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Wrought Flesh is a delightfully grotesque new FPS out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2021

Wrought Flesh is a game where you not only eat your enemies corpses to regain health, you also harvest their organs to place inside yourself to gain improved character stats. Totally grotesque and awesome.

Perhaps now I've seen it all - have a dance and a fight in Sewer Rave

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2021

What do you get when you put together a sewer and a bunch of rats? Obviously a rave, plus a little fighting and lots of really weird stuff happening around you. Sewer Rave is out now.

Retro game maker GB Studio gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2021

Want to make retro games? How about making games on Linux that can be played on a Game Boy or the upcoming Analogue Pocket? GB Studio is your new best friend and a huge new release is out.

Use Wine for gaming on Linux? Try out Bottles

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2021

Bottles isn't exactly a new Linux application but it's one I had only heard about recently. It's been advancing a lot in the last year and it's really looking great.

Linux needs to be pre-installed on more hardware to hit mainstream

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2021

There's always arguments across many angles on what exactly Linux needs to succeed to become more mainstream and the answer, as we've long said, is pretty simple.

Get Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun free during the GOG Winter Sale

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

GOG have put up their Winter Sale and it's a good chance to not only grab some cheap games but also get a free copy of the truly excellent Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

PUBG's newer anti-cheat sounds problematic for the Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

PUBG is currently a game that doesn't work at all on Linux due to anti-cheat, even with the Steam Deck coming it's sounding like a game that won't play nicely. Oh, it's also going free to play.

Valve show off exclusive Steam Deck case for 512GB model

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

While all variants of the Steam Deck will come with their own case, the top-end 512GB model will include a slightly different design and Valve has now shown it off.

Cities: Skylines Airports DLC - Steam Screenshot

Cities: Skylines Airports DLC announced for release in January

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Seems Paradox and Colossal Order aren't done with their city builder just yet, as the Cities: Skylines Airports DLC was just announced for release on January 25.

Valve broke Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux, Vulkan may come soon

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Despite Valve pushing many areas of Linux gaming, including the upcoming Steam Deck handheld which will use the Arch-based SteamOS 3, they still totally break their own games. UPDATED.

OpenRazer 3.2.0 brings more device support for Razer fans on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Have some fancy Razer devices? Need help managing them on Linux? OpenRazer 3.2.0 is out now and it's looking good.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Another year of work has nearly come and gone with the biweekly development releases of Wine, so a new main release is on the way with Wine 7.0 seeing a first Release Candidate.

Last Epoch gets improved controller support and a first dungeon

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Combining together time travel with an action RPG full of dungeon crawling and lots of replay value, Last Epoch continues showing off its promise with the Eternal Legends update.

Wounds of Eventide brings the final chapter for Blasphemous out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2021

Blasphemous has a fresh update out with Wounds of Eventide, which brings overall the story to a close.

American Truck Simulator 2 Screenshot - Steam

Euro Truck Simulator 2 & American Truck Simulator get big upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

SCS has upgraded both Euro Truck Simulator 2 & American Truck Simulator with some major improvements, and it seems they may work even better on the upcoming Steam Deck now.

Check out Ashes 2063 and Ashes: Afterglow, fantastic Doom II total conversions

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

An incredibly impressive double-episode total conversation for Doom 2, we have Ashes 2063 and Ashes: Afterglow.

Developer of The Falconeer looking at Linux builds for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

Another developer is looking into native Linux builds for their game, this time it's Tomas Sala for The Falconeer in preparation for the upcoming Steam Deck handheld.

GNOME Shell 42 to have better mouse input that will help gaming

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

The GNOME team has announced that with GNOME Shell 42 that will release in 2022, things are going to get better for mouse input which is a nice win for gamers.

Loop Hero from Four Quarters hits a million sales

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

Looks like publisher Devolver Digital was right to back this one, as Loop Hero from developer Four Quarters has managed to hit a million sales on Steam.

New Humble Choice and multiple Humble Bundles are live

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2021

A fresh month has arrived and so it brings with it a new Humble Choice, the curated monthly bundle along with a few other game bundles to go over. Here's a roundup of how they all work on Linux.