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The Long Dark 'Steadfast Ranger' update out, working great on Linux now

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2019

The Long Dark, a survival game from Hinterland Studio that offers up both a story mode and a sandbox survival mode just got another big update and it's looking good now.

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.

Starbound 1.4 'Bounty Hunter' update coming soon, now available for testing

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2019

Chucklefish haven't given up updating Starbound just yet, with a major update due soon that adds some fun sounding features.

The Garden Path, a very sweet looking sandbox game made in Godot Engine is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2019

I had the pleasure of speaking to solo developer Louis Durrant, who is currently developing the sandbox game The Garden Path which is coming to Linux.

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.

The Ultimate Nerd Game is now called 'Logic World', releasing this Summer with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 12 Apr 2019

Remember The Ultimate Nerd Game (TUNG)? Well, it's now called Logic World and it's getting a massively expanded release this Summer with full Linux support.

Don't Starve Together adds a new character with an animated short, major update due next month

By Liam Dawe, 29 Mar 2019

Don't Starve Together, the incredibly stylish survival game from Klei Entertainment has a new updated out adding in the Wortox character.

After 7 years of development, the sandbox RPG 'Spoxel' is out with a unique spell creation system

By Liam Dawe, 29 Mar 2019

Spoxel is a sandbox adventure RPG very much like Terraria with a different graphical style, complete with the little slimes hopping around and all. However, it does some interesting unique things too.

The sandbox RPG 'Spoxel' seems like it could be pretty amusing, releasing soon

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2019

Spoxel is an action adventure sandbox RPG that's been in development for a few years now, with it almost about to leave the long and dark development tunnel.

The Linux beta of X4: Foundations has been running nicely, a new update is now out

By Liam Dawe, 18 Mar 2019

Egosoft recently put out the Linux beta of X4: Foundations as promised, it's been running well on Linux and a fresh update is out now too.

Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam and itch.io with enhancements, some info about Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2019

It was announced earlier this week that Dwarf Fortress was coming to Steam and itch.io, including a bunch of enhancements. What wasn't clear, was the Linux support for this newer edition. We now have some info on that.

Minetest, the free and open source voxel game engine has a big new release out

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2019

For those of you who enjoy sandbox voxel games like Minecraft, check out Minetest which just had a major update.

Factorio has a major new experimental release out ready for testing, loads changed

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2019

Factorio, the excellent Early Access building and resource management game from Wube Software has a massive new release out ready for testing.

A Linux beta of X4: Foundations is due in 'the next few days' (update: it's up)

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb 2019

Looks like the folks over at Egosoft are keeping to their word, as they've announced a Linux beta really is going to be soon.

TerraTech, the open-world sandbox vehicle builder adds a co-op creative mode

By Liam Dawe, 25 Feb 2019

Working towards adding in co-op support to the actual campaign, TerraTech now at least has a co-op creative mode.

TerraTech, the open-world sandbox game has a big 'Better Future' update with new blocks for your vehicles

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2019

TerraTech is one of the more interesting sandbox games I played last year, an open-world giving you a lot of freedom to explore and destroy while you create your own vehicles.

Voxel Turf, the block-based urban sandbox game adds in a Light Plane, Airfields and more

By Liam Dawe, 28 Dec 2018

I have to admit, I've had a silly amount of fun in Voxel Turf. A game that combines the block-building that made Minecraft popular with vehicles, buildings, gang wars and all sorts.