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Tunnet has you dig deep underground while you build and debug a big network

By Liam Dawe,
Build, debug and optimize a computer network in an underground facility. Tunnet is certainly something quite different and it's out now.

Linux Mint 21.3 Beta out now with experimental Wayland support for Cinnamon

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 21.3 is due to release soon with a first Beta now available, coming with the Cinnamon 6.0 desktop with experimental Wayland support.

Eviternity II is a massive 36-map megawad for DOOM II

By Liam Dawe,
Not enough DOOM in your life? How about trying out the massive release of Eviternity II, a full 36-map megawad sequel to Eviternity.

Voxel Doom II gets updated with Parallax Textures

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing the day of DOOM announcements following the release of SIGIL II, we also have a big update to Voxel Doom II.

SIGIL II from John Romero out now for classic DOOM

By Liam Dawe,
To go along with the 30th anniversary of DOOM, John Romero has released SIGIL II, a second megawad to blast through with 9 new levels.

Humble's Roguelike Deckbuilders Bundle is back for a limited time

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle continue bringing back popular bundles for a limited time and the next is Luck of the Draw: Roguelike Deckbuilders Encore.

Proton Experimental brings HDR to Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Injustice 2

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up a brand new release of Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, which brings a sprinkle more HDR and some great bug fixes.

Humble brings back popular bundles for a limited time like Must-Play Metroidvanias

By Liam Dawe,
For a very limited time on each, Humble Bundle are bringing back various popular bundles over the festive period starting with the Must-Play Metroidvanias Bundle.

Wine 9.0 has a first Release Candidate released

By Liam Dawe,
The time is approaching for the next major version bump to the Windows compatibility layer Wine, with Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 1 now available.

World of Goo 2 announced for release in 2024

By Liam Dawe,
2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation are coming back for one more run, with World of Goo 2 being announced and it looks glorious. They also note it's the "biggest game we've ever made".

Traffic optimisation puzzle-sim GRIDROAD hits Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Love a challenge and don't get your brain in a twist easily? GRIDROAD is a fun idea putting you in charge of building roads and optimizing traffic.

Cautiously hyped for Light No Fire from the No Man's Sky team at Hello Games

By Liam Dawe,
Light No Fire is another interesting game announcement coming from The Game Awards 2023, coming from Hello Games, the crew that created No Man's Sky.

SEGA tease new Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Crazy Taxi

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Awards 2023 are over and I'm going over some of the interesting bits that were announced, like SEGA deciding to just go nuts.

DOS_deck brings DOS games to your browser with a Steam Deck interface

By Liam Dawe,
This is a fun idea for classic games. DOS_deck is a website where you can go and play some classic DOS games right in the browser with an interface much like the Steam Deck / Steam Big Picture Mode.

Steam Deck Beta and SteamOS Preview fix up some annoying issues

By Liam Dawe,
Valve recently put up a fresh Steam Deck Client Beta, along with a new SteamOS Preview release and together they fix some important issues that appeared.

W4 Games raises $15M to help push Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe,
W4 Games, the company set up by Godot Engine veterans Juan Linietsky, Rémi Verschelde and Fabio Alessandrelli, along with veteran entrepreneur Nicola Farronato just received a rather large sum of funding.

Steam Deck OLED hits retail stores on December 12th in Asia

By Liam Dawe,
KOMODO has announced their retail expansion with the Steam Deck OLED planned to be in stores across Asia starting December 12th.

Dig Dig Boom is a charming looking turn-based puzzle mining roguelike

By Liam Dawe,
Turn-based puzzle mining in a highly dynamic destructible world, Dig Dig Boom looks like a charming game you should stick on your wishlist.

Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) announced - a game about being kind to real people

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the game Kind Words? A tiny little thing that came out in 2019 that let you send letters to real people, along with listening to some chill beats. Well, it's getting an expanded sequel with Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop).

Beat 'N' Path has you combine creativity and logic to make musical machines

By Liam Dawe,
Beat 'N' Path sounds like a fun game for the creative mind, that has you design and build various machines to produce music across a career mode and a sandbox to create whatever you want.