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Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April

By Liam Dawe,
Peter Molyneux and 22cans return in April with their latest god sim attempt, Masters of Albion.

Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Got a little time for some adventuring and platforming? The Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle has launched with a great price for some nice games.

Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted

By Liam Dawe,
Back in October 2025, Amazon announced that their MMO game New World would no longer see updates - and now they've confirmed the full shutdown.

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

By Liam Dawe,
It was clear something wasn't right when IO Interactive originally released the PC specifications for the upcoming 007 First Light, and now they've been sorted.

Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

By Liam Dawe,
We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables

By Liam Dawe,
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables. Could be a fun one to keep an eye on if you love classic adventure games with modern touches.

Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th

By Liam Dawe,
Wow, they've been cooking for a while on this one huh? Terraria 1.4.5 will officially arrive January 27th and it's going to be massive.

Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

By Liam Dawe,
It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

By Liam Dawe,
Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

By Liam Dawe,
The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it

By Liam Dawe,
The expansion of generative AI continues with Cygames recently announcing the formation of an AI studio. Fans weren't happy, and now Cygames have apologised.

Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles

By Liam Dawe,
Is it a roguelike? Is it a puzzle game? CiniCross is both, taking place in a retro-styled dark fantasy universe it looks rather interesting.

Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

By Liam Dawe,
Where bigger developers like Ubisoft don't fix up their old games - the community provides, check out EnhancedSC for the original Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026

By Liam Dawe,
With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.

Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

By Liam Dawe,
One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.

Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

By Liam Dawe,
Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.