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Pillars of Eternity from Obsidian has a new patch coming nearly 9 years after release

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2024

Well this is quite a surprise isn't it? Obsidian Entertainment have announced a new patch is coming and now in Beta on Steam for their 2015 RPG the Pillars of Eternity.

OpenAI say it would be 'impossible' to train AI without pinching copyrighted works

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2024

I really fear for the internet and what it will become in even just another year, with the rise of AI writing and AI art being used in place of real people. And now OpenAI openly state they need to use copyrighted works for training material.

Celebrate Economic Strategy with the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest

By Smellbringer, 9 Jan 2024

Economy simulation and city management may not be the first thing most people think of when they think about video games. But it is one of the most longstanding genres in gaming, going all the way back to the 1980's.

Steam hits new user record for 2024 and a record for games released last year

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2024

Yesterday, January 7th, Steam hit a new all-time record for concurrent users online showing that nothing can stop Valve's growth here thanks to the popularity of video games.

GOG has a Classic Winter Sale live to build up your retro library

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jan 2024

Need some more games that won't destroy your bank balance and will work across a lot of lower-end PCs too? GOG have what you need with the Classic Winter Sale now on.

Supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM finally hits Beta

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2024

You'll be forgiven for forgetting about the supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM, a game that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter way back in February of 2013 but it's really actually getting close to release now.

Proton 8.0-5 has a Release Candidate ready for testing

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2024

Early last month Valve put up a Release Candidate for the next version of Proton, which it seems went completely under the radar. Due to this they've not had much feedback for Proton 8.0-5 so time to get testing.

Bodycam horror shooter Chasmal Fear looks like a riot

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2024

MystiveDev emailed in about Chasmal Fear, an upcoming horror shooter you play as if you're viewing it from a bodycam set in an underwater facility.

ScummVM 2.8.0 released with new game support and plenty of upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2024

Just before the end of 2023 the ScummVM team released ScummVM 2.8.0 bringing with it support for running various new games along with improvements to other already supported classics.

Announcement of new release of fheroes2 game engine

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.11 released

By fheroes2, 27 Dec 2023

The team is pleased to present the new version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.0.11 after a month of hard work. As in any other release, we made many changes and are happy to share the news with you.

Streets of Rogue 2 might be my most anticipated title for 2024

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2023

I spent a ridiculous amount of time running around the small levels in Streets of Rogue, it was absolutely brilliant chaos and Streets of Rogue 2 going open-world is looking mighty fine in this first developer video.

HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 seems to be shaping up nicely

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2023

While it's far from finished, and still needs some manual effort to get properly working, HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 has made great progress.

GOG Winter Sale live - grab a free copy of Legend of Keepers

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2023

GOG have launched their Winter Sale with tons of games discounted, and once again they will be giving away free games with the first being Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.

Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine VCMI gets some huge improvements

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2023

While we have fheroes2 for Heroes of Might and Magic II, we also have VCMI for Heroes of Might and Magic III which also continues to advance as a free and open source cross-platform game engine reimplementation.

Open source evolution sim Thrive has a new physics engine and big performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2023

Thrive is an in-development Early Access open source evolution sim, much like life itself it continues to evolve and a new release version 0.6.4 brings changes to ensure the foundation is solid.

Grand Theft Auto VI trailer is live but no mention of a PC release yet

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Grand Theft Auto VI is no doubt going to be the absolute biggest release all year when it arrives in 2025, but for now Rockstar Games are only announcing it for consoles.

Jingle Jam 2023 Games Collection Bundle is live with 70+ games

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

It's that time of year again, time for another Jingle Jam 2023 Games Collection Bundle to grab loads of games and support charity.

Huge update to Baldur's Gate 3 adds an Epilogue, new game modes and willy physics

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

Well that's quite an upgrade Baldur's Gate 3 just got, and one of my absolute favourite games of this year. Might be time to jump back in again!

KDE Plasma 6 - Beta 1 released

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

The KDE team continue sprinting towards to finish line of the Plasma 6 release next year, with a Beta release now available for the popular Linux desktop environment which is also used on Steam Deck.