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The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim

By Liam Dawe,
Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now.

X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues

By Liam Dawe,
Time to get ready to run some system upgrades, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland developers have released a security advisory due to multiple issues.
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Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
After releasing the Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged back in 2024, developer Revolution are preparing Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged

Various Warhammer Classics arrive on Steam along with some returning upgraded games

By Liam Dawe,
Games Workshop announced that a bunch of Warhammer Classics have arrived on Steam. Some brand new to Steam, others returning with some upgrades.

Sentinel is an achievement watcher for non-Steam games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Love achievement hunting but play games outside of Steam on Linux? Sounds like Sentinel is an open source tool you'll want to see.

No Man's Sky channels a little Pokemon with the Xeno Arena update

By Liam Dawe,
No Man's Sky is steadily turning into the everything game isn't it? Hello Games have released another big upgrade for it recently adding creature battling.

SteamVR Beta 2.16.3 brings Linux fixes for VRLink

By Liam Dawe,
Seems SteamVR for Linux really is getting some more attention recently, after a number of fixes in the previous Beta we have a few more here.

SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta brings fixes for security issues, trackpad on Legion Go and Borderlands 2

By Liam Dawe,
We're hopefully closing in on the next big stable update for SteamOS, with Valve releasing SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta.

Dome Keeper free multiplayer update and Lost Keepers DLC have launched

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent Dome Keeper now has multiplayer, and there's a new content DLC available that brings The Infiltrator and The Beastmaster characters.

Portal 2: Community Edition arrives in Beta on April 17

By Liam Dawe,
The Portal 2 modding scene is about to explode with the upcoming Beta release of Portal 2: Community Edition, giving you some big new tools.

Amazon Luna rips out game stores, game purchases and third-party subscriptions

By Liam Dawe,
How long before Amazon Luna goes the way of Google Stadia? Amazon announced some big changes for their cloud gaming service.

Triple-i Initiative Showcase had some really incredible announcements - a roundup

By Liam Dawe,
Love indie games? The Triple-i Initiative Showcase happened recently (while I was on holiday) and there were some truly incredible announcements.

Dune: Awakening to get self-hosted servers, plus they're splitting PvE and PvP

By Liam Dawe,
Funcom are finally dealing with some of the wider issues in the MMO Dune: Awakening, which includes expanded self-hosting support and more focus on PvE.

The absolute classic Cave Story+ has a huge free upgrade on PC

By Liam Dawe,
Cave Story+ is a true classic and the developers have given the PC release an absolutely massive upgrade with tons new for the game including 2-player.

Open source RTS game Warzone 2100 version 4.7 brings major changes

By Liam Dawe,
Warzone 2100 is an excellent classic real-time strategy (RTS) game that continues living on thanks to the open source community, with a huge new release out.

D7VK version 1.7 brings even more retro Direct3D gaming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
D7VK is a Vulkan-based translation layer for D7VK 3, 5, 6, 7 to run with Wine / Proton on Linux and version 1.7 further improves running retro games.

Linux kernel 7.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux kernel 7.0 has arrived and with it plenty of support for new hardware, lots of fixes and some new documents on AI code helpers.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.15 is out now

By fheroes2,
A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.

Pick up some quality adventure games in the Humble Golden Tales Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble 15 Golden Tales Bundle has launched with 8 great adventure games as Humble celebrate 15 years of supporting charity with many cheap games.

Get some great tower defense games in a fresh Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle have launched another nice bundle giving you some great looking and highly rated tower defense games.