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The Darkside Detective: Season 2 becomes The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2020

Akupara Games and Spooky Doorway have announced that The Darkside Detective: Season 2 is going through a rebranding to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark and they released a new trailer too.

Linux game manager Lutris gets a 0.5.8 Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2020

The absolutely huge 0.5.8 update for the game manager Lutris is one step closer to a proper release, with a Release Candidate out now.

Say hello to PLATYPUS, the latest CPU security problem

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

This kind of PLATYPUS is not a sweet and unusual mammal, this is a security problem recently announced that affect Intel across server, desktop and laptop CPUs.

System76 bring back the Galago Pro with Intel Xe and NVIDIA GPU options

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

Bringing back something of a fan favourite, hardware vendor and Linux distribution maker System76 have announced the brand new Galago Pro.

Everafter Falls is a super-sweet farming sim with action-RPG elements on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

As we previously covered back in September, Everafter Falls is an upcoming mix of a sweet and casual farming life sim blended with some action-RPG elements and it's now live on Kickstarter.

Intense top-down racer Bloody Rally Show gets random daily challenges and big upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

While art of rally showed off how strikingly beautiful a top-down racer could be, the earlier Bloody Rally Show showed the opposite with how brutal it can be.

Check out Sonic 3 A.I.R., a fan-made remaster now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

As someone who grew up with early Sega consoles, the Sonic games were part of my first gaming experiences and you can relive some of it with Sonic 3 A.I.R.

Deal with the infected and rescue survivors in the retro-arcade FPS 'Affliction Rescue'

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

Miss the classic arcade first-person shooters? I know I certainly do (although without bleeding money into machines) and Affliction Rescue has a really great feel that you should check out.

Need to plan something out? Check out the slick MasterPlan

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

Something for game developers, and anyone wanting to plan things using a slick app: enter MasterPlan.

Become the delivery drone you always wanted to be in Supfly Delivery Simulator

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

Supfly Delivery Simulator is a name that doesn't leave much to the imagination, set in a world where humanity is ruled by delivery service it's your time to shine.

Steam Play Proton 5.13 gets a Release Candidate, Valve working on new Vulkan extension

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2020

Two pieces of Valve news to cover this Tuesday morning including new updates to Steam Play Proton and an upcoming Vulkan extension to help deal with other APIs and porting.

The awesome Tenderfoot Tactics is now available on itch.io and you should get it

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

If you like turn-based tactical battles mixed with open world exploration, you pretty much owe it to yourself to go and pick up Tenderfoot Tactics.

Babylon comes to Civilization VI, plus a new game mode on November 19 with the next DLC

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

As part of the ongoing expansion for the New Frontier Pass, the turn-based strategy Civilization VI will be getting another DLC on November 19.

Free and open source flight sim 'FlightGear' has a brand new release

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

FlightGear is a rather advanced free, open source flight simulator that's very much alive and kicking with a big new release now available.

It's hard to believe but Counter-Strike has turned 20 and it's still going strong

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

20 years officially today, Counter-Strike 1.0 was officially released and it went on to change the way many of us played games online.

Smash up an office to find vermin hiding in the free game Perfect Vermin

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

A free game that lets you run around a seemingly empty office with a sledgehammer? Perfect Vermin is not quite what it seems as you hunt for some weird creatures.

OpenRazer 2.9.0 is out, adding plenty of new Razer device support on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

Enjoy your fancy Razer hardware on Linux? You should probably check out OpenRazer, which is a nice big collection of drivers for Linux.

Need to chill? Check out Forest's Secret, a free nonviolent adventure

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

Forest's Secret is a free (you can donate) adventure game with a nonviolent theme where you play as a traveller who has just arrived at a quiet forest settlement called Wabika.

Kujlevka is an upcoming quirky Russian adventure about a crashed alien ship

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

The Russian village of Kujlevka becomes anything but ordinary in this upcoming story-based adventure game about an alien ship that crashes into your house.

First-person shooter Prodeus enters Early Access today, Linux (and macOS) to come later

By Liam Dawe, 9 Nov 2020

Prodeus is the seriously slick looking retro-shooter re-imagined blending modern and retro designs together. It enters Early Access today but we have a wait ahead for official support.