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The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".

Running With Scissors announced horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire

By Liam Dawe,
Diving into the roots of the POSTAL series, Running With Scissors recently revealed the new horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire.
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Gambonanza is the best Balatro-like version of chess yet and you have to try the demo

By Liam Dawe,
If you love strategy games and roguelikes, Gambonanza fuses together the worlds of Balatro and chess like no other and it won me over completely.

The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March

By Liam Dawe,
Myrient is a popular "video game preservation service" that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.

Smash everything apart together as Teardown goes multiplayer on March 12

By Liam Dawe,
The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.

Frostrail gets a new trailer to showcase its freezing train-survival gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Frostrail is another exciting game to keep an eye on, an open-world survival game where you and friends travel through a frozen world on a train.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction arrives April 28

By Liam Dawe,
Another good one for fans of retro-styled beat 'em ups, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is releasing April 28th.

SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.

Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock

By Liam Dawe,
Legends of Rock is coming later this year from the developer of Dude, Where Is My Beer? that sees you build up and manage your own band.

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".

Topdeck Automat blends the worlds of roguelike deckbuilder and autobattlers

By Liam Dawe,
Topdeck Automat gives you hundreds of cards to build a deck where your printer droid spits them out at random - sounds like quite a fun mixture.

Kick fascists so hard they fly into the sun in Verminsteel

By Liam Dawe,
Verminsteel is a new announcement from Glass Bottom Games that will see you hack and slash your way through hordes of fascists and take down their leaders.

Grim Dawn celebrates 10 years - set for a big free upgrade with a modern scaleable UI and an expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Grim Dawn is getting an update that will hopefully make the ARPG classic work better across different screen sizes and resolutions (like the Steam Deck).

Longterm supported Linux kernels get a longer life

By Liam Dawe,
Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the Longterm supported Linux kernels are going to be supported for longer than previously announced.

New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes

By Liam Dawe,
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Valve (Steam) for what they say is illegally promoting gambling.

Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.

Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.

The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more

By Liam Dawe,
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.