Team Fortress 2 major update released and source available for modders via the Source SDK

By Liam Dawe,
It wasn't just Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source that received big updates today, as Valve also published a new update for Team Fortress 2 along with updating the Source SDK to include TF2!

Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source get major updates with 64bit support

By Liam Dawe,
A nice surprise for some classic Valve games today with multiple titles like Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source getting major updates.
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Broken Shell is the cutest looking love story adventure of two little hermit crabs

By Liam Dawe,
You ever look at a game and just think - "wow, this looks truly lovely"? That's the feeling I got from seeing Broken Shell and I can't wait to see it release.

Cropdeck blends farming and deckbuilders together to make a wonderful looking mix

By Liam Dawe,
Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes Cropdeck. Described by the developer as the "ultimate farming roguelite deckbuilder" and it really looks quite charming.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 expands online play for fighting games with RPCN v1.4

By Liam Dawe,
Another big update has been released for RPCN, the open source online matchmaking server for PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3. This brings new features and more compatible games for Netplay.

FACEMINER will have you scale up your A.I. surveillance empire on February 27

By Liam Dawe,
A narrative-driven management simulation that plunges players into the heart of a 90s-era data harvesting and artificial intelligence empire, FACEMINER is set for release on February 27th.

OCCT for stress-testing comes to Linux and Steam Deck, with a Steam release planned

By Liam Dawe,
OCCT has long been a popular tool for PC stability and performance testing on Windows, and now it's officially been made available for Linux in Alpha, including Steam Deck support too.

CodeWeavers are hiring developers to work on Wine / Proton

By Liam Dawe,
CodeWeavers announced recently that they're once again looking for more developers to come work for them on the compatibility layers Wine and Valve's Proton.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 46: Bursting Bubbles

By Hamish,
I have had my fair share of success in running games released up to around 2004 or so, but after that I do begin to encounter more issues with binary compatibility.

Is This Seat Taken? is a thoroughly charming puzzle game about swapping seats

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo now available, Is This Seat Taken? is a wonderfully charming idea for a logic puzzle game about picking up people and putting them in the right seat.

Now you can get a real-life Deep Rock Galactic mug for all your beer

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a bit of fluff for you today: fans of Deep Rock Galactic are in for a treat, as you can now grab an officially licensed beer mug and they sure do look fancy.

AI is everywhere in AI Confidential and it's your job to fix up all the robots - check out the demo

By Liam Dawe,
In a world where Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, you work for an AI megacorp and you're the one sent around to people's homes to fix up all their problems.

SUPER DEBT is a twin-stick bullet-hell dungeon crawler where time eats away your money

By Liam Dawe,
Things get weird real fast in SUPER DEBT, a new bullet-hell dungeon crawler from developer zagawee, who also made Garbanzo Quest.

Final Outpost is hopping over from mobile to PC with a Definitive Edition - demo available now

By Liam Dawe,
Exabyte Games announced they're bringing their popular survival strategy base-builder to PC with Final Outpost: Definitive Edition. There's a demo available now with Native Linux support.

Check out the demo for Replicube an open-ended programming puzzle game from Walaber

By Liam Dawe,
From Walaber Entertainment who made Parking Garage Rally Circuit and JellyCar Worlds, their next game is Replicube. There's a demo now available to try and it looks really interesting.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.11 out now with an in-game settings menu and better server browser

By Liam Dawe,
Luanti (formerly Minetest) has a new release out, which finally adds an in-game settings menu so you don't have to quit your current game to adjust things.

A whole lot of people picked up a shovel for A Game About Digging A Hole

By Liam Dawe,
A Game About Digging A Hole has a very simple idea, everything about it is in the name, and yet it managed to pull a whole lot of people in.

The beautiful diorama builder Tiny Glade adds controller support

By Liam Dawe,
After previously making some improvements for Steam Deck, developer Pounce Light have now implemented more proper controller support for Tiny Glade.

Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta Client update for February 14th, showing the love to battery life with a little extra juice.

Deckbuilder fans should check out this new Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you love deckbuilders you may want to take a look at the just launched Deckbuilder Bonanza Humble Bundle as there's a few treats inside.