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The latest Volcanoids update looks electrifying

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jun 2023

Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they're going to sucker me right in again.

New Beta for Valheim adds in world modifiers letting you customize your game

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

It's here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let you change how you can play it, so here's a run over what's new and improved.

Valheim gets upgraded to improve performance and fix major bugs

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2023

Iron Gate have now released the latest update to Valheim, their co-op open world survival game and it should be good for all players.

Trails & Tales update out now for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2023

Time to jump back in and punch some blocks? There's quite a lot that's new for Minecraft in Trails & Tales and it all sounds pretty fun!

Valheim devs clarify stance on modding including a clear no to paid mods

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2023

Iron Gate mentioned recently they've been getting many questions on their stance of modding Valheim, so they wrote a post to give their thoughts including the subject of paid mods.

Dino MMO survival game Path of Titans is really coming along

By Liam Dawe, 23 May 2023

Path of Titans is one I haven't checked on in some time, a dinosaur MMO survival game currently in development and it's looking pretty good.

Valheim has a performance boost patch in Beta

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2023

Valheim is a fantastic game but it could do with some optimisations, especially when you're building up a big castle and whatever else people come up with. Thankfully Iron Gate have put out some improvements.

Time running out to swap your Minecraft account over to Microsoft

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2023

Mojang recently sent out a rather important reminder, as the time is running out to swap your Mojang account for Minecraft over to Microsoft.

The 2D massive space epic Starsector gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2023

Starsector is something quite special, originally called Starfarer it's been in development for quite a few years now and a big new release is now available.

Don't Starve Together huge sale, content update and hitting records

By Liam Dawe, 2 May 2023

Klei Entertainment have just released that latest update for their co-op survival game Don't Starve Together, it's a good one and it's on a massive sale too.

Is X4: Kingdom End worth your money?

By Etienne, 29 Apr 2023

It has been over four years since X4: Foundations was released. With the new fourth DLC Kingdom End, Egosoft has now brought the last of the original races back into the game, namely the peaceful and scientifically highly motivated Borons.

Core Keeper is getting pets and a creative mode on May 10th

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2023

The upcoming "Paws & Claws" update for Core Keeper sounds wonderful, adding in two major features with pets and a creative mode.

Valheim is getting siege weapons, fortresses and fearsome foes

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2023

The upcoming major update to Valheim with The Ashlands is sounding increasingly exciting, as the developers have another spoiler-filled development blog post up.

Grounded 1.2 out now and Steam Deck Verified but desktop Linux needs a small fix

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2023

The survival game Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios has now released version 1.2 and it got bumped up to Verified on Steam Deck.

Survival game Vintage Story set for a huge update with a big story event

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2023

Vintage Story is a survival game that I simply love to watch and casually dive into now and then, and it's probably one of the most impressive indie open-world survival games around, if you like things hardcore.

Valheim is getting extensive difficulty options including a creative mode

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2023

Valheim continues to be one of the most popular survival games on Steam, and it seems in an upcoming update there's going to be much more extensive customization of the difficulty.

Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2023

Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.

X4: Kingdom End and free major upgrade out now, making it Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2023

Egosoft have just released the next major expansion for X4: Foundations named X4: Kingdom End, plus a major free upgrade is also out now that brings full Steam Deck Verified support.