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The Self-Published Survivors Bundle on Steam gives you 9 positively rated games for cheaps

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

There sure are a lot of survivor-like bullet-heaven games now aren't there. So, to help cut through the noise just a bit, a whole bunch just teamed up for the special Self-Published Survivors Bundle.

Check out the new trailer for PRIM, a creepy-but-cute point’n’click dark humour adventure

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

PRIM, a creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour, is looking really good and there's a brand new trailer to show it off.

Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

After killing off and selling off various studios and causing lots of job losses, Embracer Group have put out their latest annual report and they have big plans for AI.

X4: Foundations Update 7.00 and X4: Timelines DLC are out now

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

X4: Foundations 7.00 Update and X4: Timelines from Egosoft bring some huge changes to the huge space sim and there's never been a better time to try it out.

Cosmic horror post-apocalyptic RPG Death Trash has a teaser for a new update

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

Death Trash features a world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. Influenced by post-apocalyptic, horror, and cyberpunk classics. Death Trash is certainly promising, and it's finally gearing up for a content update.

PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs has you manually control a massive planetary defence cannon

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

Developer Bippinbits have announced PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant (yes really) as their next game following Dome Keeper. It looks suspiciously like Dome Keeper is 3D, but it's a lot more than that.

SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for ELDEN RING, system memory leak and more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2024

Valve has launched another small update for the Steam Deck with SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview now available for testing which may be essential if you're playing ELDEN RING.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC update causing problems on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree releases soon, and there's a patch out but sadly this has been causing issues for players on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Helldivers 2, Ghost of Tsushima and more

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

Another update to Proton Experimental landed today, June 20th, from Valve bringing some game fixes across desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Wax Heads is a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

Here's another interesting looking indie game for you to follow with Wax Heads, a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store.

DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

VR fans rejoice! The GNOME project has finally pulled in DRM lease protocol support today, something required for getting VR under GNOME on Wayland working well.

Selaco now has a Bullet Time mod inspired by Max Payne and it's amazing

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

I was already a ridiculously big fan of Selaco, with it being one of the best retro-styled shooters (and just...shooters in general) I've played in forever and now the Bullet Time X mod has just made it even more amazing.

Guide a caravan of adventurers through hostile environments in Sandwalkers

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

A bit of a blending of Curious Expedition and Vagrus - The Riven Realms we have here with Sandwalkers, a roguelike turn-based exploration game where you guide a caravan across hostile environments.

Star Fox like shooter Whisker Squadron: Survivor just added a campaign mode to blast through

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

Taking Star Fox and putting the survivor-like spin on it with lots of upgrades and repeat runs, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has levelled up with a new campaign mode that's really worth a go.

Death Road to Canada gets a major 2024 upgrade with new events, characters, perks and more

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2024

Death Road to Canada is a name I haven't heard for quite a while. A co-op action post-zombie apocalypse road trip game and it just had a big update for 2024.

ElectricMaple joins WiVRn and ALVR in giving options to stream VR to a headset

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2024

Helping you cut down on all those wires, and potentially making way for cheaper low-end VR headsets for streaming, ElectricMaple was announced by Collabora and PlutoVR joining the likes of WiVRn and ALVR.

Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power is a fresh take on dungeon crawling with a very unique weapon

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2024

If you absolutely love action-heavy dungeon crawlers like The Binding of Isaac, and the chaos from Vampire Survivors you're going to need to take a look at Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power from Orangepixel.

GOG Summer Sale 2024 is live with thousands of discounts

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2024

Time for you to get some DRM freedom? GOG has launcher their Summer Sale 2024, and you know what to expect - absolutely loads of games are now discounted.

Relic Abyss is the next big feature-heavy roguelite survivor RPG

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2024

Another contestant enters the survivor-like battle ring with Relic Abyss, and this one is absolutely packed full of features that will probably end up sucking my life away.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora now on Steam, broken for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2024

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has now released on Steam, and at least when it comes to AMD GPUs, it seems to be currently a no-go and just doesn't run with Proton on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.