MachiaVillain, a mix of Dungeon Keeper and Rimworld is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2017

Now this has me excited! In MachiaVillain you are the villian, specifically you're building an evil mansion to trap innocent victims.

Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2017

I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.

tinyBuild announce Graveyard Keeper, an inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2017

Well how's that for a headline? Lazy Bear Games (who developed Punch Club) & tinyBuild have announced their latest game called Graveyard Keeper and it sounds highly amusing.

American Truck Simulator has a new beta with some major engine simulation improvements

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1, 2017

For the truckers out there, American Truck Simulator has a big new open beta available with plenty of new stuff to play with.

Simulation

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit DLC announced, adding more transport possibilities

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28, 2017

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit is a new content rich DLC that will add in quite a few new transport options.

Railway Empire simulation game announced, will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 26, 2017

Railway Empire is an new strategy and simulation game from Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media Digital that will support Linux.

Motorsport Manager 'GT Series' DLC announced, looks and sounds like fun

By Liam Dawe, Feb 20, 2017

Motorsport Manager is to get a major gameplay DLC named 'GT Series' which will add-in closed-wheel racing!

Colony building sim ‘Maia’ huge update released featuring Lava and colonist relationships

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19, 2017

Maia, the colony building simulation from Simon Roth has a huge update which includes Lava and colonist relationships. It’s sounding more and more like a heavily simulated version of ‘the sims in space’.

Taking on the universe in Avorion, my thoughts on this new sandbox spaceship building game

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2017

The developer of Avorion accepted my request for a key, so I took Avorion for a spin. It’s in Early Access, so keep that in mind.

Motorsport Manager, the rather detailed simulator game now has Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1, 2017

Motorsport Manager has been updated to allow for mods from the Steam Workshop, as well as some balancing changes to make it fairer.

Minecraft's new launcher is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18, 2017

That's right, post-Microsoft purchase Minecraft is still seeing great support for Linux. Their shiny new launcher is now available.

'Factorio' is another game that was being hit by key scammers

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18, 2017

In another case of scammers trying to buy keys with often stolen credit cards to sell on websites like G2A, the developers of 'Factorio' have written about their experience with it.

Building on up in Block'hood, my early thoughts on this cute neighbourhood-building sim

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2017

Block'hood is a neighbourhood-building sim that's currently in Early Access. I couldn't resist grabbing a copy when it released for Linux, so here's some early thoughts.

Rise to Ruins (previously Retro-Pixel Castles) has a major content update now out

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2017

The new official name 'Rise to Ruins' along with a big update to my favourite little village builder is now live.

MHRD, a game where you design your own hardware released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5, 2017

A game that will likely excite the most nerdy in our community, MHRD, a game where you design your own hardware.

Your staff are a bit more needy in Prison Architect update 11

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2016

Prison Architect got a surprise holiday update and it's an interesting one. It adds a little more simulation for your staff along with some bug fixes.

Transport Fever has released a big performance patch, might be worth it now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 27, 2016

I liked Transport Fever, but the performance at release was pretty damn bad. The developers were well aware of this and so they have released a big performance patch.