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Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has a brutal new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2024

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is releasing with Native Linux support later in 2024, and it's looking really good! Odd Bug Studio just put up a new trailer show off plenty of gameplay.

Soon you'll be able to spice up your parties with the Jackbox Naughty Pack

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2024

Jackbox Games are finally doing a special little pack of games just for adults with the teased Jackbox Naughty Pack.

NVIDIA 550.78 released fixing issues for RTX 4xxx series GPUs notebooks

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2024

Towards the end of April, NVIDIA released the 550.78 driver and if you use a notebook with a RTX 4xxx series GPU you may want to update for this one.

Albion Online now officially launched in Europe and MENA regions

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Albion Online the MMO from Sandbox Interactive has now formally opened the gates for Europe and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) with their brand new server.

The big hit medieval strategy game Manor Lords works well on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Manor Lords is currently another 2024 release smashing through the charts on Steam! Coming from developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse, it's certainly impressive.

Pest Apocalypse is a new hilarious survivor-like game with a death-mobile

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Here we go again, I am about to be suckered into yet another survivor-like game. You love all of these as well right? Vampire Survivors, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and more can move over and make room for Pest Apocalypse.

Zink driver startup time squashed with new patches

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Developer Mike Blumenkrantz is once again blogging about working on the Zink driver, and this time a nice optimization is on the way for startup times.

Creepy point and click Sleepytime Village will come to Linux - demo available

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Lightfoot Bros Games recently revealed their new point and click adventure Sleepytime Village, a "creepy AF" classic-style point & click adventure game about learning to rediscover both your inner child and the joy of creativity.

VR game Alien: Rogue Incursion releases late 2024

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Oh damn, this is quite exciting as an Alien fan and might be a reason to pop my VR headset back on again. Alien: Rogue Incursion is coming sometime in late 2024.

Bazzite 3.0 out now with Steam Deck OLED support nearly ready

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Bazzite 3.0 has been released with the internals upgraded to Fedora 40, which brings with it numerous improvements for gamers looking to get Linux on their PC or handheld gaming device like a Steam Deck or ROG Ally.

Open source evolution sim Thrive gets upgraded to Godot 4

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

A game engine upgrade across a major version is quite a big thing, and it initially proved a little problematic for the open source evolution sim Thrive but it is done.

Golf With Your Friends adds a hilarious new Speed Golf mode

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Grab your friends and play something resembling Golf in the latest free update to Golf With Your Friends, which adds in a new rather funny looking Speed Golf mode.

Golden Week Game Fest has some awesome deals on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2024

Komodo is hosting a big Golden Week Game Fest sale on Steam right now, and there's some really fantastic deals going if you're needing some more.

SteamVR Beta gets Linux fixes, plus Beta updates for Desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2024

Three sets of Steam Beta updates this weekend across SteamVR, Desktop and Steam Deck so here's all the details for you in one place.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

Proton 9.0 Beta updated and nearing release for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 27 Apr 2024

Valve has pushed out what they're calling Proton 9.0 (Release Candidate 2), with a whole bunch of improvements for gaming on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton Hotfix update fixes Fallout 4 frame pacing issue on Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2024

Just recently we had the Fallout 4 "next gen" update, which came with some issues. Thankfully, Valve are on the case with Proton Hotfix.

Factorio devs detail their 'Linux adventures' in a new blog post

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2024

Factorio from Wube Software currently has an expansion and big update on the way, with regular blog posts going over all that's coming. The latest has some fun behind the scenes info on their Linux adventures.

Lefties unite! Counter-Strike 2 now lets you swap hands

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2024

All you Lefties out there can finally get properly represented, in Counter-Strike 2 that is, as there's now the ability to swap your weapons into the other hand.

Dome Keeper is getting a major content update and multiplayer is coming

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2024

An absolute indie gem released in 2022 is Dome Keeper from developer Bippinbits that has you mine underground for resources, while you also defend your dome above land from aliens. It's good fun and some big updates are on the way.