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Deep survival game Vintage Story has another massive update approaching in v1.20

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 Dec 2024

Vintage Story is a survival game with some impressively deep game mechanics, and the v1.20 update is another major one that's coming out soon with a first Release Candidate available to test.

Survival game The Long Dark gets a big update with a deep Safehouse Customization system

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 Dec 2024

Seems like it's time to jump back into the world of The Long Dark, with a big update out now that includes major new free features along with expanding their Tales from the Far Territory DLC.

Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 Dec 2024

Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.

Free & open source RPG 'Veloren' update compilation - weeks 233 to 241

By nwildner, 1 Dec 2024

This is a compilation series from recent updates provided at the Veloren blog, the free and open source voxel action-adventure RPG

Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand, 29 Nov 2024

The Last Plague: Blight impressed me quite a lot with the initial Early Access release, and the developer has been doing some great updates to it recently.

LIGHT OF MOTIRAM takes Horizon Zero Dawn and turns it into a co-op survival game

By Liam Squires-Hand, 28 Nov 2024

Is this Palworld all over again? The copying here is pretty blatant. Tencent owned developer Polaris Quest revealed LIGHT OF MOTIRAM and it seems very familiar.

We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December

By Liam Squires-Hand, 28 Nov 2024

Quite a surprise this one. Palworld and Terraria are getting a crossover, but we don't really know what just yet.

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Nov 2024

Well there's a surprise. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered from Guerrilla Games / Nixxes Software and PlayStation Publishing has been given the Steam Deck Verified tick from Valve.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review - works on Linux Desktop with Proton but poorly on Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Nov 2024

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from GSC Game World has now been released and after playing it pre-release, I've had a damn fun time with it.

Avowed from Obsidian gets a release date, and pre-orders with earlier access if you pay £80

By Liam Squires-Hand, 15 Nov 2024

The continuing trend of getting you to pay more to play just a few days earlier continues. Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment does look like bloody good fun, but £90 of fun?

Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads

By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Nov 2024

Originally called MineClone2, VoxeLibre is a free and open source sandbox game that's inspired by Minecraft and it recently hit a big milestone.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work

By Liam Squires-Hand, 11 Nov 2024

With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.

Kojima Productions now fully controls the DEATH STRANDING IP, also now on Amazon Luna+

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 Nov 2024

In a press release shared today, Kojima Productions announced they now have full control over the DEATH STRANDING IP. The game has also landed on Amazon Luna.

Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 Nov 2024

The latest State of the Game developer post for Terraria gives out some big new sales numbers, and announces a new use for Life Fruit.

Stuck for what to play this weekend? DayZ works really nicely on Linux now

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 Nov 2024

If you're in need of something to game on Linux this weekend, why not try out the open-world survival game DayZ. The game is also going through a player surge thanks to a new expansion release.

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered may need a workaround on desktop Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 31 Oct 2024

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is out now and like other recent Sony PlayStation releases on PC, it forces a PlayStation Network Account which is causing issues for some desktop Linux players.