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American Truck Simulator - Wyoming is out now and it's doing well, 75% off the base game

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

American Truck Simulator - Wyoming is the latest paid expansion to the very popular trucking sim from SCS Software and it's out now. It also appears to be doing rather well for SCS.

Quartet is an upcoming turn-based RPG inspired by retro JRPGs with a demo up

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

Do you love JRPGs and the classics? You're going to need to check out Quartet from Shadows of Adam developer Something Classic.

Minecraft Live returns with more announcements on October 16

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

Minecraft Live is returning this year with a livestream going over the whole world of Minecraft on October 16.

Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver version 470.62.02 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

NVIDIA continue their usual upgrades to their special NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver with a fresh release out with version 470.62.02 now available to test.

Humble serves up a fresh plate of games in Humble Choice September

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

Ready to grab even more games? The monthly curated bundle Humble Choice has a fresh plate of games ready to claim for subscribers.

Lutris game manager gets a second Beta for version 0.5.9 with Epic Store support

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

Building upon a bunch of big new features in the first Lutris 0.5.9 Beta, a second Beta is out now with a focus on polishing up the experience that needs more testing.

Co-op News Punch Podcast - Episode 32

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

We're back, again! The duo returns for another casual and frank chat about Linux and Linux Gaming topics across many different areas in the industry.

Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond DLC out with a free update, Surviving Mars free to keep

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond is the brand new expansion with Paradox Interactive reviving the game under a new developer with Abstraction and there's a free update too.

WHAT THE GOLF? gets another big free update with plenty of not-Golf

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

WHAT THE GOLF? is still getting free upgrades and the latest A HOLE NEW WORLD Update is live with another bunch of levels to play not-Golf through.

Open-ended country life sim Harvest Days is now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

Mixing together a farming sim, a life sim and a business sim all in one - Harvest Days is coming from Family Devs, an indie game studio formed by a father and son duo.

A final video for the Hearth & Home update coming to Valheim talks tweaks to weapons

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

Not long now until the big Hearth & Home update for Valheim arrives on September 16 and Iron Gate have given us a final quick-look at some more changes. This time, it's weapons.

Heroic Games Launcher for the Epic Store on Linux gets some essential fixes

By Liam Dawe, 7 Sep 2021

For those of you wanting a simple way to get your games from the Epic Store running on Linux with the Wine compatibility layer, the Heroic Games Launcher continues to roll out upgrades.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion restored full Linux support in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

Recently it was announced by developer Snoozy Kazoo that their (rather great) game Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion was ending Linux support but they've now restored it.

Play the 9th chapter of the story in the latest Last Epoch RPG upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

Probably one of the best Early Access games, Last Epoch, has an almighty upgrade out now with Sands of Majasa.

Totally Reliable Delivery Service adds Linux support in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

Totally Reliable Delivery Service is a comedy physics game from We're Five Games and publisher tinyBuild about terrible package delivery couriers.

RetroArch 1.9.9 is out with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) support

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

Emulation just got even more interesting as the RetroArch team have released another major update. This release adds in AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) support.

Sir, You Are Being Hunted gets a huge upgrade with a 'Reinvented Edition' coming in 2022

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a 2013 classic sandbox stealth experience from Big Robot Ltd. They've teamed up with Den Of Thieves Games to bring a huge overhaul to the game and a new Sir, You Are Being Hunted: Reinvented Edition has been announced for 2022.

Keeping the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II alive fheroes2 0.9.7 is out

By Liam Dawe, 6 Sep 2021

fheroes2 is a game engine reimplementation for the absolute classic that is Heroes of Might and Magic II. It's free, open source and a new release is out now.