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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II to release in Spring 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games has a release window now set for sometime in Spring 2026.

Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released

By Liam Dawe,
Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.
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MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series

By Liam Dawe,
First released in the '90s, the retro racing series designed by Geoff Crammond is making a return under new names with publisher MicroProse.

Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.

Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.

It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

By Liam Dawe,
Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.

Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
I am seriously stoked by Vampire Crawlers that adds to the world of Vampire Survivors with a fast-paced deck-builder from developer poncle.

Tingus Goose is completely absurd and possibly 2025's strangest game

By Liam Dawe,
Tingus Goose has released recently and after being mystified by the demo, I took a look at the full game and I honestly still have no idea what is going on.

ARC Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more

By Liam Dawe,
Embark Games have been cooking, with ARC Raiders v1.7.0 out now that brings quite a lot to the popular extraction shooter - so time for another run.

Ubisoft acquires March of Giants and the team from Amazon joining Ubisoft

By Liam Dawe,
Amazon continue moving further away from making their own games, with them selling off the upcoming March of Giants and the team behind it to Ubisoft.

Poly Bridge developer’s next game is Poly Bricks - a LEGO-like cozy, creative brick-building game

By Liam Dawe,
Riding the wave of more cozy games, developer Dry Cactus (Poly Bridge series) is working on their next game titled Poly Bricks that will come to Linux.

The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Plague Inc: Evolved is a game about infecting the world by evolving a deadly global plague, and now there's new ways to play it.

Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven arrives in January

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Massive Monster has revealed the exciting Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven DLC will arrive January 22, 2026 with a new trailer and more info.

Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry just revealed some huge news for both Hollow Knight: Silksong and the original Hollow Knight with some free extras on the way.

GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system

By Liam Dawe,
As covered by GamingOnLinux back in October, GOG have now actually properly announced the GOG Patrons subscription donation system.

Retro arcade-style rally racer Parking Garage Rally Circuit gets a DX edition with a lot more content

By Liam Dawe,
Parking Garage Rally Circuit DX has been revealed today, greatly expanding the content of this popular retro arcade-style rally racer.

The incredibly complex sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta has a release date

By Liam Dawe,
From the team that created the Long War mod for XCOM, the rather complex grand strategy game Terra Invicta now has a full release date.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor gets mid-game saves and CPU optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent bullet heaven Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has Patch 3 out now which includes the much requested mid-game saving system.

From Ruins – A Detective Adventure looks worth keeping an eye on

By Liam Dawe,
From Ruins – A Detective Adventure caught my eye recently with it's interesting premise and some pretty slick looking pixel-art for point and click fans.

The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre

By Liam Dawe,
The results are in, game developers look to move forward to create Bullet Heaven as an official genre spawned from Vampire Survivors.