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Fanatical's Frightmare Bundle for 2024 has scary stuff plus there's a Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
If you're somehow still stuck for games to grab this week, here's yet another option for you. Well, two, actually. There's the Build your own Frightmare Bundle (Halloween 2024) and the Frightfest Sale on Fanatical.

GOG's Halloween Sale is live now with discounts aplenty

By Liam Dawe,
Yes, yes it's that time of year, every store is wanting your attention with various deals somewhat related to Halloween. Now the GOG Halloween Sale is live.

Assassin's Creed Mirage gets improved Steam Deck support and now rated Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Ubisoft gave a very small update to Assassin's Creed Mirage on Steam and managed to get it bumped up to a Steam Deck Playable rating.

Ubuntu Summit 2024 highlights - Linux gaming talks on UMU and Heroic Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
The Ubuntu Summit 2024 has been and gone, and with it we had a lot of good talks but with our focus on here with gaming there's two that stand out that you may wish to have a look at.

AYANEO continue teasing the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld

By Liam Dawe,
While still giving us no actual details, AYANEO are hyping up the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld that's due to be announced properly sometime soon.

90s horror adventure game Clock Tower: Rewind released outside Japan for the first time

By Liam Dawe,
Clock Tower released originally in 1995 for the SNES and later for other systems, but it was never officially translated and supported outside of Japan until now with Clock Tower: Rewind.

Spooky comedy adventure Shadows of the Afterland gets a big demo update

By Liam Dawe,
Shadows of the Afterland from Aruma Studios will release in 2025 and now you've got a fresh chance to try out this spooky comedy adventure with a major demo update.

Men of War II finally gets an offline mode with a big content update

By Liam Dawe,
Men of War II from Best Way originally released back in May, but it forced an online connection. With the Steel Rain update out now that's no longer the case.

Steam's Halloween Sale is here with some frightful deals

By Liam Dawe,
While you likely don't actually need any more games, just a few more to fill up your backlog wouldn't hurt right? Steam Scream Fest is now live with lots and lots of Halloween discounts.

Set comfort level to maximum with the Mechanism Gaming Pillow for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
You may remember Mechanism from their original Deckmate system of attachments for the Steam Deck, but they have since expanded to cover other handhelds and they also now have the Mechanism Gaming Pillow.

Albion Online 'Horizons' update brings a customizable HUD and a more dynamic world

By Liam Dawe,
One of the few actually popular MMOs that has official Native Linux support, Albion Online has expanded again today with the Horizons update out now.

Create completely ridiculous weapons in survive-em-up roguelite shooter NIMRODS: GunCraft Survivor

By Liam Dawe,
NIMRODS: GunCraft Survivor on the surface may look just like yet another survivor-like, but it has captured my total attention in a way not many have been able to. It's just thoroughly great.

Save & Sound is a big live show celebrating music in gaming coming in November

By Liam Dawe,
Some games really do have absolutely fantastic soundtracks, and there's going to be a whole event dedicated to it with Save & Sound.

Portal fans may want to try the demo for Total Reload

By Liam Dawe,
If you loved the overall style of Portal and enjoy puzzle games, Total Reload looks like one to keep in your watch list.

Co-op dungeon crawler Barony gets a big free expansion with the Keep Your Secrets update

By Liam Dawe,
First-personal co-op dungeon crawler Barony has a big free "Keep Your Secrets" update out now expanding many areas of the game.

Complex 2D train management sim Iron Roads hits Early Access in January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
With a Demo and Steam Playtest available, Iron Roads from Cowleyfornia Studios is a top-down 2D train management game that's going to enter Early Access next year.

Factorio: Space Age sold over 400,000 copies and sets a new player count record

By Liam Dawe,
Wube Software have announced some pretty incredible numbers after the release of the Factorio: Space Age DLC.

Open source evolution survival sim Thrive v0.7.1 is a feature-filled release

By Liam Dawe,
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that has continued to impress me, and the latest release version 0.7.1 is nice and feature-filled.

Check out the classic CRPG inspired Passageway of the Ancients out now

By Liam Dawe,
Available now with Linux support from Passageway Games, a new retro-styled RPG is here for you to sink some hours into with Passageway of the Ancients.

Steam Beta removes option to globally disable Steam Play plus Game Recording improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck fixing up some bugs, plus some improvements for Game Recording.