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Pilot a customizable hovercraft in SCAD, a post‑apocalyptic roguelite bullet heaven

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mow down hordes of zombies in a customizable hovercraft in SCAD, a fresh Early Access post‑apocalyptic roguelite bullet heaven.

Planet Zoo 2 announced to release in October with a deeper conservation focus

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Planet Zoo 2 has now been officially revealed by Frontier Developments with pre-orders live for release on October 13th.
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Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Flathub, one of the most popular ways to grab applications on Linux, has a newly updated generative AI policy - where it's pretty much all banned.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Outspoken Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has recently taken to social media to throw shade at Valve / Gabe Newell over the new Steam Deck pricing.

You can now dim the Steam Controller LED plus other Steam changes in a fresh Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve continue their rapid iteration on improvements and fixes to Steam and the Steam Controller, with a fresh Beta update out.

Despite the significant price increase, the Steam Deck is already sold out in certain regions

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You've no doubt by now seen the rather surprising increase in the price of the Steam Deck OLED, but that doesn't seem to have stopped people buying them all up.

Intel Arc G-Series processors announced for next-gen handheld gaming PCs

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Intel are throwing their hat formally into the handheld gaming PC arena, with the official reveal of their new Intel Arc G-Series processors.

Stylish 2.5D action brawler Skroyder Rumble brings a weird Brazilian-inspired cartoon world

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Skroyder Rumble is one I think you definitely need to keep an eye on if you like action brawlers, as the style and combat look great in it.

It's a little too easy to get obsessed with the auto-battler Oaken Tower

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Oaken Tower has you build up a tower of items to create powerful synergies, to fight against other players in asynchronous PvP battles.

Rain Games (Teslagrad) put up a demo for Knuckle Jet, an off-the-wall jetpunk ricochet action platformer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Fans of crazy action might want to have a look at what Teslagrad developer Rain Games have coming next, with a demo of Knuckle Jet out now.

Fruit Ninja designer reveals Normal Golf Game with a demo - there's nothing normal about it

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Waking up on a golf course, you're trapped and the menace game designer Luke Muscat has taken $100K from you - so time to play a totally normal game of golf.

MangoHud v0.8.4 released - should fix the Steam Overlay not working

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The excellent performance monitoring tool MangoHud v0.8.4 is out now, and it contains an important bug-fix with the Steam Overlay.

Big Steam update is out now, plus the Steam Workshop upgrade rolls out for everyone

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve have rolled up all the recent Beta updates into a fresh stable update for all Steam gamers with lots of tweaks and the new Workshop update too.

Steam Deck stock returns but there's a big price increase

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve announced today that the Steam Deck is finally properly back in stock, but they now come with a much higher price tag.

Hytale Update 5 brings controller support, new scripting tool for modders, social features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Making Hytale easier to play with a gamepad and handhelds like the Steam Deck - Update 5 is out with some major new features for everyone.

Fight off deadly swarms and a big space hive in the latest No Man's Sky update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Blimey, Hello Games sure are building up No Man's Sky into a game that just has a bit of everything aren't they? The Swarm Update has warped in.

Classic strategy games Empire Earth 1, 2 & 3 arrive on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While they were already on GOG, the Empire Earth games have now arrived fully on Steam so you can jump into this classic RTS series.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC announced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As had been rumoured and now confirmed, CD PROJEKT RED today announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC to arrive in 2027.

Steam Beta fixes Steam Controller in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and other issues solved

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve launched another small Steam Beta update for all gaming platforms recently, here's the details on what's changed for May 26th.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
More Linux / SteamOS gaming improvements arrive from Valve with a new update to Proton Experimental.