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Faster Zombies to Steam Deck: The History of Valve and Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe, Jul 23, 2021

Well, Valve and Linux Gaming together have come a very long way since the early blogs posts about getting Left 4 Dead 2 running fast on Linux to the new Steam Deck. But just how far have they come? Let's do a little reminiscing.

The System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard is tiny, sturdy and very slick

By Liam Dawe, Jul 23, 2021

System76 sent over a review unit a few weeks ago of their System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard, so here's what I thought about this tiny yet weighty device.

A chat with Joshua Strobl of the Solus Linux distribution

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2021

With Solus seeming to go from strength to strength along with a recent big release, it was time to sit down and have a chat with one of the team about the Linux distribution.

Bring a garden back to life in the upcoming The Garden Path

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2021

UK-based developer Louis Durrant has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their Godot Engine powered slice-of-life sim game The Garden Path and it looks absolutely wonderful.

Space station building and management sim Starmancer confirmed for GOG

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2021

The release of the fantastic space station building and management game Starmancer is getting ever closer, and now a GOG released has been confirmed today.

CreatorCrate is absolutely insane and it's out on August 11

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2021

Jori Ryan of CreatorCrate Games has announced that CreatorCrate, a platformer that gives you the ability to "3D print" any object you come across is out on August 11 and it seems like quite a laugh is waiting for you.

Love your Sakura games? There's a new Humble Bundle with 16 games included

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16, 2021

The Humble Sakura Series Bundle has gone live, giving you a chance to pick up a bunch of them for cheaps.

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2021

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Well today is the big day. Valve has now formally revealed the Steam Deck, a portable handheld gaming console powered by a new version of their Linux-based SteamOS operating system.

Free and open source space trading game Endless Sky gets a 0.9.14 polishing release

By Liam Dawe, Jul 14, 2021

Bringing the fun of the original Escape Velocity series, the free and open source Endless Sky has another release out with version 0.9.14 with an aim to polish it up a little.

Linux Mint 20.2 is out now with upgrades from 20 and 20.1 possible

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2021

The Linux Mint team have now released the latest Linux Mint 20.2 which comes with either Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce.

The Machinery game engine launches the Early Adopters program

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2021

Our Machinery has announced the availability of their game engine The Machinery with an Early Adopters program that gives a discount on the licensing, although it's free if your team pulls in less than $100K.

Indoorlands is a special kind of theme park builder arriving July 14

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2021

Indoorlands from Pixelsplit is an upcoming game about building theme parks. It's piqued our curiosity due to the idea of everything being inside, and the way you design things.

Astro Colony is an upcoming space sci-fi exploration and automation game

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2021

Taking inspiration from the likes of Factorio and Space Engineers, the upcoming Astro Colony will see you explore an endless voxel universe to gather resources and create an automated colony.

Humble Choice for July is up with a fresh set of games to pick from

By Liam Dawe, Jul 7, 2021

Humble Choice (formerly Humble Monthly) is the subscription service from Humble Bundle where each month they give you a fresh set of a games to redeem.

Linux Kernel 5.13 rolls out with early Apple M1 support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 28, 2021

Another Linux Kernel release is out now with Linux 5.13 bringing with it, amongst plenty of other things, initial and early support for the new Apple M1 chip.

Kerbal Space Program 1.12 "On Final Approach" is the last major update out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 25, 2021

Celebrating 10 years since the first public version of Kerbal Space Program became available, version 1.12 "On Final Approach" is out now to finish it off.

The Steam Summer Sale 2021 is now live with thousands of savings and a mini-game

By Liam Dawe, Jun 24, 2021

Have you been penny-pinching ready for the Steam Summer Sale 2021? Well it's live now so you can open those wallets up and build up another backlog of games.

Co-op spaceship command and exploration game PULSAR: Lost Colony is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 24, 2021

In the co-op game PULSAR: Lost Colony you each form part of a spaceship's crew, each responsible for a major system as you go off and explore the galaxy.

Hunt down alien life and cook it in Space Chef, coming to Linux and needs Beta testing

By Liam Dawe, Jun 24, 2021

Space Chef from developer Blue Goo Games is planned to be supported on Linux thanks to the Unity game engine, and it looks like it could be quite fun.