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Don't Starve Together gets a brand new biome and an animated short

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2020

Klei Entertainment continue expanding their incredible looking survival game Don't Starve Together, with the Return of Them: Forgotten Knowledge update out now along with a Halloween event.

Ahoy, Me Hearties! Civilization VI's free Pirates game mode is out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2020

Fancy sailing the seas and becoming king of the pirates? We're not talking about One Piece but Civilization VI with the latest major free update out now.

The big tech upgrade for They Bleed Pixels is now out everywhere

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2020

They Bleed Pixels, a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror recently released on the Nintendo Switch which gave the PC version a nice tech upgrade too.

Cyberpunk adventure Quadrilateral Cowboy goes 64bit on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2020

The weekend is just about here and if you're stuck for something to do, why not try out the cyberpunk adventure Quadrilateral Cowboy with the latest update.

According to a Stadia developer, streamers should be paying publishers and it backfired

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2020

After a three day event to show off new games for Stadia, along with three special demos now live you would think Google was having a good time. Unfortunately, one developer derailed it all.

Avoid getting cut up in an intergalactic slaughterhouse, Disc Room is out now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

Small rooms, lots of spinning blades - what could possibly go wrong? Disc Room is insane and I absolutely love it.

Hunt down other players in the competitive local multiplayer game Unspottable out now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

Unspottable has you and friends all blended together amongst a crowd, and you each need to find the other to take them down. It's highly amusing and out now.

Explore an open world with dynamic turn-based battles in Tenderfoot Tactics out now

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

I honestly feel like I need to take an entire week off just to play Tenderfoot Tactics, a mix of turn-based battling and open-world exploration that's out now.

Ubuntu 20.10 rolls out today, along with official support for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

While users who want a properly stable base to game with should probably stick to Ubuntu 20.04 which is the long-term support release, the Ubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' update is out today.

Godot 3.2.4 has a first beta with 2D batching for GLES3

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

Despite the small version bump, Godot 3.2.4 will be quite big release for game developers wanting to squeeze out some more performance.

Robot grappling-magnet platformer Get-A-Grip Chip is out now and I'm hooked

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

A platformer where you can't jump? Well, it's been done before but not quite like this. Get-A-Grip Chip is out now and it's a wonderfully unique indie game worth your time.

Stellaris gets spooky with the Necroids Species Pack on October 29

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

The latest expansion pack for Stellaris arrives on October 29 and it's going to get a little spooky with the Necroids Species Pack.

Classic 3D RTS 'Machines: Wired for War' goes open source under the GPL

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

Machines: Wired for War is a true classic 3D RTS from the late 90s, and it appears to now be open source under the GPL and up on GitHub.

Minecraft Java will move to Microsoft accounts in 2021, gets new social screen

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2020

Two bits of big Minecraft news for you today, one being a change in the account system and another to deal with social interactions on servers.

Fast, challenging and you can run up walls to slice up enemies - ScourgeBringer is out

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2020

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced action rogue-lite that has you run from room to room slicing and dicing through enemies, and it makes you feel awesome.

The Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is now live with sales, streams and more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2020

Ready to fill your Steam Library full of awesome games once again or perhaps try out a demo or two? You might want to pull up a seat to the digital table then, as the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is now live.

Stadia gets exclusive HUMANKIND beta, ARK: Survival Evolved heading to Stadia Pro + more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2020

Day 2 of 3 down for the Stadia event, with multiple new announcements to go through of new games coming and extras playable right now.

Fire a magical sword at goblins in the physics-based puzzler 'Sword Slinger' out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2020

Sword Slinger is a rather unique physics-based puzzle game about slaying goblins by controlling a sword with magical behaviours. Combine magical logic blocks together, to unleash amusing solutions. Out now with Linux support.