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Descent 3: Piccu Engine is a new open source build focused on quality-of-life improvements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 9

Thanks to Descent 3 being officially open source, developers can do almost anything with it now and this has given rise to the Descent 3: Piccu Engine.

Pairs & Perils combines deck-building and dungeon-crawling with a card-matching memory game

By Liam Dawe, Oct 8

You've probably played card-matching memory games before, but have you played them in the setting of a dungeon-crawling deck-builder before? Pairs & Perils has a fun idea.

Uncompromising wilderness survival game The Last Plague: Blight now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

Original Studios just launched The Last Plague: Blight, an uncompromising wilderness survival game based on a more realistic set of game mechanics.

Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.

Ridiculous physics platformer Mosa Lina added co-op, game rebuilt to be native

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

Mosa Lina is a really fantastic game. It's also completely insanely ridiculous, full of chaos and now you can bring a friend along for the ride.

JRPG-inspired adventure Flowstone Saga with a puzzle-battle system is out now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

From Impact Gameworks who made the excellent Tangledeep, their next game Flowstone Saga is officially out now with Linux support.

6 years after Kickstarter, Orphan Age dev Studio Black Flag shuts without a release

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Game development is a complicated beast, a constant challenge to get funding and for Studio Black Flag who were building the promising looking Orphan Age it's all over.

Epic roguelike Caves of Qud gets a tutorial Beta and the price goes up soon

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Caves of Qud is easily (and I keep saying this) one of the best roguelikes ever made, and with the latest Beta it's a lot easier to get into. You might also want to buy it soon before the price rises.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII gets Windows system requirements with Linux and macOS details later

By Liam Dawe, Oct 4

Firaxis Games and 2K have released the system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VII on Windows, but the Linux and macOS requirements will be coming later.

Hearts of Iron IV to get an Expansion Pass, plus Gotterdammerung DLC releases November 14

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Paradox Interactive have announced that Hearts of Iron IV is getting a big new expansion in Götterdämmerung on November 14th, and they're bringing the whole Expansion Pass idea from other games to Hearts of Iron IV as well.

Monty Pythonesque humour fused with Renaissance art comes in Death of the Reprobate on November 7

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Solo developer Joe Richardson is bringing on another brilliantly funny fusion of Monty Pythonesque humour with artwork styled like moving Renaissance paintings in Death of the Reprobate.

Adventure game about Death's daughter, PRIM releases October 24

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Common Colors and Application Systems Heidelberg have announced that the creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour will release on October 24th.

Counter-Strike 2 update The Armory released with weapon charms

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

Valve released the latest major update to Counter-Strike 2 that brings with it more than 100 new items including weapon charms.

Check out the demo for Pip My Dice, a roguelike inspired by Balatro and Yahtzee

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

What could quite easily end up being the next big indie hit just like Balatro, you're going to want to check out the new demo for Pip My Dice.

Jump and climb through huge structures in the creepy and atmospheric Lorn's Lure

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

Lorn's Lure is a thoroughly odd game. It's all about jumping and climbing your way through these huge structures, with a creepy and lonely atmosphere it's certainly a unique experience not found elsewhere.

#DRIVE Rally is an impressive new racer that I can't wait to see more from

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

Need a new racing game? #DRIVE Rally from Pixel Perfect Dude is officially out now in Early Access with Linux support.

Silence of the Siren is a new HoMM-like from the dev of Project Hospital

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

Quite a genre change for Project Hospital developer Oxymoron Games, as they've just put their Heroes of Might and Magic-like game Silence of the Siren into Early Access.

Unique time-stopping horde-survival game Moon Watch now has a Steam demo

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

Don't play this demo if you value having any free time at all. Seriously. Moon Watch is delightfully great and properly brings some unique additions to the now very popular horde-survival genre.

HoMM-like Broken Alliance from the Death and Taxes dev has a demo live now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

Broken Alliance is an upcoming indie turn-based adventure strategy game with strong RPG elements, inspired by old school classics such as Heroes of Might and Magic, Age of Wonders, Master of Magic and Disciples with a fresh deckbuilding twist.