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Crawl Tactics blends roguelikes with a tactical RPG

By Liam Dawe,
From South Korean developer icefill comes Crawl Tactics, a new turn-based game that blends together elements of a roguelike and a tactical RPG into something unique.

The Garden Path a 'slice-of-life sim' gets a new trailer and release window

By Liam Dawe,
Love more casual games? The "slice-of-life sim" named The Garden Path is getting closer and a new trailer is up.

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard hits a bump as FTC seeks to block it

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the big news back in January that Microsoft was acquiring Activision Blizzard? Well, the FTC aren't happy about it and are trying to block it.

The Tactician's Bundle is a great deal with Gears Tactics, Mechanicus, Hard West & more

By Liam Dawe,
Need some turn-based tactics for the weekend? The Tactician's Bundle is a really good deal and there's some great looking games included.

Steam Deck Client Beta fixes up New Big Picture Mode overlay sizing

By Liam Dawe,
More quick fixes from Valve for the Steam Deck this weekend, with a small bug fix release out for the Steam Deck Client Beta.

Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe,
Another year is coming to a close and so the team behind Wine, the Windows compatibility layer, are readying up for another major stable release with version 8.0.

Flying dogs that live on a whale, Flock of Dogs sounds weird and you can try it free

By Liam Dawe,
Flock of Dogs from dev Max Clark is a thoroughly odd and unique top-down, action and adventure game about dogs flying around that live on a whale. It released in Early Access on Steam recently, with a little mini-park you can mess about in for free.

Steam has a Turn-Based Festival going on with some great games

By Liam Dawe,
Love turn-based games? Well, now is your chance to stock up on a few and wishlist what might look to be some great upcoming games for you in the #TurnBasedFest on Steam.

Anti-grav Wipeout tribute racer BallisticNG v1.3 adds new tracks, vehicles and game modes

By Liam Dawe,
BallisticNG is honestly one of the best fast-paced anti-gravity racers around that's inspired by Wipeout, and they just had the 1.3 release out with plenty of new content.

Alterium Shift looks like a fun upcoming retro-styled RPG with a big new demo

By Liam Dawe,
Alterium Shift is inspired by the JRPG greats, it's coming to Steam with Native Linux support and it has a brand new demo now available.

Get a whole lot of Company of Heroes in this new game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Love strategy games and want some more? Humble Bundle is offering the Company of Heroes Complete Collection.

Desktop Steam and Steam Deck Client Beta updates with new launch options UI

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has replaced another old part of Steam in the latest Desktop and Steam Deck Client Beta, with a new UI for games that have launch options set.

Lots of good stuff announced at The Game Awards 2022 — roundup

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Awards 2022 is over and there was a surprising amount of big new announcements, so here's a little run over some of what's coming.

Proton Experimental upgraded to fix the EA App failing to update on Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
When the EA App replaced Origin on Steam, it came with a whole bunch of problems for gamers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Now, it should hopefully be sorted in Proton Experimental.

System76 give everything you need with the Launch Heavy keyboard

By Liam Dawe,
After releasing the Launch and the Launch Lite, System76 is back with the Launch Heavy keyboard which includes a NumPad. They sent over a unit and here’s my review.

Portal with RTX released free on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Free for owners of the original, Portal with RTX has released on Steam from Lightspeed Studios / NVIDIA.

Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.

EVERSPACE 2 developer gets a 1.65 million Euro grant from the German federal parliament

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE 2 appears to be quite a success for ROCKFISH Games, not only is it doing well on Steam with a Very Positive rating in Early Access but they just got a big bonus from the German federal parliament.

Dwarf Fortress on Steam is a smash hit, devs confirm future plans (like Linux support)

By Liam Dawe,
It was pretty much a given that Dwarf Fortress was going to be popular on Steam, but the smash hit it has become is quite a surprise on just how well it's doing.

EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges

By Liam Dawe,
As part of their original initiative about sharing patent pledge to not go after others on accessibility, EA have recently released Fonttik as open source to help game developers. Not only that, they've pledged more of their patents to this goal.