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3dSen PC will turn classic NES games into 3D on June 19

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

3dSen PC is quite magical. An emulator that not only runs classic NES games, it changes the way you play them and it now has an Early Access release date.

Valve slowly begin sending out Artifact 2.0 invites

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

Artifact 2.0, the revamp of Valve's failed competitive card game inches ever closer with the announcement of invites starting to slowly go out.

Cross-platform game engine 'Defold' source code opens up

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

Cross-platform game engine Defold has announced that the source code is now available under a reasonably generous license, along with the formation of a Defold Foundation.

Try out some strategy, superpowers and sabotage in Jumpala

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

A competitive platformer like no other and one I'm already very fond of, Jumpala now has a demo on Steam ahead of the release later this year.

11 years later Minecraft sells over 200 million copies

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

It's hard to believe that Minecraft, a blocky survival game originally created over a weekend has gone onto sell over 200 million copies.

Wizardry action game Wizard of Legend has a big anniversary update

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Wizard of Legend has dungeon crawling, fast-paced action and a lot of different spells to choose from and on its second anniversary it just got even bigger.

Explore the beautiful Canadian wilderness in Ruth's Journey

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Ruth's Journey is an upcoming prologue for another bigger upcoming game called The Long Way Home from Nifty Llama Games. The trailer they just put out is quite mesmerising.

Estranged: Act II to leave Early Access on May 22

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Estranged: Act II is an impressive and currently free first-person adventure game with certain horror and puzzle themes that has been a labour of love from developer Alan Edwardes and it's done.

Spiritfarer, the cozy management game about dying is coming to GOG

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Spiritfarer might have a seemingly depressing theme but it appears to handle it in such a beautiful way. It also looks gorgeous and it's one of my most anticipated games.

Chapter 8 of Higurashi When They Cry Hou out now, first chapter free

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Higurashi When They Cry Hou, a very popular series of anime styled novels has the first chapter set temporarily free to claim and the final chapter is out now with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi.

Veloren, an open source RPG inspired by Cube World has a new release

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Need a new place to meet up with friends? Veloren is a free and open source open-world RPG that just recently had a massive new release with a focus on firming up the content.

Ancient board game Hnefatafl arrives on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Hnefatafl, the ancient 'board game of the vikings' just recently had a version ported to Linux from developer Philippe Schober and it sounds like quite a complete package.

Wasteland 3 characters can have super powerful quirks

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

The first developer diary for Wasteland 3, which comes to Linux on August 28, shows off some of the customization and combat that's possible and it sounds ridiculous.

Beautiful puzzle game Lumote plans to support Linux through Proton

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2020

Released back in February, Lumote is an incredibly vibrant and quite beautiful looking puzzle game and it seems Luminawesome Games plan to support Linux with Steam Play Proton.

Come tell us about what you've been gaming on Linux lately

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2020

Another week down, plenty of new games have released or been updated and we're about to begin another cycle. Let's have a chat.

Terraria is finally done 9 years later with Journey's End

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2020

Terraria, the side-scrolling sandbox exploration and crafting game from Re-Logic is finally done, with the Journey's End update that's out now.

Experiment with light beams in the fantastic LIT: Bend the Light

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2020

LIT: Bend the Light is a puzzle game about bouncing and bending around beams of light, and eventually finding a solution to each puzzle.

Direct3D to Vulkan gets even better with DXVK 1.7

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2020

Today the latest and greatest in Direct3D to Vulkan translation for the Wine (and Proton) compatibility layers has released with DXVK 1.7.

Solve circuit board maze puzzles in the demo of R.E.E.L.

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2020

Love electronics? Love puzzle games? You may want to keep an eye on R.E.E.L., as not only does it combine the two and looks incredibly stylish - it also has a demo up now.