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co-open is a wholesome game about shopping by yourself for the first time

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2021

Remember the first time you were allowed to be in a shop by yourself? For some it was seriously exciting, others perhaps a little terrifying and that's what co-open is all about.

Vomitoreum is a retro-styled FPS Metroidvania that releases July 30

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2021

Vomitoreum shall bring a nice little birthday present for me on July 30 when this retro-styled FPS Metroidvania releases on Steam and itch.io.

God sim sandbox 'WorldBox' has a huge release out with lots of fun new toys

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

WorldBox gives you a pixel-art god game all about doing whatever they hell you want. It's actually fantastic and a new release is out now.

Loop Hero adds saving during a run and more speed options in the 1.1 update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

Loop Hero, the big hit from Four Quarters and Devolver Digital that released back in March has a major 1.1 update out now with some really wonderful additions.

Absolute Drift from the art of rally devs arrives on GOG and free for 48 hours

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

Yet another chance to bag yourself a free game. During the GOG Summer Sale, Absolute Drift from the art of rally developer has been released on GOG and free for 48 hours.

BOY BEATS WORLD is an overlooked fun and quirky rhythm action adventure

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

Underrated and criminally overlooked, the rhythm action adventure BOY BEATS WORLD is officially out now.

Return a wasteland to green glory in the upcoming Terra Nil

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

Terra Nil is an absolute gem you can play right now on itch.io free (which is now named as the Prototype) but it's also getting a total rewrite to be a full commercial game and the new Terra Nil is coming to Linux.

OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink gets a huge performance boost

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2021

We heard you like performance and it seems the new OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink is going to bring some FPS friends whenever the next release lands.

Steam Next Fest is live again with new demos, livestreams and more

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Another digital event has arrived with Steam Next Fest, giving you a chance again to try out a bunch of demos for upcoming games and watch live events.

Sweet and cozy fishing and building game Luna's Fishing Garden is out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Luna's Fishing Garden from Coldwild Games (Merchant of the Skies, Lazy Galaxy) is a slow, peaceful and quite meditative experience out now.

Prison Architect: Second Chances expansion and free update The Pen out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have released the latest Prison Architect expansion with Prison Architect: Second Chances and the free The Pen update for everyone.

Wildermyth is a fantastic papercraft styled party-based RPG out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Worldwalker Games have now officially released Wildermyth, a game that very much deserves plenty of attention and it's easily one of the best releases this year.

Two Point Campus is coming to Linux from the Two Point Hospital team

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Two Point Studios shared today that the upcoming Two Point Campus due in 2022 will have a native Linux supported build, just like they did with Two Point Hospital.

Latest Steam Client Beta improves Proton startup times, fixes login issue

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Been having trouble logging into Steam lately? You're not alone, it seems there was a problem with the auto-login which has now been solved.

Creation and evolution sim The Sapling adds in flight, extended combat, family trees

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Starting off very simplistic with a vegetation system, The Sapling has expanded to become a rather curious evolution sim to spend a couple of hours in and see what horrors you end up creating.

Alternate Quake II game engine Yamagi Quake II adds optional Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Want another game engine reimplementation to play Quake II? Yamagi Quake II is another that's quite advanced and big new release is available with Vulkan support.

Control AMD's Wraith cooler RGB on Linux using Wraith Master with a new release

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

Have a fancy AMD CPU with a Wraith Prism cooler? You might want to adjust some of the RGB settings on Linux and for that you should check out Wraith Master.

Left 4 Dead 2 updated with Vulkan support thanks to DXVK

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

We've only just seen a new release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK, and now it's powering Left 4 Dead 2 with a fresh free upgrade out now.

Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.9 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

After a while between major releases, the DXVK project has splashed onto the scene again with a juicy new release ripe for picking with DXVK 1.9 out now.

Master of Orion inspired strategy Remnants of the Precursors had a new release

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

The original Master of Orion was certainly something special, and I personally put endless hours into the sequel. Remnants of the Precursors aims to play into your nostalgia and try to modernize the original mechanics.