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Civilization VII update 1.1.1 adds quick move, lots of UI improvements, a new start position and lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 12 hours ago

Firaxis Games are quickly cleaning up the messy release of Civilization VII, with more new additions now available in patch update 1.1.1.

Devs of Monster Crown: Sin Eater a 2D monster taming RPG want to 'take that concept to its absolute limits'

By Liam Dawe, 12 hours ago

Studio Aurum are developing a new 2D monster taming RPG with Monster Crown: Sin Eater, a standalone follow-up to their previous Monster Crown.

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Mudborne is a wonderfully chilled sim about catching and breeding frogs out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 hours ago

Mudborne from ellraiser / TNgineers is a wonderfully charming laid-back casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs. Officially out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks

By Liam Dawe, 14 hours ago

If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs that run Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. So with Valve opening up the door to SteamOS Linux for more devices, it seems HP are interested in jumping in too.

Nexus formally announce their open source cross-platform Nexus Mods App: Stardew Valley Preview

By Liam Dawe, 14 hours ago

The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.

Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders

By Liam Dawe, 14 hours ago

If you like your games that try to break the mold, you should definitely check out the recently released Dawnfolk from Darenn Keller.

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

By Liam Dawe, 16 hours ago

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, 17 hours ago

Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".

Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 17 hours ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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, a day ago

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.