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Don't Starve: Hamlet expansion has officially left Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment have expanded their weird and wonderful survival game with Don't Starve: Hamlet, which has now left Early Access.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated again - watch live events, Danger Zone updates and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seem to have a renewed focus on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lately, with a lot of regular updates. This latest one has some fun new toys.

SteamOS had another beta update recently, new Steam Play Proton version 4.2-4 is out

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Valve news to cover tonight: SteamOS gains a new beta version and it looks like Steam Play Proton will be getting an update soon. Updated: Steam Play 4.2-4 is out.

SteamWorld Quest releasing end of May on Steam with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech mixes things up, again, as this time it's a roleplaying card game and it's releasing on May 31st.

NVIDIA 430.14 driver released, DiRT 4 and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Steam Play) get improvements

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today pushed out the 430.14 stable driver, it comes with a few notable improvements but it's quite a small release overall.

You might need to bring a shovel for Stellaris: Ancient Relics, the newly announced story expansion

By Liam Dawe,
It's a good day to be a space nerd, as Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive have announced Stellaris: Ancient Relics.

Minecraft can now be downloaded from Flathub on Linux using Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who prefer downloading things and keeping them up to date using Flatpak, you can now grab Minecraft on Flathub.

Jupiter Hell continues being a great combination of Doom and a roguelike, now with challenge modes

By Liam Dawe,
Another Jupiter Hell update arrived recently, as ChaosForge rip and tear towards the Early Access release next month. I expect great things when this is finished, as it's already glorious.

Fight off the vicious Shrooms in Mushroom Crusher Extreme, some thoughts now it's out

By Liam Dawe,
Mushroom Crusher Extreme, a retro-styled action game that sees you fight off vicious Shrooms using various spells has left Early Access.

Mind Your Manas looks like a very silly moddable online trading card game releasing next month

By Liam Dawe,
I love trading card games, I love battle with cards and showing off a good deck and it seems Mind Your Manas could be quite amusing. It's also a little different due to the modding support.

Light Fairytale Episode 1, a turn-based RPG styled like a JRPG classic is now out

By Liam Dawe,
Light Fairytale Episode 1 from French solo developer neko.works, an RPG inspired by JRPG classics has officially left Early Access.

Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD confirmed for release this month

By Liam Dawe,
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD, a gentle remaster of the original Spoonbeaks Ahoy released back in 2007 is now going to set sail on May 23rd.

Open source Theme Hospital game engine 'CorsixTH' has a new Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe,
Some impressive work is coming to the next version of CorsixTH, the open source game engine for Theme Hospital.

DXVK 1.2 is out, possible performance increase for CPU-bound scenarios and D3D11 extensions support

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Philip Rebohle is continuing to advance DXVK, with another major release now available today.

id Software going all-in with Vulkan, some interesting details about that and Linux for Stadia

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to a Twitter tip, I've watched over the video of id Software talking about Doom, Vulkan, Linux and Google's Stadia and it's really quite interesting.

The loot and shoot cyberspace FPS 'Black Ice' has some seriously fun loot in the latest beta

By Liam Dawe,
I love first-person shooters, it's easily my favourite genre next to traditional real-time strategy games (the kind where you build a base, then send out an army) and the cyberspace FPS Black Ice is continuing to be impressive.

The peaceful building RPG 'Littlewood' is now officially releasing in June and it looks lovely

By Liam Dawe,
June seems to be a popular month lately, with Sean Young announcing his peaceful building RPG Littlewood is going to release on June 18th.

Freaky co-op submarine sim 'Barotrauma' is entering Early Access next month

By Liam Dawe,
Another title becoming available next month (it's going to be busy) is Barotrauma, a co-op submarine sim that has a very good atmosphere.

Hyperspace Delivery Service is leaving Early Access next month, has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Hyperspace Delivery Service, a retro-styled adventure from Zotnip is getting ready to leave Early Access.

D9VK for D3D9 over Vulkan in Wine has another release out, advancing quickly

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Joshua Ashton sure is a busy bee, with D9VK advancing very quickly with a second release out in the space of a week.