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Use bombs creatively to progress in the puzzle-platformer metroidvania Öoo

By Liam Dawe,
Öoo is a visually charming and clever puzzle-platformer metroidvania where you make creative use of bombs to move yourself around to progress.

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta available for the next long-term supported release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22.2 arrives soon with a Beta release now available so you can test it early, and help report any issues for the next long-term support release.

Webcam-based 6DoF head & eye tracking app LookPilot released on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
LookPilot is an app that provides head and eye tracking for games, using nothing but your webcam and it looks pretty slick with a new Steam release.

Smash everything with your balls in BALL x PIT releasing October 15

By Liam Dawe,
Do you have the balls to go deep into a bottomless pit? Well, you'll find out on October 15 when fast-paced fantasy roguelite BALL x PIT releases.

School-life tactics RPG Demonschool is releasing September 3

By Liam Dawe,
Demonschool is a school-life tactics RPG with hints of Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Italian horror cinema and now it is set for release on September 3rd.

Change the world around you with unique spells in the colourful puzzle game Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

By Liam Dawe,
With a spell system that somewhat reminded me a little of the amazing Baba Is You, the upcoming Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times looks damn fun.

You absolutely have to try the expanded demo of Moonsigil Atlas

By Liam Dawe,
Moonsigil Atlas is easily one of the most unique deck-builders around, and the latest major update to the demo has me hooked. You have to try it.

Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller looks incredible, probably a must-have for Hollow Knight fans

By Liam Dawe,
Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller is the next game from Kyle Thompson who also made the highly rated Crypt Custodian and Islets.

GE-Proton 10-11 brings fixes for Farlight 84, Denuvo, Devil May Cry HD Collection, Guild Wars 2 and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh brew of GE-Proton 10-11 has been released to fix various issues with Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Is This Seat Taken? is a wonderful cosy logic puzzle game where you move people around

By Liam Dawe,
Is This Seat Taken? is a game I've absolutely adored since trying the demo in February and it's officially out now with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified.

Classic Marathon Trilogy on Steam gets a Beta with Linux support and lots of overall improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Classic Marathon, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are getting some big upgrades with a Beta now available to test.

Become a raging mom trapped in an arcade nightmare in V's Rage releasing in September

By Liam Dawe,
V's Rage is a hand-drawn arcade adventure inspired by the great arcade classics of the '80s and '90s that has no single genre.

The Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre v0.90 brings dynamic settings and new fire spreading

By Liam Dawe,
VoxeLibre is a great free and open source sandbox game, a Minecraft-like built on top of the Luanti (Minetest) game engine and a big new release v0.90 is out.

CarX Street adds official Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Got the need for speed? CarX Street released an update just as the weekend hit to add in full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Debian 13 trixie released with Linux kernel 6.12

By Liam Dawe,
Debian 13 trixie has been released following years of working, bringing lots of new software updates for the popular Linux distribution.

Steam's Performance Monitor now supports showing CPU temperature

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client to continue working on the newer Performance Monitor.

Humble's Uncharted Realms Bundle has 9 fun picks to grab for the weekend

By Liam Dawe,
The newly launched Humble Uncharted Realms Bundle has 9 games and a good few of them are really good, some cheap treats for the weekend.

Steam for ChromeOS Chromebooks is being killed off

By Liam Dawe,
Another one for the Google (and Valve) graveyard, this time it's Steam for Chromebooks as it's being killed off early next year.

Cleaning Up! is an upcoming wholesome and satisfying game about tidying

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo available, Cleaning Up! looks like pure joy if you love making things sparkle.

Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release

By Liam Dawe,
They don't make them like they used to right? Caesar III is a classic and you can play it with plenty of enhancements with Julius.