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Google pulls in Typhoon Studios to work on games for Stadia

By Liam Dawe,
Today, Google announced that Typhoon Studios have joined their new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio.

Basketball Classics looks like a great 5 on 5 retro sports game now available

By Liam Dawe,
Developed Namo Gamo recently released their retro-inspired sports game Basketball Classics, what they say "bridges the gap between retro and today’s simulation games".

Dota Underlords just went through another small evolution and the Underlord Jull enters

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have tweaked how you play Dota Underlords once again with some significant changes to the flow of the game.

The complete season of Life is Strange 2 is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Hella yeah! Originally developed by DONTNOD Entertainment and published by Square Enix on Windows and console, Feral Interactive have now officially released Life is Strange 2 for Linux.

The Sapling, a plant and animal design and evolution sim is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
While rather rough around the edges, The Sapling has a good idea and the groundwork done to become an interesting evolution sim where you design plants and animals.

Rocky Planet looks like an indie survival game to keep an eye on

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing in Early Access sometime next year with Linux support, Jakub Klementewicz has been building the survival game Rocky Planet and it certainly looks like we need to keep an eye on it.

Add over 600 items to Dicey Dungeons with the great More Fluff mod

By Liam Dawe,
Dicey Dungeons already has a lot of items, some of them quite amusing but how about 600 more to give your run just that extra bit of variation? Enter the More Fluff mod.

Wave-based shoot 'em up PuPaiPo Space Deluxe released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
BolHut (You Died but a Necromancer revived you) just released their latest game, a wave-based shoot 'em up PuPaiPo Space Deluxe.

Some early thoughts on The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters from Devespresso Games

By Liam Dawe,
Devespresso Games have returned to their roots with The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, so I took a little look at what to expect from this in-development atmospheric, story-driven horror.

Streets of Rogue gains a new playable Robot character

By Liam Dawe,
Streets of Rogue, the absolutely crazy action RPG rogue-lite from Matt Dabrowski continues polishing up the level editor and Steam Workshop support. While we wait for those bits to leave Beta, a new Robot character became available.

SteamVR 1.9 is out, Linux VR users may want to opt into a Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just recently put out the latest big new build of their SteamVR platform, with something to be aware of if you're on Linux.

Krita, the FOSS painting program gets an Epic MegaGrant

By Liam Dawe,
Following not long after game manager Lutris got an Epic MegaGrant, it was just announced today that the FOSS painting program Krita just got an Epic MegaGrant too.

War Thunder 1.95 "Northern wind" released, adding in some brand new Swedish units

By Liam Dawe,
War Thunder has expanded again to add in a brand new Swedish Aircraft tech tree, the first Swedish tanks, ten new mixed nation naval units and more.

Open Joystick Display, a FOSS tool to show off gamepad input in videos

By Liam Dawe,
Do you create gaming videos or livestream? Open Joystick Display seems like an incredibly useful free, open source and cross-platform tool to display your inputs on-screen.

Flax Engine 0.6 beta released, adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Nice to see even more game engines add Linux support. Flax Engine is one we covered recently, after they announced their plans to support Linux and now it has arrived.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Mandate of Heaven announced, coming to Linux 'shortly' after Windows

By Liam Dawe,
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS - Mandate of Heaven is the next expansion to the hit strategy game, the biggest yet too.

POSTAL: Classic and Uncut is now permanently free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Love a good shooter? How about one that's brutal and something of a cult classic? POSTAL: Classic and Uncut is now permanently free on GOG.com.

The Universim entering Beta with a ridiculously big update next month

By Liam Dawe,
The Universim is already quite impressive for a city-building god sim and it's about to get a huge amount bigger next month.

Borderlands 3, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Ghost Recon Breakpoint out this week on Google Stadia

By Liam Dawe,
Google are starting to boost their library of games for Stadia, with Borderlands 3 and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 now available. Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be out tomorrow for Stadia.

You can now return to the world of 1997's Blade Runner, as it's up and restored on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
What a lovely day. Blade Runner, the iconic and absolute classic 1997 adventure game from Westwood Studios has returned online and it's now available to pick up DRM-free on GOG.