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Monster Prom 4: Monster Con now has a demo live on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 7 minutes ago

Developer Beautiful Glitch has put up a brand new demo of Monster Prom 4: Monster Con, so you can give it a try early and see what's new in this upcoming dating sim with a whole new setting.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 gets an Easy Anti-Cheat upgrade - finally works properly on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 37 minutes ago

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 from developer Fatshark just got an upgrade for Easy Anti-Cheat, and this finally makes online play work properly on Linux. Although you still need to opt into a Beta.

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OpenRA update brings a revamped Map Editor, high-quality Dune 2000 assets, more Red Alert missions

By Liam Dawe, 1 hour ago

While EA have officially open sourced a bunch of classic Command & Conquer titles like Red Alert and Generals, the cross-platform OpenRA project continues advancing with a new release out now.

Valheim should now start faster and perform better when CPU bound with a fresh upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

While the developers of Valheim continue working on the Deep North biome, they've released another smaller update with some fixes and improvements to make the game smoother.

Godot Engine 4.4 is out now with Jolt Physics, Ubershaders, Interactive in-game editing

By Liam Dawe, 6 hours ago

Godot Engine 4.4 has been released bringing with it a plethora of advancements for game devs, so it might be time to give it another look.

Scarlet Hollow - The Roads Untraveled update out now, first episode free in the demo

By Liam Dawe, 23 hours ago

Scarlet Hollow is an award-winning gothic horror narrative adventure developed by Black Tabby Games (who also made Slay the Princess). Now it's better than ever with a soft relaunch with The Roads Untraveled update out now.

Secret Mode splits from Sumo Group (Tencent) to be an independent publisher

By Liam Dawe, 24 hours ago

Secret Mode is a name some of you may know from publishing titles like Wobbledogs, Still Wakes the Deep, Eternal Threads and more have announced a split from Sumo Group (Tencent).

The MechLock wall mount for Steam Deck looks ridiculously slick

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

If you want to mount your Steam Deck to a wall, you could do so with something like the Deckmate but the MechLock looks far slicker with the super-smooth locking system where you can add a charger.

Bored? Check out the Museum of All Things and dive into Wikipedia in 3D

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Here's a really clever idea. The Museum of All Things is a free to download experience made in Godot that allows you to explore various subjects pulled from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons data.

R.E.P.O. is a new co-op horror game with silly physics currently exploding on Steam

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

With a Steam image of a stupid smiley face that made me initially ignore it when seeing it (the kind I would expect from some basic cheapo game), R.E.P.O. is actually pretty darn amusing and it's rocketing up the charts on Steam.

No support for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam Deck at launch

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

One from earlier in February I missed was a Q&A post from Ubisoft about Assassin's Creed Shadows, and it's bad news for players hoping to run it on Steam Deck.

EchoPatch mod is a great way to modernise the classic shooter FEAR

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

With the news recently about Monolith Productions closing, perhaps you might be wanting to jump back into the classic shooter FEAR (stylised as F.E.A.R.). Here's a mod to make the experience better.

Sonic Unleashed gets a full fan-made PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Sonic Unleashed from the Xbox 360 has made its way onto PC, although not by SEGA. This is a fan-made port created through the process of static recompilation.

GOverlay app to help you configure the MangoHud overlay v1.3 released

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

GOverlay can help you set up the performance display MangoHud with buttons and checkboxes, instead of needing to edit a config file. A new v1.3 was released making it portable.

Kaizen: A Factory Story announced from former Zachtronics developers

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Coincidence, which includes a bunch of former Zachtronics developers, have announced the open-ended puzzle automation game Kaizen: A Factory Story.

Steam hits another all-time user record with over 40 million online

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Over the weekend Steam managed to break yet another concurrent online user record, smashing the previous that was set back in December 2024.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Heroic Games Launcher continues to evolve into an even more impressive cross-platform game launcher for GOG, Epic Games, Amazon Prime and more with v2.16 bringing some great enhancements.

Steam sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2%

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey numbers for February 2025, and there's a pretty massive increase in Simplified Chinese as language which has pushed about all the numbers everywhere else.