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Input mapping tool AntiMicroX 3.1.7 is out with improved Wayland support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AntiMicroX (a continuation of AntiMicro) for mapping gamepad keys to keyboard, mouse, scripts and macros has a new release out with version 3.1.7.

Tux and Fanny is the most completely bizarre adventure and it's out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ever heard of Tux and Fanny? It's originally an incredibly strange 2019 animated film by Albert Birney who has teamed up with Ghost Time Games (Jettomero, Test Tube Titans) to make an adventure game out of it.

Open source in games: How to save your studio time and effort

By Liam Squires-Hand,
At the Game Developers Conference 2021, multiple developers from Red Hat attended and gave a talk titled "Open source in games: How to save your studio time and effort".

PS4 emulator Spine gets a new demo release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Spine is an upcoming PlayStation 4 emulator that's currently closed-source while it's under heavy development. It's also currently only available for Linux.

Valve rolls out big Steam client update with new Downloads Page & Storage Management

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After being in Beta since the end of July, Valve has now released a big update to the stable version of the Steam client for everyone which has the new Downloads Page & Storage Management.

Explore a strange and ancient world in the survival-platformer Residual out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Residual from developer OrangePixel and publisher Apogee Entertainment is a "new breed" of survival platformer. It's out today with full Linux support.

AMD shows off their new CPU frequency control mechanism for Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Currently limited to Zen 3, AMD has revealed their work on a brand new CPU frequency control mechanism "amd-pstate".

Stellaris to get the free 3.1 'Lem' update on September 14

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Paradox Interactive announced today that the free 3.1 Lem update for Stellaris is going to release on September 14.

Brutal Orchestra has a fantastic trailer, plus the game sounds both brutal and intriguing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Coming from the same designer behind Swallow the Sea and Perfect Vermin, two fantastically weird games we have their biggest yet with Brutal Orchestra and it's a little on the dark side once again.

The short and somewhat disturbing Swallow the Sea is now on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Short on time and want to play a game? Swallow the Sea is a good choice and it's free so you've got nothing to lose for trying to except perhaps a little of your sanity.

Blasphemous: Wounds of Eventide free update arrives in December, sequel announced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready for more brutal action? There's some free content on the way for Blasphemous with the Blasphemous: Wounds of Eventide free update arriving on December 9 and a sequel was announced too.

Humble has a new Team 17 Greatest Hits Bundle up with lots of good picks

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you need a fresh set of games for the weekend here's your latest chance. Plenty of quality games included in the new Team 17 Greatest Hits Bundle.

Sandbox spaceship-building sim Avorion 2.0 is out now and there's finally an auto-pilot

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A big overhaul for the already excellent sandbox space sim Avorion is out now bringing with it lots of new features.

War Thunder has another major upgrade out with 'Direct Hit'

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Direct Hit is the name of the latest massive update to War Thunder, the free to play online war sim.

American Truck Simulator - Wyoming is out now and it's doing well, 75% off the base game

By Liam Squires-Hand,
American Truck Simulator - Wyoming is the latest paid expansion to the very popular trucking sim from SCS Software and it's out now. It also appears to be doing rather well for SCS.

Quartet is an upcoming turn-based RPG inspired by retro JRPGs with a demo up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you love JRPGs and the classics? You're going to need to check out Quartet from Shadows of Adam developer Something Classic.

Minecraft Live returns with more announcements on October 16

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Minecraft Live is returning this year with a livestream going over the whole world of Minecraft on October 16.

Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver version 470.62.02 is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
NVIDIA continue their usual upgrades to their special NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver with a fresh release out with version 470.62.02 now available to test.

Humble serves up a fresh plate of games in Humble Choice September

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready to grab even more games? The monthly curated bundle Humble Choice has a fresh plate of games ready to claim for subscribers.