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POSTAL 4: No Regerts released into Early Access, Linux version likely in future

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2019

Running With Scissors are back, with a surprise release of POSTAL 4: No Regerts on Steam and a Linux version is looking likely in future.

Dying Light has another update with a new enemy and previously exclusive weapons open to everyone

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2019

Techland have once again updated their fantastic open-world Zombie action game Dying Light, this time with a few new bits for everyone to play with.

Techland update Dying Light again with a new enemy and new dockets to come

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2019

Dying Light, easily the best Zombie game I've ever played continues getting better years after release with Techland pushing out a new update for their 2015 hit.

Open-world vehicle-based survival game Project 5: Sightseer has been officially released

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2019

Set on a huge procedurally generated world, Project 5: Sightseer from the developer of Windward is a sandbox open-world survival game where you pilot various vehicles.

Open-world sandbox adventure game "TerraTech" now has a co-op campaign for up to 4 players

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2019

This is awesome. TerraTech is actually a really fun game for those who like to build vehicles and then go exploring and it just got a big update.

SNES-inspired action adventure game "Ribbiting Saga" going to Early Access, after crowdfunding fails

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2019

Ribbiting Saga from Happy Ogre sadly didn't pass the crowdfunding test but it's not the end. This SNES-inspired action adventure game is instead now taking pre-orders, with Early Access coming instead.

Planet Explorers goes free as Pathea Games lose the multiplayer code

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jul 2019

Argh! I can't believe it's the middle of 2019 and I'm writing about something so ridiculous. Pathea Games, developer of Planet Explorers and My Time At Portia have lost the multiplayer code for Planet Explorers.

Open-world space arcade-action game "Underspace" is on Kickstarter with a Linux demo

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2019

Oh goodie, more space action goodness! Underspace from Pastaspace Interactive is on Kickstarter looking for funding and it seems like quite a promising game.

The massive Terraria 1.4 update "Journey's End" was shown at E3 and looks like a lot of fun

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2019

Touching on practically all parts of the game, the Terraria 1.4 "Journey's End" update was properly announced and shown off during E3 this week.

Speculation: Dying Light 2 may come to Linux after all

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2019

Dying Light 2, the massive new open-world game from Techland is looking awesome and going by SteamDB, it may actually come to Linux.

Dying Light is still seeing updates years after release and my love of it continues

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jun 2019

Dying Light is easily the best Zombie game I've probably ever played and Techland are continuing to tweak it over 4 years after the original release.

Egosoft aren't messing around with X4: Foundations, huge update out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2019

Like the previous releases from Egosoft, it started a little rocky but to their credit they're really pushing hard on getting X4: Foundations into a good state.

Minecraft can now be downloaded from Flathub on Linux using Flatpak

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2019

For those of you who prefer downloading things and keeping them up to date using Flatpak, you can now grab Minecraft on Flathub.

Vintage Story, the impressive crafting and survival game has a huge update

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2019

Called the Worldgen and Geology Update, version 1.9 of Vintage Story has hit stable and brings with it a number of new additions to the already in-depth game.

Planet Nomads has left Early Access and feels like a big missed opportunity

By Liam Dawe, 3 May 2019

Planet Nomads had my interest for a long time, as I sat hoping it would blossom into something special. Sadly, it released today and it has not.

Boldly going where no block has gone before in Space Impossible

By Liam Dawe, 1 May 2019

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot. These are the voyages of the starship Venture in Space Impossible, an open-world sandbox space adventure where every block matters.

Minecraft just had a seriously huge update named Village & Pillage

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2019

It was only recently I saw someone say that Minecraft was stagnating, well it's smelling pretty fresh today with the massive Village & Pillage update out now.

Elsewhere is an in-development game of crafting, exploration and survival that could be interesting

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2019

For those who love their Minecraft-like games, Elsewhere from the developer of Hearthlands might be one to keep an eye on.

Forager, a pretty cute looking 2D open world mash-up of genres is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 Apr 2019

Forager from developer HopFrog and publisher Humble Bundle looks like a pretty fun mash-up of different genres, inspired by the likes of Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda and it's going to support Linux now too.