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Nightdive Studios have released some extended System Shock footage

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

Excited for the System Shock remake? I certainly am! Nightdive Studios recently sent a special demo to backers but to keep the hype going for everyone else they've also doing a long new video.

AMD has strong revenue growth again, new next-gen RDNA GPUs coming this year

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

Two big bits of AMD news to share with you this morning, as they appear to be going from strength to strength as a company.

ULTRAKILL - a fast-paced and rather violent FPS has a Steam page up and new demo coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

Retro first-person shooters as a genre and theme are very much back in action, I am super happy about this and ULTRAKILL is one that needs to be in your sights.

The Bad Seed DLC releases for Dead Cells on February 11

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

One of my absolute favourite action platformers, the "RogueVania" game Dead Cells is getting a first DLC with The Bad Seed and it now has a release date of February 11.

Huge new Dwarf Fortress release out with villains and interrogations - you can also pet animals

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Dwarf Fortress, a single-player fantasy game that's quite a complex mix of genres has a big new release now available.

The Pedestrian is an imaginative and fun puzzle game about travelling through signs - out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

You are The Pedestrian, the little person you see in various street and wall signs and you're on a mission. It's a clever idea for a game but is the gameplay worth it? I took a look to find out.

Awesome looking FPS 'Prodeus' Early Access release slips to Summer, new trailer is up

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Retro-inspired with plenty of modern tricks, Prodeus looks bloody awesome! Sadly though, we have to wait a bit longer to frag as the Early Access date has slipped.

Godot Engine 3.2 is out - advancing this FOSS game engine 'with quality as priority'

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

After nearly a year of development, the free and open source game engine Godot Engine has a big new feature-filled release out with 3.2 focusing on quality as their priority.

Aquamarine, a story-driven quiet survival adventure set in an alien ocean

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Aquamarine looks like a very sweet survival adventure about exploring an alien ocean.

Obversion is a slow, peaceful and satisfying first-person puzzler out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Obversion from former-Google developer Adrian Marple is out now, I played through a bunch of it and found it delightful.

Seven years later Kentucky Route Zero is finally complete with the release of Act V

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

As a free update to all existing owners, seven years after the initial release Kentucky Route Zero from developer Cardboard Computer is actually done and finished.

Godot Engine continues advancing Vulkan support, plus Nakama Godot first release

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

Two bits of news relating to the free and open source game engine, Godot Engine, to share today and it's quite exciting.

Google Stadia adds GYLT and Metro Exodus for Pro and more Stadia news

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2020

It's time for another little roundup of happenings around Google Stadia, the Linux-powered game streaming service.

Korean survival-horror The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is officially out now

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

From publisher Headup and the South-Korean development team at Devespresso Games we have the full release of The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters.

Isleward - a free and open source cross-platform roguelike MMO

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

I adventured far and wide, clicking across page after page of unique and often very weird games on itch.io until a little sparkle caught my eye. That spark was Isleward, a free and open source roguelike MMO.

Unity 2019.3 is now out - adds Google Stadia support and IL2CPP on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

Another big new release of the Unity game engine has today been released with 2019.3, full to the brim with massive tech enhancements.

Unity deprecating built-in XR (VR/AR etc) support for a new plugin system - Valve doing their own for SteamVR

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

While the state of Virtual/Mixed/Augmented Reality (XR) is constantly in flux and improving all the time, Unity have announced with Unity 2019.3 that their built-in XR support is being deprecated.

Have an Intel processor? Enjoy two more vulnerabilities

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

Intel are not having a good time lately are they? More vulnerabilities in their CPUs have been made public.

Co-op first-person spaceship command game PULSAR: Lost Colony now has a proper tutorial

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a fantastic idea for a game, always has been but it lacked a good experience for new players and it was easy to bounce off it. Giving each player a dedicated role on a spaceship, this co-op game can be a lot of fun.

Nethercard Kingdom - a free deck-builder with real-time battles

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

I'm always on the hunt for new and exciting games, a big fan currently of deck-building strategy games of all kinds. This never-ending search recently led me to the free Nethercard Kingdom and I want more.