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Open-world sandbox adventure game "TerraTech" now has a co-op campaign for up to 4 players

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2019

This is awesome. TerraTech is actually a really fun game for those who like to build vehicles and then go exploring and it just got a big update.

Physics-based building game "Besiege" just had a pretty big update, new levels and plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2019

Building machines to destroy in Besiege is pretty fun and it's progressing towards the final release with a pretty huge update now available for this physics-based building game.

The awesome co-op space sandbox game "Avorion" now has modding support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2019

Avorion is a fully 3D co-op space sandbox game, where players build a ship and eventually a fleet from single blocks and it's quite engrossing. This latest update enables proper modding support, with integrated Steam Workshop support.

Starbound's massive 1.4 "Bounty Hunter" update is out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2019

After a long wait, with this being the first update to Starbound since October last year. Seems like the wait may have been worth it though!

The massive Terraria 1.4 update "Journey's End" was shown at E3 and looks like a lot of fun

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2019

Touching on practically all parts of the game, the Terraria 1.4 "Journey's End" update was properly announced and shown off during E3 this week.

Relaxing nature sim 'Equilinox' adds a creative mode

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2019

When taking a look at the nature building sim Equilinox back in January, my biggest complaint was the lack of proper freedom. ThinMatrix have now solved this!

Kerbal Space Program's huge Breaking Ground Expansion is out ready for you to do some science

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2019

Are you ready to do some science?! Kerbal Space Program's rather large Breaking Ground Expansion is now out.

Egosoft aren't messing around with X4: Foundations, huge update out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2019

Like the previous releases from Egosoft, it started a little rocky but to their credit they're really pushing hard on getting X4: Foundations into a good state.

In the survival game 'Vintage Story' you will now need to protect your crops from sneaky Hares

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2019

Vintage Story, another promising cross-platform voxel survival game continues to impress with the latest updates adding in a fun new animal and some great sounding optimisations.

Terraria has sold 27 million copies, 12 million on PC and it continues to expand

By Liam Dawe, 20 May 2019

Re-Logic have announced that Terraria has officially sold a massive 27 million copies, 12 million of those being on PC and they're not stopping.

Sandbox tycoon-like trading game 'Merchant of the Skies' has a new trailer and a later release date

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2019

Merchant of the Skies from Coldwild Games, seems like it could be an interesting resource management and trading game with you flying around the world in an airship. There's a new trailer and a delay in the release.

Minecraft can now be downloaded from Flathub on Linux using Flatpak

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2019

For those of you who prefer downloading things and keeping them up to date using Flatpak, you can now grab Minecraft on Flathub.

You can now play Minecraft Classic in your browser, as Minecraft is about to turn 10

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2019

Mojang announced that they've put Minecraft Classic up free, for everyone to play right in your browser.

The Long Dark 'Steadfast Ranger' update out, working great on Linux now

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2019

The Long Dark, a survival game from Hinterland Studio that offers up both a story mode and a sandbox survival mode just got another big update and it's looking good now.

Vintage Story, the impressive crafting and survival game has a huge update

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2019

Called the Worldgen and Geology Update, version 1.9 of Vintage Story has hit stable and brings with it a number of new additions to the already in-depth game.

Planet Nomads has left Early Access and feels like a big missed opportunity

By Liam Dawe, 3 May 2019

Planet Nomads had my interest for a long time, as I sat hoping it would blossom into something special. Sadly, it released today and it has not.

Starbound 1.4 'Bounty Hunter' update coming soon, now available for testing

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2019

Chucklefish haven't given up updating Starbound just yet, with a major update due soon that adds some fun sounding features.

The Garden Path, a very sweet looking sandbox game made in Godot Engine is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2019

I had the pleasure of speaking to solo developer Louis Durrant, who is currently developing the sandbox game The Garden Path which is coming to Linux.

Minecraft just had a seriously huge update named Village & Pillage

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2019

It was only recently I saw someone say that Minecraft was stagnating, well it's smelling pretty fresh today with the massive Village & Pillage update out now.