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Inflexion Games give update on Steam Deck & Linux support for Nightingale

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19

Nightingale is an upcoming open world survival and crafting game from Inflexion Games, it looks quite magnificent and will no doubt be another early 2024 hit and the developers put up a blog post on Steam Deck / Linux support status.

No Man's Sky Omega Update arrives with a Free Weekend and lots new

By Liam Dawe, Feb 15

Even though Hello games are now working on their open-world survival game Light No Fire, they're not quite done with No Man's Sky just yet with the Omega Update.

Dead Island 2 hits Steam in April - grab Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition free

By Liam Dawe, Feb 13

Dambuster Studios / Deep Silver have announced that Dead Island 2 is finally coming to Steam on April 22nd, ending the Epic Exclusive time. Plus get a limited-time freebie.

Palworld hits 19 million players in less than two weeks - beating the latest Pokémon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Palworld continues being an absolutely ridiculous success for developer Pocketpair, as they've announced it's hit 19 million players in less than two weeks.

Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode to be more approachable for new players

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

The Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress is approaching and the team has outlined some of their plans for it, like making it much more approachable for newer players and giving it a fresh coat of paint.

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition launches on PC on March 21st

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

We finally have a confirmed date for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition which will release on March 21st for PC gamers. Thankfully it includes plenty of graphics options to tweak it to your liking, that might also help Steam Deck performance.

Enshrouded is the latest open-world hit on Steam - how it runs on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Enshrouded is another big Early Access open-world game to arrive on Steam, and it's already doing some big numbers. So how does it run on Steam Deck / Linux? Here's an initial starting report for you.

The Pokémon Company confirm investigation into Palworld

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Well this could be about to get interesting, as The Pokémon Company have actually released a statement in regards to all the speculation about Palworld amid many claims of copying Pokémon's homework.

Palworld hits 7 million sales, smashes Counter-Strike 2's all-time peak and gets a roadmap

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Palworld has continued to smash records, and it has now become the number 2 on Steam for the record of peak-players as it crosses 7 million sales. There's also now a fancy roadmap.

Core Keeper getting a new event, plus various new features on January 31st

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Core Keeper is a rather wonderful game about underground mining, crafting and exploration and it's about to get a big new Lunar New Year event along with some new permanent features to improve the game.

Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

Palworld is a new release on Steam in Early Access from Pocketpair. A fusion of Pokémon with monster catching, farming, building and much more. It is Steam Deck Playable and does work on Desktop Linux too.

Deep survival game Vintage Story adds cave-ins, improved first-person, lots more animals

By Liam Dawe, Jan 18

Vintage Story is a brutal deep survival game that I just love to watch expand, because it's so filled full of content it's spilling over the sides. The latest release, v1.19.0 Dejank Redux brings in even more content.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl releases September 5th, 2024

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16

GSC Game World announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has moved from its Q1 2024 release plan, to have a final release date of September 5th, 2024.

ELDEN RING gets patched to fix up anti-cheat on Steam Deck SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11

While no doubt many of you are waiting on more news about the upcoming ELDEN RING expansion, this is not it. Instead, a small update has rolled out to improve ELDEN RING on Steam Deck with SteamOS.

Palworld is Pokémon with guns, farming, survival and building - I'm quite excited

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10

After growing up playing Pokémon, I will jump at the chance to try pretty much anything that involves some form of monster collection. It's just my jam and Palworld looks and sounds kind of hilarious that I need to play it.

Ocean adventure game Sail Forth goes fully open-world, plus an expansion is coming

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5

Ocean adventure game Sail Forth from Festive Vector and The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild released back in December 2022, and it just got a big free upgrade with more to come.

MineClone2 'The Fire and Stone release' is out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2023

MineClone2 is a free and open source survival sandbox game built to resemble Minecraft on the Minetest game engine, and their latest release Fire and Stone is out now.

Streets of Rogue 2 might be my most anticipated title for 2024

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2023

I spent a ridiculous amount of time running around the small levels in Streets of Rogue, it was absolutely brilliant chaos and Streets of Rogue 2 going open-world is looking mighty fine in this first developer video.

Necesse a Terraria-Rimworld blend gets big update, graphics overhaul coming

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2023

Blending together elements of the likes of Terraria and Rimworld, the open world survival craft and colony sim game Necesse has a big update out now. And there's some more exciting stuff to come still.