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Contemporary adventure game inspired by the Philippines 'Until Then' announced

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2020

This definitely has my attention, as I really do love seeing more games made in settings not too often explored in games. Until Then is inspired by the Philippines including its lifestyle, and culture.

The narrative-based game 'Death and Taxes' puts the grim reaper in an office job - demo available

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2020

Inspired by the likes of Papers, Please, Animal Inspector, Beholder and Headliner we now have 'Death and Taxes', a game with plenty of hard choices and a morally gripping story with a rather stylish grim reaper.

Project Heartbeat is an upcoming sweet community-driven rhythm game developed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2020

Stretch your fingers and get ready for a workout, as a new rhythm game is in town named Project Heartbeat.

Valve released a new Stable version of the Steam Client - Steam Play filter for Big Picture Mode added

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2020

Yesterday, Valve released an update to the Steam client pulling in a whole bunch of feature changes and a few visual adjustments from the recent Betas.

Mutant soap opera adventure 'Mutazione' now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

Nominated for multiple awards so it must be a little bit special, the mutant soap opera adventure Mutazione has today been released for Linux.

Valve has banned tens of thousands of Dota 2 accounts as they tweak their smurf detection

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

Unfortunately, in any online game (especially a free one) you're going to get many forms of abusive behaviour. One such problem in Dota 2 is 'smurf' accounts and Valve are attempting to deal with it.

Bronze Age pixel-art RTS 'The Fertile Crescent' has a bunch of visual upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

Continuing to grow into quite a fantastic little free real-time strategy game, The Fertile Crescent has gone through a few visual upgrades lately.

Fun looking fast-paced grid-fighter 'EndCycle VS' plans to support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

With combat looking similar to (and likely inspired by) Mega Man Battle Network, EndCycle VS is another modern attempt to create a fun grid-fighter.

Logitech Wheel manager 'Oversteer' has a huge new release - also check out 'new-lg4ff' for more features

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

Oversteer is quite possibly one of my favourite open source applications, as it's made working with my own Logitech G29 a really great experience.

Medieval siege engine builder 'Besiege' leaving Early Access on Feb 18 - price to rise

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2020

Spiderling Studios have announced their physics-based medieval siege engine builder, Besiege, is leaving Early Access on February 18 and the price is going to rise.

Mayhem in Single Valley is apparently Stranger Things meets Zelda with radioactive squirrels

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2020

After being teased last year which we picked up on, the action-adventure Mayhem in Single Valley has now seen a full announcement and a publishing partner.

The Steam Soundtrack Sale is now live to celebrate the new dedicated Soundtrack feature

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2020

What was originally supposed to launch last month, the Steam Soundtrack Sale is now live as Valve celebrate the new feature of the Steam store and client dedicated to Soundtracks.