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Some early thoughts on The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters from Devespresso Games

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Devespresso Games have returned to their roots with The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, so I took a little look at what to expect from this in-development atmospheric, story-driven horror.

Streets of Rogue gains a new playable Robot character

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Streets of Rogue, the absolutely crazy action RPG rogue-lite from Matt Dabrowski continues polishing up the level editor and Steam Workshop support. While we wait for those bits to leave Beta, a new Robot character became available.

SteamVR 1.9 is out, Linux VR users may want to opt into a Beta

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Valve just recently put out the latest big new build of their SteamVR platform, with something to be aware of if you're on Linux.

Krita, the FOSS painting program gets an Epic MegaGrant

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Following not long after game manager Lutris got an Epic MegaGrant, it was just announced today that the FOSS painting program Krita just got an Epic MegaGrant too.

War Thunder 1.95 "Northern wind" released, adding in some brand new Swedish units

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

War Thunder has expanded again to add in a brand new Swedish Aircraft tech tree, the first Swedish tanks, ten new mixed nation naval units and more.

Open Joystick Display, a FOSS tool to show off gamepad input in videos

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Do you create gaming videos or livestream? Open Joystick Display seems like an incredibly useful free, open source and cross-platform tool to display your inputs on-screen.

Flax Engine 0.6 beta released, adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Nice to see even more game engines add Linux support. Flax Engine is one we covered recently, after they announced their plans to support Linux and now it has arrived.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Mandate of Heaven announced, coming to Linux 'shortly' after Windows

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2019

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Mandate of Heaven is the next expansion to the hit strategy game, the biggest yet too.

POSTAL: Classic and Uncut is now permanently free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Love a good shooter? How about one that's brutal and something of a cult classic? POSTAL: Classic and Uncut is now permanently free on GOG.com.

The Universim entering Beta with a ridiculously big update next month

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

The Universim is already quite impressive for a city-building god sim and it's about to get a huge amount bigger next month.

Borderlands 3, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Ghost Recon Breakpoint out this week on Google Stadia

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Google are starting to boost their library of games for Stadia, with Borderlands 3 and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 now available. Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be out tomorrow for Stadia.

You can now return to the world of 1997's Blade Runner, as it's up and restored on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

What a lovely day. Blade Runner, the iconic and absolute classic 1997 adventure game from Westwood Studios has returned online and it's now available to pick up DRM-free on GOG.

Life is Strange 2 releases for Linux on December 19

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Feral Interactive announced today that their Linux port of Life is Strange 2 will be released on December 19.

Fail to Win is a game about repeatedly blowing yourself up to reach the next checkpoint

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Need a laugh? Fail to Win certainly gave me a reason to smile, with a completely ridiculous idea for a game that surprisingly works quite well.

Open-world space adventure Starcom: Nexus now has a Linux Beta you can easily try

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Wx3 Labs have now opened up the Beta for Starcom: Nexus to everyone who owns the game (or picks it up now), plus they're looking for some feedback.

The latest Stone Story RPG update looks awesome, brilliant ASCII animations

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Stone Story RPG is probably one of the most surprising indie games released this year, as it pulled me in far quicker than expected for a game animated entirely with ASCII.

Want to try Google Stadia early? We have a three-month Stadia Pro Buddy Pass to give away

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

Courtesy of Google, we have an extra Buddy Pass to give away for their game streaming service Stadia.

Atari will offer 80/20 revenue split for the Atari VCS, confirming standard Linux games will run on it

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2019

The team behind the Atari VCS have finally given out some details on developing games for it, along with their revenue share model.

Don't Starve Together has another sweet animation and more free content

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

Klei Entertainment's online survival game Don't Starve Together continues getting bigger and better, with another free content update out plus a sweet animation.