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Hugely popular mobile roguelike Shattered Pixel Dungeon is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a free and open source roguelike RPG that originally had a focus on mobile where it's proven very popular and now it's getting upgrades to come to Steam.

War Thunder is getting more terrain deformation in the upcoming 'Ground Breaking' upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Ground Breaking is the name of the next major update for War Thunder and it sounds quite exciting, with some game engine upgrades to allow for more terrain interactions and deformation.

Swarming RTS Age of Darkness: Final Stand is in Early Access and works great on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is like a fantasy version of They Are Billions, and compared with the latter it runs great on Linux thanks to Steam Play Proton.

Steam Play tool Luxtorpeda for running games in native Linux engines sees a major upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Steam Play allows Linux gamers to use many different compatibility layers like Proton for running Windows games but Luxtorpeda instead makes games use an available native Linux game engine.

OpenTTD 12.0 is out now improving multiplayer for fans of Transport Tycoon Deluxe

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, the free and open source OpenTTD has release version 12.0 as the multiplayer update.

Marci from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime will join Dota 2 later this year

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Valve has announced that the next hero joining the ranks in Dota 2 will be Marci, the silent companion to Mirana from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime.

The Wild Update announced for Minecraft, new allay mob on the way

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Minecraft Live came and went and with it we got a lot of information on what's coming next to Minecraft.

Valve banning games that allow exchanging cryptocurrencies or NFTs

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

It seems Valve aren't a big fan of cryptocurrencies or NFTs as they've updated their onboarding guide with a new point about disallowing games that allow you to exchange them.

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Check out this crowdfunding campaign to learn Godot Engine from GDQuest

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

GDQuest, a well-known name in the free and open source Godot Engine land has launched a new crowdfunding campaign aiming to get you to go from zero to hero with Godot programming.

Uh oh, looks like Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is going to suck all my time away

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a brand new release from Konfa Games and tinybuild that sees you command a bunch of naked people and send them through a strange post-apocalyptic labyrinth.

Techland continue expanding the Hellraid DLC as they try to improve reviews

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

When Techland released the Hellraid DLC in August 2020 inspired by their unreleased dark fantasy slasher Hellraid the reviews were not kind, as it was very basic but they've kept at it and another big update is out now.

Brawlhalla to get Easy Anti-Cheat, dev puts up Beta with EAC working on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

Blue Mammoth Games announced that later in October that the platform-fighter Brawlhalla will be getting Easy Anti-Cheat. Thankfully, they've put up a Beta for Linux users playing it using Steam Play Proton and it works.

Apple is now funding Blender development joining many big names

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2021

There's apparently absolutely no stopping the Blender train, with the developer announcing that Apple has now joined their development fund.

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is out now with improved Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is the latest set of funny games from Jackbox Games, Inc. and they teamed up with porter / FNA developer Ethan Lee to deliver improved Linux support.

Interplay updating many classic titles on Steam to add support for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

Interplay Entertainment announced today they're updating many of their classic titles to support Linux.

Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish Indri' is out now with GNOME 40, Kernel 5.13

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

After another 6 months of hard work following the Ubuntu 21.04 release, Ubuntu 21.10 is out now with it being supported until July 2022.

Hacking tactical narrative-driven RPG Midnight Protocol is out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

Developed by LuGus Studios who are known for Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing, Midnight Protocol is all about becoming a hacker who recently got doxxed and has been targeted for blackmail by a shadowy branch of government.

NVIDIA Beta 495.29.05 rolls out with GBM for expanded Wayland support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

NVIDIA has today released the 495.29.05 driver as a Beta in their New Feature Branch and it's a relatively big one.

Wooting announced the new analog 60% Wooting 60HE keyboard

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

Wooting, maker of some pretty nice looking analog keyboards has announced the latest with the Wooting 60HE.

KDE celebrates 25 years with a big new Plasma desktop release

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2021

Has it really been 25 years? That's absolute madness. I still remember trying out the first released version of KDE. Plasma - 25th Anniversary Edition is available now.