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Orcs Must Die! 3 on Stadia is a vibrant and thoroughly entertaining romp

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2020

Orcs Must Die! 3, a hybrid of tower defense and third-person action set in a slightly silly fantasy world from Robot Entertainment with publishing by Stadia Games and Entertainment is a huge amount of fun.

A Hand With Many Fingers is a first-person investigative thriller out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2020

Fancy becoming an investigator? A Hand With Many Fingers puts you inside a dusty CIA archive to search through historical documents to uncover a real Cold War conspiracy.

General Horse and the Package of Doom might be the dumbest FMV I've ever played

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2020

Released back in June, General Horse and the Package of Doom is a Full Motion Video game that might just be the dumbest FMV I've ever put time into.

Tomb of the Eaters is the 'biggest update ever' for Caves of Qud

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2020

Caves of Qud, the science fantasy roguelike epic had an absolutely colossal update released named Tomb of the Eaters with a huge new area.

What have you been playing recently? We've been tinkering with a Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2020

Apparently we missed the weekend and didn't ask you for your latest recommendations? Let's fix that. What have you been playing recently and what do you think about it?

Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2020

Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.

Worms Armageddon gets a 21 year update, should work better with Wine and Proton

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2020

The classic Team17 game Worms Armageddon, originally released in 1999 and to this day remains very popular recently turned 21 and a big anniversary update is out - it's even nice news for Linux gamers.

Have a chat and work on your relationship in We should talk. out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jul 2020

Spin the conversation wheel of fortune in the short-form narrative game We should talk. that's out now with Linux support.

Point & click adventure 'Whateverland' lets you steal your way through it

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2020

Whateverland, an upcoming point and click adventure from Caligari Games just recently finished a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign and it's fully funded. It's also sounding pretty bizarre.

Conjure portals between worlds in Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue - now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2020

Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue, an impressive demo for the upcoming 2D metroidvania puzzle platformer can now be picked up on GOG and it's been updated a few times.

Psychological horror adventure 'Saint Kotar' gets extra Kickstarter time

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2020

Saint Kotar, the upcoming psychological horror adventure from Red Martyr Entertainment has been given extra time on Kickstarter and it's really close to the goal.

The Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI on July 23

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2020

The New Frontier Pass expands on July 23, the Ethiopia Pack launches for Civilization VI as part of their plan to continue pushing out content over the next year.

Narrative-heavy RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has a free Prologue out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2020

Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an upcoming turn-based narrative exploration RPG now has a Prologue available to get a feel for if it might be your thing.

Tilekit looks like a great tilemap editor with auto tiling

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2020

Some parts of developing games can end up quite tedious like manually placing down tiles for 2D games, and it seems Tilekit might be able to help with that.

Gig economy firefighter parody 'Embr' has a new game mode

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2020

Embr, a game that pokes fun at the rise of the gig economy by letting anyone tackle fires adds a whole new game mode.

Go sightseeing in the upcoming Idaho DLC for American Truck Simulator

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2020

Coming out sometime later this month, the Idaho DLC for American Truck Simulator has SCS Software trying something a little different.

Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours details lots of cancelled Valve projects

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2020

Here's one for serious Valve enthusiasts and people wanting to get juice details on their cancelled projects, and everything that led up to Half-Life: Alyx.