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Get some quality twin-stick shooters in the latest Humble Bundle


By Liam Squires-Hand
Want some quality twin-stick shooters? Check out the new Twin Stick 'Em Up Humble Bundle that's now live.

Steam Beta gets fixes for SteamVR, Game Recording and Steam Input


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another Steam Client Beta release is live for October 4th that includes a bunch of quick bug fixes for desktop and Steam Deck.

Wine 9.19 released bringing improvements for Wayland, Unicode and DirectPlay


By Liam Squires-Hand
Developer Alexandre Julliard announced the release of Wine 9.19, the Windows compatibility layer that allows thousands of apps and games to run on Linux.

Get a free copy of Whispering Willows during the GOG Autumn Sale


By Liam Squires-Hand
It's time to grab another sweet free game courtesy of GOG.com during their big Autumn Sale that's ongoing until October 8th, 7 AM UTC.

JRPG-inspired adventure Flowstone Saga with a puzzle-battle system is out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
From Impact Gameworks who made the excellent Tangledeep, their next game Flowstone Saga is officially out now with Linux support.

Pinball Spire is a wonderful reinvention of what Pinball can be


By Liam Squires-Hand
There's been a few attempts to update Pinball into something new, and Pinball Spire is the latest that's out now. It's Steam Deck Verified and works great on desktop Linux with Valve's Proton.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) gets a first official release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.

6 years after Kickstarter, Orphan Age dev Studio Black Flag shuts without a release


By Liam Squires-Hand
Game development is a complicated beast, a constant challenge to get funding and for Studio Black Flag who were building the promising looking Orphan Age it's all over.

Mesa 24.2.4 released with various bug fixes


By Liam Squires-Hand
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.4 open source graphics drivers, coming with multiple bug fixes for this stable release.

Epic roguelike Caves of Qud gets a tutorial Beta and the price goes up soon


By Liam Squires-Hand
Caves of Qud is easily (and I keep saying this) one of the best roguelikes ever made, and with the latest Beta it's a lot easier to get into. You might also want to buy it soon before the price rises.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.17 Beta released with another quick fix


By Liam Squires-Hand
After a bigger Steam Beta Client recently that had some nice improvements for Game Recording, and various Linux fixes along with another SteamOS Beta - we have yet another tiny SteamOS update.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII gets Windows system requirements with Linux and macOS details later


By Liam Squires-Hand
Firaxis Games and 2K have released the system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VII on Windows, but the Linux and macOS requirements will be coming later.

Hearts of Iron IV to get an Expansion Pass, plus Gotterdammerung DLC releases November 14


By Liam Squires-Hand
Paradox Interactive have announced that Hearts of Iron IV is getting a big new expansion in Götterdämmerung on November 14th, and they're bringing the whole Expansion Pass idea from other games to Hearts of Iron IV as well.

Praise the Emperor! There's a Warhammer Humble Bundle of games for you


By Liam Squires-Hand
Have a Warhammer Day Humble Bundle is live and you might need to give thanks to the Emperor for this one.

Monty Pythonesque humour fused with Renaissance art comes in Death of the Reprobate on November 7


By Liam Squires-Hand
Solo developer Joe Richardson is bringing on another brilliantly funny fusion of Monty Pythonesque humour with artwork styled like moving Renaissance paintings in Death of the Reprobate.

More info on the Valve (Steam) collab with Arch Linux and potential future hardware support


By Liam Squires-Hand
Recently we had the big news that Valve (Steam) began a collaboration with Arch Linux, to help fund two very specific parts of the Linux distribution. Now, we have a bit more info on what it means.

Humble Choice for October is stacked full of good stuff


By Liam Squires-Hand
This is probably one of the best months for Humble Choice in some time, with some really great games to claim if you're a monthly subscriber.

Adventure game about Death's daughter, PRIM releases October 24


By Liam Squires-Hand
Common Colors and Application Systems Heidelberg have announced that the creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour will release on October 24th.

XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck get vastly better with the XR Gaming Plugin


By Liam Squires-Hand
Developer Wayne Heaney has been working to make XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck a much better experience, and their latest release of the XR Gaming Plugin sounds awesome.

DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs


By Liam Squires-Hand
Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.