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Some thoughts on Police Stories, the recently released slower tactical top-down shooter

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

Released earlier this month, Police Stories attempts to slow down the top-down shooter genre with a more tactical approach and most of the time it works quite well.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Hunter & The Beast is now on Linux, plus The Empire Undivided update

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

Feral Interactive have updated their port of Total War: WARHAMMER II for Linux to bring The Empire Undivided update and The Hunter & The Beast DLC is now supported.

DUSK with an exclusive map and Chasm come to GOG during their big 11th anniversary celebration

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

GOG has been going for just about 11 years now, so they're having a big sale to celebrate. On top of that the retro FPS DUSK is now on GOG with an exclusive GOGATORIUM map for the endless mode and also CHASM is now on GOG too.

Comedy point and click adventure Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest is out

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

From developer Specialbit Studio, the quirky comedy point and click adventure Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest is officially out now with Linux support.

Build and battle game From the Depths is officially launching this November

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

Game developer Brilliant Skies sent word that their game From the Depths is getting ready to finally leave Early Access on November 7th.

Drawn Down Abyss mixes an action-platformer with card abilities and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

A thoroughly odd experience this. Drawn Down Abyss from developer DaFluffyPotato looks like an ordinary pixel-art action-platform except it's also thoroughly different due to the card-based abilities.

The combat-focused simple turn-based RPG 'Dark Bestiary' is up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

If you're a big fan of turn-based combat, looting and creating a character from tons of varied skills then Dark Bestiary is a game you might find quite interesting.

Open-ended village life sim 'Village Monsters' now has a release date and demo available

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

While I've no doubt plenty will compare it to the likes of Stardew Valley, Village Monsters takes a rather different take on the village life sim.

The Eternal Castle: Remastered is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2019

The Eternal Castle is a remaster of an old classic, except it kind of isn't. The story is a little peculiar but the game does look quite fantastic and it's available now on Linux.

FOSS game engine Godot Engine just gained a new Platinum sponsor

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

The excellent free and open source game engine Godot Engine just announced that Heroic Labs are now supporting their development as a Platinum level sponsor.

Valve are doing their own big charity sale for One Gamer Fund

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Much like Humble are doing with the Humble One Special Day Bundle 2019, Valve have just launched their own charity sale for One Gamer Fund.

Dying Light has another update with a new enemy and previously exclusive weapons open to everyone

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Techland have once again updated their fantastic open-world Zombie action game Dying Light, this time with a few new bits for everyone to play with.

The huge sounding EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games is now live on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

The day is upon on us as the massive new space shooter with deep exploration, EVERSPACE 2, is now live on Kickstarter.

Midweek tip - Lethal League is an amusing competitive projectile fighting game available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Here's a game that we've never really talked about here but that ends today. The competitive projectile fighting game, Lethal League, is a huge amount of fun.

Athenaeum, the FOSS game launcher and updater has a big new release

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Athenaeum, which is described as a "libre replacement for Steam" by the developer just recently had a big new release out.

Skeletal Dance Party has another big free update coming out for Halloween

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Well this is quite appropriate isn't it? Skeletal Dance Party, an amusing game about raising the dead and dancing is getting a big free update this month for Halloween.

The clever Steam 'Deep Dive' experiment has a big update with a new matching system

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

One of the current experiments in Steam Labs is called Deep Dive, which Valve worked with game developer Lars Doucet to create. It's a really cool idea and it got a nice big update recently.

Paradox are updating Crusader Kings II to bring 64bit support, plus a new Paradox game coming

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

After being quiet about it for a while, Paradox are once again updating their rather old strategy game Crusader Kings II.

Party-based tactical RPG 'Zoria: Age of Shattering' is launching for Linux this November

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Build a party of strong heroes and deal with all the horrors that await in the fantasy world of Zoria. The Steam page recently went live, it looks good and it's coming to Linux.

Psyonix have announced what is replacing Rocket League loot boxes and it sounds reasonable

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2019

One change I am particularly happy about is Rocket League removing all loot box gambling and Psyonix have now announced it's happening in December along with what will replace it.