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The first expansion to Surviving Mars revealed with Space Race giving you a little competition

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2018

Surviving Mars is set to get a bit more competitive with the Space Race expansion just announced pitting you against rival colonies.

The Ultimate Nerd Game is getting a new name and a big new release

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2018

The Ultimate Nerd Game, the first-person sandbox building game about making crazy machines is going to get a new name and a big new release.

Sci-fi single-player survival game Planet Nomads is currently pretty broken on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2018

This was originally going to be an article detailing all the improvements to Planet Nomads, sadly I've had to rewrite this due to the fact of the Linux version being mostly broken.

Spaceship building and exploration game Reassembly has a major performance update

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2018

This is bad news for my free time. Reassembly is a highly addictive spaceship building and exploration game, one that just had a big performance update.

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor has come a long way since the Kickstarter, Early Access soon

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2018

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor, as the name might suggest, has you building drones, which you can directly control or give them some autonomous features. The closed alpha is extremely promising and a lot of fun to play with.

Open-world vehicle builder 'TerraTech' has left Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2018

I absolutely love games that let me build something, drive around and blow stuff up so I've been enjoying my time with TerraTech which is now out.

Dead Matter, a sandbox survival horror plans to have a Linux release after Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 8 Aug 2018

I seriously cannot get enough of survival games, so hearing about Dead Matter is quite exciting as it sounds pretty good.

Theme park building game 'Parkitect' beta 9 is out

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2018

For those who like a relaxing experience, Parkitect is a solid choice. Beta 9 is out with a new ride, new default park terrain options and more.

Voxel Turf updated again with weapon recoil and a new dungeon system

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2018

This might seem a bit like Déjà vu since I only wrote about Voxel Turf recently! It has another update today and this is quite an exciting one.

Snap! The new Minecraft launcher now has another easy way to be installed on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Minecraft's rather large 'Update Aquatic' content update came out recently and it came with their fancy new launcher, getting it on Linux and keeping it up to date is now a snap.

The urban block-based sandbox game 'Voxel Turf' adds new map generation options and more

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jul 2018

Voxel Turf, the urban block-based sandbox game was updated recently, giving you even more options to have a fun time.

Beam Team Games have now actually announced Stranded Deep for Linux, currently experimental

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2018

As a further update on Stranded Deep for Linux, the developer has now officially announced it although support is currently limited.

Minecraft 'Update Aquatic' is a huge update which brings the new launcher officially to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2018

Minecraft's Update Aquatic is a huge update to the sandbox builder that's now out, it also brings the new launcher officially to Linux.

TUNG (The Ultimate Nerd Game) made me realise how stupid I really am

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2018

The Ultimate Nerd Game or TUNG for short, is a first-person sandbox game about building intricate machines and it made me feel so very dumb.

Kubifaktorium looks like a mix between a city-builder and Factorio, coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2018

Thanks to a tip from madpinger in our Discord Channel, we were shown Kubifaktorium. It looks like a pretty interesting mix of a city-builder with elements of Factorio.

Open-world game 'Project 5: Sightseer' just had a massive update adding in more NPCs, skills and more

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2018

Project 5: Sightseer had me utterly hooked at the start, but after a while it fell a bit flat. Seems the developer really was hard at work to improve it dramatically as this latest update shows.

RocketWerkz to seriously consider a Linux version of 'Stationeers' with more sales

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2018

RocketWerkz, the studio founded by Dean "Rocket" Hall will seriously consider a Linux version of their detailed space station construction and management game Stationeers if it gets more sales.

Stormy sailing game 'Make Sail' adds in sea turtles you can ride on

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2018

I'm still terrible at it but there's a lot of charm to Make Sail and the steady improvements have been impressive. This latest update is a rather nice one.