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Side-scrolling open world RPG 'Regions Of Ruin' is FREE this weekend

By Liam Dawe, Apr 4, 2020

In the mood to play something new? How about a game that blends the side-scrolling of Kingdom and adds in some open-world RPG elements too? Regions Of Ruin is FREE until April 7.

Fates of Ort is an RPG where time stops until you move - it's absolutely great and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 31, 2020

An RPG that makes things truly tactical, where time stands still until you move - Fates of Ort definitely gives the RPG genre a strange and unique feel.

Dark narrative RPG 'Vagrus - The Riven Realms' has a massive new update with an open-world

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2020

Vagrus - The Riven Realms is one of the most promising game in-development right now, a dark narrative RPG with a supreme style and fantastic writing that continues expanding.

X4: Split Vendetta expansion and a huge free 3.0 update announced for release on March 31

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2020

Get your space legs ready for X4: Foundations to expand into a much bigger game. Egosoft have now announced the X4: Split Vendetta expansion and a huge free 3.0 update will release on March 31.

Avorion, the massive open world build-your-own spaceship adventure is out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2020

Few space games have impressed me as much as Avorion, I'll make that clear right away. An open world space adventure, where you build your own ship block-by-block is out now and it's gorgeous.

BadLads is an open-world multiplayer RP city sim coming to Linux this year

By Liam Dawe, Mar 2, 2020

Inspired by RP (role playing) mods for other games, BadLads from Latvian developer Chemical Heads Studios looks like it could be pretty amusing low-poly version of GTA Online.

Challenging turn-based RPG 'Stoneshard' now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 21, 2020

True to their word, Ink Stains Games have delivered a Linux version of their open-world turn-based RPG Stoneshard that's currently in Early Access.

Impressive space sandbox 'Avorion' leaving Early Access on March 9

By Liam Dawe, Feb 7, 2020

Boxelware have officially set a date for their spectacular space sandbox game, Avorion, to leave Early Access.

You can test the huge "Nether Update" for Minecraft in the latest Snapshot

By Liam Dawe, Feb 6, 2020

Mojang are busy bees working on a massive update to Minecraft, mainly focusing on expanding The Nether and you can test out this big update in a brand new Snapshot.

Developed in Rust, the open-world and open-source voxel RPG 'Veloren' has a big new release

By Liam Dawe, Feb 4, 2020

Veloren, inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft this new and in-development open-world RPG certainly has a lot to live up to and a lot of promise.

The Linux version of Starcom: Nexus is now officially live and out of Beta

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1, 2020

Ready for a new space adventure and a little action? Starcom: Nexus, an open-world sci-fi game with some RPG elements is now properly out and supported on Linux.

Dying Light turns five years old, send Zombies flying in the HyperMode event - big sale too

By Liam Dawe, Jan 27, 2020

Techland managed to create probably one of the best Zombie games ever with Dying Light, it's currently heavily discounted again and it's now hit five years since release.

Wx3 Labs continue polishing the Linux Beta of Starcom: Nexus - it's looking good

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22, 2020

After getting a Linux Beta build back in December, the open-world space action and adventure game Starcom: Nexus continues getting polished up for Linux support.

Open-world puzzler 'Bonfire Peaks' has you climb mysterious ruins and set fire to your belongings

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2020

Arriving with Linux support on May 5, from the developer of Pipe Push Paradise and Hiding Spot is the open-world puzzle game Bonfire Peaks.

Deep open-world survival game Vintage Story adds a big new weather system

By Liam Dawe, Dec 30, 2019

It's getting a lot more difficult to hold myself back on that buy button on Vintage Story, with so many huge updates to it lately. Another is now in testing, adding in a big new weather system.

Dark open-world turn-based RPG 'Urtuk: The Desolation' launching on Steam in February 2020

By Liam Dawe, Dec 30, 2019

After launching on itch.io while still in development, the impressive dark fantasy open-world RPG, Urtuk: The Desolation, is launching into Early Access on Steam next year.

Open-world space adventure Starcom: Nexus now has a Linux Beta you can easily try

By Liam Dawe, Dec 17, 2019

Wx3 Labs have now opened up the Beta for Starcom: Nexus to everyone who owns the game (or picks it up now), plus they're looking for some feedback.

Do you hear an odd buzzing sound? Minecraft 1.15 is out with a new friend

By Liam Dawe, Dec 10, 2019

Mojang just released the stable Minecraft 1.15 build with a new stripey friend, the Buzzy Bee and a bunch of new blocks.

Hinterland tease new info for the upcoming Survival Mode update to The Long Dark

By Liam Dawe, Nov 29, 2019

Cold and lonely survival game The Long Dark is getting a huge update to the survival mode next month, it sounds great too with some of the details Hinterland Studio have teased.