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Mixing 2D and 3D gameplay together - the platformer Neko Ghost, Jump! has a demo up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Platformers have come a very long way since the days of the Amiga and the Sega Mega Drive and while I still love them, I'm always keen to see how developers can tweak the basic idea. Neko Ghost, Jump! seems like it hits the sweet spot for this.

Brilliant and unique Metroidvania 'Dandara' getting a Trials of Fear Edition - free update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Publisher Raw Fury recently announced that Dandara, a unique gravity-defying Metroidvania from developer Long Hat House is getting a Trials of Fear Edition.

Recover a barren wasteland in the city-builder puzzler 'Terra Nil' - currently free

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Currently free as it was originally made during a Game Jam, Terra Nil is a city-builder with a difference. It's not about building a huge city or getting a big population but rather you helping nature to recover.

Inspired by Master of Orion, free and open source 'FreeOrion' has a new release up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The free and open source space strategy sim FreeOrion has a new release out, the first in quite some time.

Steam hit another all-time high for concurrent users - as did Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Does this seem familiar? You would be right. In the last week, both Steam and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit new records for users online and they've been broken yet again.

The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over - here's the winners

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over, there were thousands of votes across many categories and we have the winners in.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit a new all-time high player-count

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Even though it's been around since 2012, the popularity of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continues as it today hit a new all-time high for players online.

Mess with everything in the physics sim 'Universe Sandbox' now DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Originally Universe Sandbox 2, Giant Army has since stopped selling the original and the 2 was wiped from the name. A massive space simulation game about screwing with physics, creating and destroying.

UnderMine gains a female peasant and tons of new content in the latest update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Action, adventuring, dungeon exploration like found in The Binding of Isaac and a sprinkle of RPG mechanics makes UnderMine a lot of fun to go back to and a huge update is out.

Served! - an amusing looking top-down racer with a culinary theme

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Enter the world of waiting tables, only this time it's a racing game. Served! is coming to Linux from developer Chromatic Room later this month.

Colourful action RPG with a satirical twist 'Underhero' lands on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Yesterday, a new Humble Choice bundle went up and when looking over what games were supported on Linux it turns out that Underhero only just that same day released their Linux version.

Proton 5.0 for Steam Play released - it's a huge update (updated)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
CodeWeavers and Valve today released the big one many have been waiting for! Proton 5.0 for Steam Play is now live.

February's Humble Choice is up with a new bunch of good looking games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Humble's monthly subscription with the Humble Choice has a fresh set of games up ready for February.

As AMD launch the monster 3990X CPU, System76 offer it up with their stylish Thelio Major

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Today, AMD officially made the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X available as a seriously high-end desktop processor. Along with that, System76 jumped in right away to give it as an option on their powerful Thelio Major.

Please Follow is another short and very tense psychological horror

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Please Follow from developer somewhat who also made Please (which I certainly enjoyed) recently released another short psychological horror.

Lotus Reverie - a Visual Novel with a slice of turn-based strategy and a game of survival

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Always looking for a Visual Novel to pull me back into the genre with something different, Lotus Reverie ~ First Nexus seems like it has the makings for a good story.

Impressive space sandbox 'Avorion' leaving Early Access on March 9

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Boxelware have officially set a date for their spectacular space sandbox game, Avorion, to leave Early Access.

Road Redemption gets a slightly amusing Revengers Assemble DLC - also has multiple monitor support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Revengers Assemble! Why does that sound so familiar? I can't think why. Road Redemption, the modern Road Rash-like just gained a big new DLC.

Build massive circuits in 'Logic World' (prev. The Ultimate Nerd Game) releasing in March

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Logic World (previously known at TUNG - The Ultimate Nerd Game), a game about building circuits and making fun machines with them now has a release date.

Valve making steps to address toxic behaviour on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One of my all-time favourite first-person shooters, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, is about to tell naughty players to sort their attitude out.