Temtem: Swarm recently hit 100K sales and a big update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Temtem: Swarm is another survivor-like bullet heaven, a spin-off from the monster catching Temtem from Crema / GGTech Studios and it appears to have sold quite well.

Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025'

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".
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Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Starship Troopers: Extermination from Offworld just had another major upgrade released, and they're now improving the experience of playing it on Steam Deck.

Stellaris 4.0 'Phoenix' game-changing update due May 5 with the BioGenesis Expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox have today launched the new Season 09 Expansion Pass, which initially launches with the Stargazer Species Portrait. There's stuff that's actually interesting to come though, but you have to wait until May 5th.

Steam's City Builder & Colony Sims Fest is live now

By Liam Dawe,
Another chance to grab some discounts! Valve have launched a festival for City Builder & Colony Sims to celebrate everything that might remotely resemble you building a community and keeping people alive.

Linux kernel 6.14 out late due to 'pure incompetence' - don't get too excited about Linux gaming boosts

By Liam Dawe,
Linux kernel 6.14 has arrived today, and a day later than it was expected. As usual there's lots new from supported hardware to various improvements.

Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker

By Liam Dawe,
EmuDeck is an all-in-one solution for managing emulation on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck and other handhelds and the 2.4 release brings some nice additions.

The board game Frosthaven is getting a video game with the designer of X-COM

By Liam Dawe,
The popular board game Frosthaven is getting adapted into a video game, with Snapshot Games at the helm led by CEO Julian Gollop, known for designing X-COM.

Thief-like free and open source game The Dark Mod 2.13 brings better AI vision and new graphical goodies

By Liam Dawe,
The Dark Mod is a seriously impressive project giving us a completely free and open source standalone Thief-like stealth game, and The Dark Mod 2.13 release is another great one.

The EchoPatch to modernize F.E.A.R. adds in gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
EchoPatch, a mod patch for the classic and awesome shooter F.E.A.R. has another new release out and this brings gamepad support.

Teslagrad devs reveal Knuckle Jet, a jetpunk nose-breaking ricochet action platformer

By Liam Dawe,
From Rain Games who made Teslagrad, Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne and World to the West their next game is Knuckle Jet.

Minecraft is getting a graphics overhaul with the Vibrant Visuals update

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft Live has been and gone again and this time there was some pretty big news. Vibrant Visuals was announced as a future major upgrade, which will bring some fancier looking graphics to Minecraft.

Noclip are doing a 4-part documentary on Dwarf Fortress with part 1 up now

By Liam Dawe,
With filming that's been going on and off for three years, Noclip are doing a 4-part documentary series on Dwarf Fortress. The first episode is now live.

Wine 10.4 continues work on Bluetooth driver and more Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 10.4 is out now as the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer, bringing new features and assorted bug fixes.

Get a whole lot of EARTH DEFENSE FORCE in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
On top of the recently launched Humble Heroines Bundle, we also have the just launched EARTH DEFENSE FORCE Collection.

The Humble Heroines Bundle returns with some great games for Women's History Month

By Liam Dawe,
Another chance to pick up some quality games! The Humble Heroines Bundle returns with a different set of great games for Women's History Month supporting Girls Who Code and Girls Make Games Scholarship Fund.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered devs aiming for "best possible experience on handheld gaming devices"

By Liam Dawe,
Sony have revealed the system requirements and more info for the PC release of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, which is due to arrive on April 3rd. Looks like it might be good news for Steam Deck owners too.

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster arrives June 26

By Liam Dawe,
Nightdive Studios have finally revealed that their System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster arrives June 26th with a new trailer and new details.

Get ready to defend a walking castle in the roguelike action game Castlebound

By Liam Dawe,
From Ogre Pixel who made Lonesome Village and A Tiny Sticker Tale, their next game is an action roguelike where you're defending a walking castle. Castlebound seems like it could be a lot of fun.

The Entertainment Software Association have launched the Accessible Games Initiative

By Liam Dawe,
The Accessible Games Initiative from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has been launched, with an aim to improve how developers and stores list clear information about the accessibility features available in video games.