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EmulationStation Desktop Edition 2.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
EmulationStation Desktop Edition is a great front-end open source app for managing various emulators. A big 2.0 release went up recently too!

Mask of the Rose set to release on June 8th

By Liam Dawe,
Mask of the Rose, the incredibly stylish upcoming dating sim visual novel from Sunless Skies creator Failbetter Games is set to now release on June 8th.

Big Ambitions drops Native Linux support shortly after the Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
After being in Beta for a while for pre-orders, Big Ambitions, a role-playing business sim from Hovgaard Games (who previously developed Startup Company) launched in Early Access on Steam and then dropped Native Linux support.

Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne has a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Rain Games, developer of the Teslagrad series, World to the West and others are still working away on Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne and it finally has a new trailer.

Developer of Deadnaut: Signal Lost requests Linux testers

By Liam Dawe,
Deadnaut: Signal Lost from Screwfly Studios is an upcoming fast-paced sci-fi roguelike with a pretty unique style. The developer got in touch, as they want plenty more Linux testing.

GOG Spring Sale is live with more free games

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are doing their own Spring Sale live now, and during it they will be giving away four free games.

MiLE HiGH TAXi out now blending Crazy Taxi with The Fifth Element

By Liam Dawe,
The Fifth Element and Crazy Taxi are both classics, so one developer decided to try and combine them together into a game.

Striving for Light: Survival blends popular horde survivor games with a big skill tree

By Liam Dawe,
Do you enjoy games like Vampire Survivors, Brotato and the other horde survival games? You may want to look at Striving for Light: Survival.

Here's how to run Diablo 4 on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Diablo 4 is currently in Beta and due to launch soon, so here's how to get it working on Steam Deck. The same steps can be used to get it working on Linux desktop too.

Stellaris: First Contact Story Pack and the free 3.7 update are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox have released the latest DLC for Stellaris with the First Contact Story Pack, along with a free update for all players.

Wine 8.4 rolls out with initial Wayland graphics driver work

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 8.4 development release is out now for this Windows translation layer, part of what makes Steam Play Proton tick.

Canonical want help testing their Steam snap package for Ubuntu

By Liam Dawe,
Do you game on Ubuntu or one of their flavours like Kubuntu or Xubuntu? Canonical want your help in further testing of the Steam snap.

It's itch.io Creator Day where they take no cut of sales

By Liam Dawe,
The game store itch.io is having another Creator Day where they take no cut from sales. They also have a sitewide sale for the whole weekend.

WorldBox - God Simulator adds in alliances, ages, clans and more

By Liam Dawe,
WorldBox - God Simulator is a fun way to spend a coffee break, giving you a little world to mess about with and a big new update is out now to give it a little bit more depth.

Cities: Skylines final expansion is in May, with a bunch of stuff coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
Cities: Skylines 2 is on the way but Paradox and Colossal Order aren't done just yet with Cities: Skylines. Multiple new content additions were just announced.

Half-Life: MMod gets a release on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life: MMod just released on Steam, a mod for the original Half-Life that overhauls many parts of it to create something that feels fresh.

Steam Spring Sale is live, Steam Deck gets a discount and startup movie customization

By Liam Dawe,
The 2023 Steam Spring Sale is now live, and with it Valve has put the Steam Deck on sale for the first time.

Space colony building sim Starmancer gets a huge content upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
After quite a while of waiting, Ominux Games have released The Wilderness update for space colony building sim Starmancer.

Get a whole bunch of kart racers in this latest game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle have put up another game bundle full of treats, this time a whole bunch of indie kart racers to speed through.

Upcoming base-building RTS 'Dying Breed' set after a WW2 nuclear holocaust

By Liam Dawe,
Set in an alternate timeline where WW2 ended in a full nuclear holocaust, the classic base-building RTS named Dying Breed is worth keeping an eye on. You can even try a demo right now.