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Humble and GOG both have plenty of titles on sale for Halloween

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

Ahead of the Steam sale today, both GOG and Humble are getting in early to beat the crowds falling over themselves to get the latest game on Steam. Come in, sit down, have a look at what's on offer. Just mind the cobwebs.

Downhill biking game 'Descenders' has a new update out with new tricks and new bonus levels

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

Finally, Descenders has a bunch of new tricks for you to do and they're not exactly easy making it quite a challenge.

City builder 'Kingdoms and Castles' updated with Wolves, Witches and more

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

Kingdoms and Castles, the rather good strategy game about building up a medieval kingdom continues to evolve. This latest update adds in some fun sounding new content.

Locomancer, a VR model train simulation building game adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

This is pretty sweet! Locomancer, a Virtual Reality game about building a model train set has added Linux support.

For The King's free '(un)cooperative' Gold Rush update is out

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

For The King, the interesting and fun strategic RPG has been updated to include the new '(un)cooperative' Gold Rush update.

Space action sim Hypergate has a new trailer showing off some intense action

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

Hypergate from developer Geoff Nagy seems like a pretty good space combat sim that will release with Linux support in December. It has a new trailer to show off.

Interactive sci-fi adventure novel The Away Team releases the Lost Exodus update

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

The Away Team recently had a rather big update to expand the game in many ways and it does make it quite interesting.

Unique strategy game Circle Empires has a new DLC named Apex Monsters

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2018

Circle Empires, the rather unique strategy game where the map terrain is literally split into circles has a rather nice DLC release.

Project Borealis, the fan-game aiming to make a 3rd Half-Life 2 episode now has a Performance Test for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2018

Project Borealis, a fan-game that aims to create the long awaited 3rd episode for Half-Life 2 based on Marc Laidlaw’s Epistle 3 has put out a Performance Test for Linux gamers.

Monster Sanctuary, a monster taming metroidvania is promising Linux support while on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2018

For those times when you gotta catch 'em all, Monster Sanctuary is hoping to win over gamers with the interesting setting while crowdfunding on Kickstarter. They've also recently announced Linux support.

EA's experimental Halcyon game engine has Vulkan and Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2018

It seems EA are doing some rather interesting things with their experimental Halcyon game engine which includes Vulkan and Linux support.

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Valve gave an update on the major SOULCALIBUR VI issues with Steam Play

By Liam Dawe, 27 Oct 2018

It seems users trying out SOULCALIBUR VI in Steam Play ended up with a major issues in both Linux and Windows due to a bug in Steam Play's Proton. Valve have now given out a statement.