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Black & White (2001) open source game engine sees a first release

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Black & White from Lionhead Studios released originally back in 2001 went on to great reviews, and won various awards. Sadly, it's one game that has also been lost to time but the openblack project plans to revive it with open source.

Try the refreshed demo of Pest Apocalypse a pizza-delivery survivor-like bullet heaven

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Pest Apocalypse continues looking great. One I highlighted before and doing so again now due to a brand new demo, bringing vehicular action to the survivor-like bullet hell genre.

Get lost in a huge castle in the 2.5D metroidvania 'The Throne' on September 30

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Coming with Native Linux support on September 30th is The Throne, a 2.5D styled metroidvania from BeByte.

Paradox are bundling four DLCs into Europa Universalis IV free for all players

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

This sounds like a nice move by Paradox to improve Europa Universalis IV. In October, four DLC packs will be bundled free with the game for all players.

Historic multiplayer shooter Holdfast: Nations At War gets Steam Deck Verified after updates

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Set during the Napoleonic Era and WW1, Holdfast: Nations At War blends together both a third and first-person shooter. And, after a bunch of upgrades, it's now Steam Deck Verified too.

Exographer is a metroidvania inspired by real science - will be fully Steam Deck playable

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Developers SciFunGames have posted an update about their upcoming metroidvania Exographer, noting how well it runs on the Steam Deck.

Popular ARPG 'Last Epoch' to get Steam Deck Verified with a big update on September 19

By Liam Dawe, Sep 5

Last Epoch from Eleventh Hour Games is set for a big v1.1 update with The Imperial Uprising event arriving on September 19th. This will also bump it up to Steam Deck Verified.

The Humble Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle will have you sink some hours in

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Ready for more games? After a pretty good Humble Choice for August 2024, there's a new Humble Summer Narrative Celebration Bundle also now live.

No Man's Sky adds fishing, a fishing skiff, a new expedition, deep-sea diving and loads more

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Can someone tell Hello Games it's all good now, everyone is over the poor launch? Actually don't, I want to see just how far they will keep pushing No Man's Sky. The latest update is a goodie too.

Ember is a huge online tabletop RPG from the creators of Foundry Virtual Tabletop

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Foundry Virtual Tabletop is a popular (and Linux-supported) modern online role-playing system and now the creators are working on a massive new game called Ember.

Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

While it has yet to have a proper full announcement, the Retroid Pocket 5 sounds like a nice device for those of you who love retro gaming and for the first time it will have proper Linux support too. Along with the Retroid Pocket Mini too.

Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Here we go again. Another vendor has decided to make their own PC gaming handheld and this time it's Acer with the Nitro Blaze 7.

Earl vs. the Mutants is chaotic survivor-like fun with vehicles

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

There's a whole lot of Vampire Survivor-likes and bullet hell / bullet heaven mixtures around, but not many stick you directly in the driver's seat like Earl vs. the Mutants.

SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Attack of the clones! Well, sort of anyway. We have Bazzite, ChimeraOS, HoloISO and now SteamFork as well. There's so much choice to get Linux on your handhelds.

Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

Remember the classic game Snake? Well this is ART for Snakes, a "snake-ish" game about eating the most expensive paintings you can before the time runs out.

Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

CosmicDev recently put up a demo for Cosmic Call, a very scribbly-styled retro boomer shooter that sees you fight through small arena levels as you keep powering up.

Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4

I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.

Humble Choice for September 2024 has Guardians of the Galaxy, Coral Island, Stranded: Alien Dawn

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3

Looks like September 2024 is a pretty good month for Humble Choice, the subscription service from Humble Bundle that gives you a new set of games every month.

Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3

Harebrained are back! After splitting off from Paradox, they've returned with a new game, and one Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at with GRAFT.