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Begin your industrial revolution in the latest Minecraft Snapshot

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Oct 2023

Now that Minecraft Live is over the developers have begun pushing out preview builds ahead of the upcoming release of Minecraft 1.21. A fresh Snapshot was just released with new features like the Crafter block.

Minecraft hits 300 million sales, update 1.21 announced with trial chambers

By Liam Squires-Hand, 16 Oct 2023

Mojang has announced that Minecraft has now crossed over 300 million sales, and the Minecraft 1.21 update has been announced that will have some pretty fun additions. Here's a short round-up from 2023's Minecraft Live.

Core Keeper 'Shimmering Frontier' update is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 Oct 2023

The great underground exploration, adventure and crafting survival game Core Keeper has a big new update out in Shimmering Frontier.

Minecraft Live returns October 15, you're voting for the Penguin right?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Oct 2023

Linux gamers, it's your time to shine. Minecraft Live is coming up again on October 15th where Mojang will do another vote on what mob to add next so obviously you're going to vote for the Penguin right?

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition arrives on Steam in 'early 2024'

By Liam Squires-Hand, 27 Sep 2023

Finally it's confirmed! Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition is coming to Steam (and EGS) with Nixxes Software teaming up with Guerrilla to make it happen.

No Man's Sky - Echoes Update is out adding a secret society of robotic aliens

By Liam Squires-Hand, 24 Aug 2023

Well this is quite an expected update, No Man's Sky - Echoes is live as another free upgrade for players and it's a pretty big update for the game full of new content.

Sweet beekeeping sim APICO update 3.0 heads to the ocean

By Liam Squires-Hand, 24 Aug 2023

What do beekeeping and ocean exploration have in common? Well they will both be in the APICO 3.0 update that's planned to arrive this "fall".

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty new trailer live, plus big free update coming

By Liam Squires-Hand, 23 Aug 2023

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is an upcoming paid expansion for the open world game from CD PROJEKT RED. Here's all the new details for you.

Blending GTA with Deus Ex, Streets of Rogue 2 gets a first trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand, 23 Aug 2023

As a big fan of the original game, I'm very excited for Streets of Rogue 2. Giving you a big unpredictable open world that combines elements of GTA, Deus Ex and various sandbox games. The first trailer was shown off during Gamescom.

No Man’s Sky has a teaser for the 'Echoes' update to celebrate 7 years

By Liam Squires-Hand, 18 Aug 2023

Coming soon they say, a fresh big update to No Man's Sky is on the way and they're celebrating 7 years since the release with a new video.

Free sandbox game inspired by Minecraft 'MineClone2' v0.84 is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand, 10 Jul 2023

MineClone2 continues getting better and better as a free and open source replacement of Minecraft, with version 0.84 out now. Here's a run over what's new and improved.

Multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' v0.15 is out adding the first world boss

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Jul 2023

Free, open source and continuing to expand! Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. Version 0.15 is out now and sounds fun.

The latest Volcanoids update looks electrifying

By Liam Squires-Hand, 26 Jun 2023

Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they're going to sucker me right in again.

New Beta for Valheim adds in world modifiers letting you customize your game

By Liam Squires-Hand, 16 Jun 2023

It's here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let you change how you can play it, so here's a run over what's new and improved.

Valheim gets upgraded to improve performance and fix major bugs

By Liam Squires-Hand, 12 Jun 2023

Iron Gate have now released the latest update to Valheim, their co-op open world survival game and it should be good for all players.

Trails & Tales update out now for Minecraft

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Jun 2023

Time to jump back in and punch some blocks? There's quite a lot that's new for Minecraft in Trails & Tales and it all sounds pretty fun!

Valheim devs clarify stance on modding including a clear no to paid mods

By Liam Squires-Hand, 30 May 2023

Iron Gate mentioned recently they've been getting many questions on their stance of modding Valheim, so they wrote a post to give their thoughts including the subject of paid mods.

Dino MMO survival game Path of Titans is really coming along

By Liam Squires-Hand, 23 May 2023

Path of Titans is one I haven't checked on in some time, a dinosaur MMO survival game currently in development and it's looking pretty good.

Valheim has a performance boost patch in Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand, 16 May 2023

Valheim is a fantastic game but it could do with some optimisations, especially when you're building up a big castle and whatever else people come up with. Thankfully Iron Gate have put out some improvements.